While the gameplay grows repetitive rather quickly, Innsmouth no Yakata comes recommended to collectors, if you can afford to splurge on this rarity. Still, thanks to the first person perspective and FPS control scheme, it’s still one of the most immersive games on the system, which speaks volumes for how underutilized the VR concept was in majority of Virtual Boy games. Unfortunately the 3D effect is very paltry: the enemies limbs have a mild 3D effect to them when they try to claw your face off, and that’s it. The soundscape is very lacking, but the enemy designs and cutscenes are rather intricate, as is the password screen. And as you have to manually reload your weapon, you sometimes have to reload in the midst of a battle.Īudiovisually, the game is one of the system’s better offerings. You have a limited number of bullets, so you can’t kill all the enemies. The game also features some rudimentary survival horror elements.
So the control set up feels quite familiar to how modern console FPS games play. Right trigger button shoots and left reloads your weapon. As you’re under a strict time limit, failing to find the exit in time means you have to start over.
You can stumble upon special orbs that either fill out your map or tell you where the exit is. However, this map only fills as you explore the levels. Luckily, you can bring up a map by pressing the select button. In other words, the game is very maze-like and confusing. The level design is also reminiscent of dungeon crawlers and early first person shooters like Wolfenstein 3D, as the game takes place in long, identical looking hallways with no discernible landmarks. Movement is grid based and you can only turn around in 90 degree increments, but aiming is free form. The game is a first person survival horror game somewhat akin to Xybots in its implementation, as it plays like a hybrid between an early FPS and a grid based dungeon crawler.
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