SNES

Cliffhanger

The action is mainly a side-scrolling affair, but there are a few unconventional stages that let you scale the side of a mountain or run from an avalanche (please kids - don't try this at home). Fighting bad guys with punches and kicks seems pretty boring at first, but there is some technique involved in defeating gangs of converging thugs. It helps if you can grab their knives and machine guns to use against them. The worst parts of the game are those that force you to make difficult leaps, in which one false move will cost you a life. With the exception of those tricky areas, I actually enjoyed playing Cliffhanger. There are continues available, but they sometimes take you way back to the beginning of a stage! My buddy Eric has actually made it to the final showdown with Qualen, and he says it's well worth the effort. So keep making those leaps of faith!

Der "Cliffhanger" hat vor allem mit dem stupiden Spielablauf zu kämpfen. Schon nach wenigen Minuten langweilt das ewig gleiche Faustkampfritual, das zudem oft in Unfairneß abdriftet. "Cliffhanger" ist solide und profes- sionell gestaltete Fließbandware, die nur wenig Spaß bringt.

Fair graphics but poor animation. Very choppy gameplay. Poor control and lack of variation in enemies. Uncreative; poor man's Double Dragon.

Stallone's movie becomes a sub-standard beat-up-the-bad-guys game following the same plot. Control is sluggish and you can't save your progress, so it gets frustrating.

Surtout que la Super Nintendo n'a pas manqué d'excellents beat'em up, Cliffhanger se plaçant haut la main comme l'un des plus mauvais. Alors si vous tombez sur un test qui lui donne ne serait-ce que la moyenne, vous pourrez en rire autant que du jeu lui-même, car son auteur lui se moque bien des jeux vidéo.

It amazes me how developers can screw up formula games. Take the side-scroller; you have hundreds of examples demonstrating clearly what works. You have a mold of general rules, clear cases of what plays best - practically a damn template of how to make a good game. Yet designers still take this template, start to fill in the blanks... then ignore the rules and fuck it all up!