There are games that are best left alone, or at least that’s what fans are asked who still own their rights and want to continue exploiting them after decades. This is the case with this title which will soon arrive in stores (essentially digital) and which no one had thought of him except for the meetings retro of those who gather the old players 80s from time to time.
A renewed operation
The fact is that the newly elected to have a second (or third) life has been Operation Wolfthe classic Taito for leisure, which was originally launched in 1987 and had adaptations for all platforms of the time: from 8-bit microcomputers such as ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, MSX or Amstrad CPC, to consoles such as NES, etc. .
You will surely remember its evolution: a stage unfolds before us in scroll horizontally, from left to right or vice versa, while Enemies appear on the screen that shoot at everything they have at hand: soldiers with machine guns, helicopters with missiles and onlookers who passed by and who, coincidentally, carried a machete to throw at us without thinking twice.
Also, The Return of Operation Wolf This is the name with which we will enjoy this approach again, only with a small change: we can start shooting and feel first person shooting thanks to virtual reality because, initially, we will have versions for the PS VR 2 of the PlayStation 5, the Meta Quest 2 glasses and the Pico 4 glasses that can be connected to a PC (although they are also independent ).
It will have more versions at the end of the year
The Return of Operation Wolf will initially be an exclusive VR game that will be released on June 22 but from the company responsible for these adaptations they already warn that before the end of 2023 we will have normal versions for consoles and PC. This includes PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and Steam. In the case of Microsoft platforms and computers, its distribution will be exclusively digital, while in the others we will be able to obtain it through the physical editions of the first day calls (day one
As we say, The Return of Operation Wolf we can expect few changes in its mechanics where We just have to look for the enemy with the screen peephole and shoot him before he does. An approach that in the 1980s, in the heat of the success of arcade games, seemed to many of us the fog entertainment, but 36 years later things have changed a lot.
So in some cases, like those classics from the first decade of video game history, better leave them alone and let them rest forever because if its success and its memories are indelible, its mechanics have already been surpassed by others much more complex and attractive. and saved Tetris, No matter how many years pass, these old arcade formulas fall into disuse and that’s not exactly why millions of gamers continue to enjoy video games. You do not think ?
Still, we’ll give it a chance. The Return of Operation Wolf. It’s the least he deserves.
