Why are fish so angry? The X-Out published in 1989 for Comodore 64 was presented as Matamarcians full of sea creatures, monsters and ships that seemed to have risen with the left foot. It was a fairly complicated game, especially for beginners, in whom a miserable blow could be the end of the game and had to start again from the first stage. Well, this demanding level of difficulty can be seen in the remake with the name X-Out: Recurred, which was created by the German developer Krockelkratz 3000.
The graphics have been perfected, but they still have this characteristic note from 1989. I imagine that we saw it in our head when we enjoyed these and other similar titles at that time. The authors have also confirmed that their goal was to preserve the pixelated appearance of the original. No matter how good it looks, because this can be the greatest weakness of the game. The color palette is a bit … bleak … we could say: “Segly, because the game takes place in the depths of the ocean -the colors mix, although some of the obstacles do not distinguish enough from the background. Most of the time I died, which was many because I was hit by the environment and not because the projectiles would achieve me. Crashes, so if I had to follow and maneuver the trace of the enemies and projectile, to avoid them, every minimal obstacle of the same color overlooked me slightly.
In addition, there is no storage system. So if you die at level three, send them back to the beginning of level one and without the improvements you have received. Before you start every level, you can buy new vehicles that also act as your life in the game and equip you with different weapons. So if you only have a ship and a sink … you can say goodbye to it. If you build a fleet with four U boats, this will represent the life you have. It is a constant pulling and loosening between the decision how many ships buy and how much equipment you express it, since every ship costs, just like weapon, shield, etc. etc. The part of the personalization is one of the best -known aspects of the game to choose how you want to play. You can choose whether you can buy or create one of the three predefined U -boats (a novelty of this version) yourself. You decide whether you want to grow up with an offensive approach and many damage options or a little more defensive with a radar.
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This system also places the first expeditions into a greater challenge. The score scored on each level is transformed into money for the next. So if you collect many points, you can build really dangerous ships. At the first level, they always start with very little money, so that they can only afford a fairly simple machine. You can choose between four different models, the only difference of which looks, the price, the price and the amount of weapons you can wear: from three in the cheapest to ten in the most expensive.
When we talk about game mechanics, the titles of the late 80s are generally not revolutionized the world of video games since 2020. To turn the main weapon, you only have to press the R2 and RT trigger, while the others are fired automatically or with a button. In addition, the way they move is the usual: upwards, below and from one side to the other … A Commodore 64 joystick no longer gave for more.
While the mechanics could be a little more varied, we cannot say the same thing about music. There are three versions available: the classics (the friendly version), the new (a remix of the original topics together with four original instructions from Chris Hülsbeck) and that of Comodore 64. One of the first two options is a good choice, although it is convenient to adapt the volume of the sound effects because they are too high compared to the music.
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According to the classic approach, you can also unlock tricks. After you have died a few times (and if I say a few, I mean many), you will receive a trick that prevents you from suffering from suffering from the environment when collecting damage, the main cause of most deaths. You can unlock up to six tricks to make the game much easier, but this also deactivates the possibility of gaining trophies or success if you want to collect them.
In this way, X-out is: immersed in the original in almost all aspects, both in good and bad, and hits what you would expect from a remake of this style. Mechanics will not surprise you at all, but it is really a classic and difficult European Championship that will not disappoint the lovers of the genre.
