In 1991, Active enterprises released quite possibly one of the worst NES games ever made, And this game is action 52, a big gigantic collection 52 action packed games that are not worth your time, life, or money at all! So due to a request, I now have to review this piece of T-Rex fieces...Let's begin.
Story-N/A
Alright the story behind this game I-OH WAIT! This is a compilation game, So of course there is going to be no story! Ok maybe in some of the games here, but there is no story to this game! Period! So let's get to the gameplay....
Gameplay-2/10
Like I said, action 52 is a minigame compilation, and a terrible one at that, there are 52 games in total! Which means this game is over $200! Who would want to pay for this, anyways, Here are some of the minigames you will be encountering in the game, Illuminator, in this one the lights are out, which means you must kill all the vampires, this sounds good, but one problem, It's too dark! You can hardly see anything here. Okay here is another one, Fuzz power, in this one you are a big foot with hair all over you and you must get to the end of the level, simple? No, each time you are hit, you lose hair, once it is all gone you lose a life! But the worst part of this game, Almost all of the games here are space shooters! One has you as a pacifier shooting at teddy bears and safety pins like the Angry Nintendo nerd said, yes that is the best they could do, worse, some of the games even crash and can only be played via emulator! Most commonly Alfredo and jigsaw, anyways I can't take this anymore, on to the graphics.
Graphics-3/10
There are so many good looking games on the NES at the time, and you tell me they couldn't even take their time on this game? Yes, the graphics and sprites look indeed terrible, worse is that they keep blinking at times, which is annoying beyond relief! And another thing, the space shooters here, I feel that when making the space shooters, they just thought up any random object in their minds, and use It for the space shooters, heck one game even has you controlling a dead whale shooting a flaming condoms! What were they thinking? And the scariest thing for me, when you die in Illuminator, you turn into a piece of dog poop, that is sure to give the kids nightmares! At least the menus are done nicely. The graphics could've been nice if Active enterprises took their time, but no! They had to rush everything!
Sound-2/10
The worst part of this abomination, the sound! Oh my god the sound in this game gets on my freaking nerve! Especially that song that your hear in ooze, I was this close to muting my Television, and for the actual sound effects, they sound like they are all pulled straight from an Atari game! So the music is very bland, forgettable and annoying. I could compose better music then this in my sleep! God developers, were you guys rushing this game or something?
Addictiveness-2/10
Addictiveness? Ha, as If! There is absolutely no fun to this game at all, It is just the same thing in every game, do some random objective with an odd looking character, rinse and repeat. I swear to god, 10 minutes of this game And I already left It alone for about 2 weeks or so, You really thing I was going to come back to this game? As if, no! All of the games are boring and have no challenge or anything to them, A guy like me likes a challenge, and this is no exception.
Depth-4/10
There are 52 games to play in total here, but do you really think that all of these games here are worth any of your time? Ha! No. For me, this game only lasted me about 10 minutes, then I just put It away like Spongebob squarepants would say...FOREVER, FOREVER, FOREVER.
I'm serious about this...
Difficulty-9/10
The highest point of this whole freaking game! The difficulty! All of the games here are hard, broken, and just too unplayable to even be called games! In star evil, you can't even beat it because the game freezes on one certain part of level 3 where there are never end hordes of cakes coming at you! The only good that part Is for Is to get extra bonus points.
Overall-1.5/10
Stay away from this game as far as possible! It Is without a doubt one of the worst games Ever made on the NES! Who would actually pay $200 for this game back in the day? Nobody! As a matter of fact, with $200, you could buy an Phone 5 with that much money! I gave this game a 1.5 because how hard broken unplayable and boring It is to play at all! So do yourself a favor and don't play this game, thanks. This has been your favorite reviewer RedHotToddy, And I am out! Peace! One more thing, did you know that Active enterprises was going to give out $100 to whoever can beat level 5 of Ooze? But sadly, the game crashes at level 3, so all of this is impossible to do without emulators and whatnot.