Infiltrator
Reviewed by Bill O'Toole III
Graphics: 7
Granted, the graphics in Infiltrator aren't bad (too bad the rest of the
game is), but there is room for improvement. In the helicopter, the graphics
are OK but you get no sense of movement at all. On the ground, the far away
view while outside is actually very good but while inside the view changes
to close up. This view is not as good as the characters look kinda goofy at
a close range.
Sound: 4
No music! There are some chopper effects and sound effects while on
the ground, but they're not great. You'll probably get pretty bored of the
pretty lame sound effects after awhile.
Play Control: 3
Horrible. It took me an hour just to figure out how to fly the chopper and
even then I couldn't even shoot one plane down. The ground controls with
your soldier is mediocre at best, especially while in buildings. BTW, if
you've mastered the helicopter controls, you're a far better game player
than I.
Fun: 1.5
Pretty dumb! This game contains frustration beyond belief. Good luck
on figuring out the helicopter stages! They are impossible! As for the
ground levels, you don't even have a gun! How could you have a military
infiltration game without some sort of silenced gun?? Metal Gear had
a few of them! I think that Mindscape aimed to make the most
frustrating, boring game that they possibly could.
Challenge: 10
This game is downright impossible. Even Ghosts N Goblins looks easy
next to this. What was Mindscape trying to do with those helicopter
levels? Kill gamers by frustration? And while trying to infiltrate the
bases, all you have is stuff like gas and bombs. I've said it before, but
no guns! NO GUNS! This game is SO off base. Hell, the only reason I even
saw the ground levels was because of the stage select code!
Replay Value: .5
I got this game for $3 at VGE a couple months ago and I played it ONCE.
Just once. I haven't touched the game since. You'd be crazy if you played
this game more than once. It is insanely hard and it is very unrewarding
in game play.
Overall: 2.5
The ideas behind this game are very good. I was searching for this game
for a long time because it sounded really cool. Well, imagine my
disappointment when I started playing. I don't know how Mindscape
could take such a cool game idea (infiltration) and mess it up so badly.
They had really good ideas, but the game itself just falls flat on its
face. If you're a die-hard NES fan, maybe you should pick this one up to
see how good it COULD have been.