Gorvi
12-03-2008, 11:54 AM
Ok, that's probably exaggerating, but if Siliconera's (http://www.siliconera.com/2008/12/03/prinny-platformer-really-is-tough-as-nails/) impressions are to be believed, the game is all kinds of difficult.
The ninja fortress was the first frustrating stage for me. Ninjas hang from walls in this level and they throw projectiles at Prinny. Getting hit by a stray kunai takes off one point of life, but this isn’t a problem if you’re playing the game in normal mode. Prinny can take three hits. However, any hit knocks Prinny back and in the ninja level that often means Prinny gets pushed into a bottomless pit. To make matters worse flaming rocks jump out of pits too. Touch one of these and Prinny gets knocked right into a pit. The ninja fortress isn’t impossible to beat, but like an NES game completing it requires patience and most importantly persistence.
Boss fights are challenging too, but in a different way. You can only take three hits in a boss battle. If you die the boss battle starts over with you and the boss at full health. In Hell Mode you can’t get hit at all since any hit means instant death. Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? is already a hardcore game. Hell mode is made for masochists.
Fantastic. For added challenge: throwing your controller isn't an option, you'd probably break the PSP.
The ninja fortress was the first frustrating stage for me. Ninjas hang from walls in this level and they throw projectiles at Prinny. Getting hit by a stray kunai takes off one point of life, but this isn’t a problem if you’re playing the game in normal mode. Prinny can take three hits. However, any hit knocks Prinny back and in the ninja level that often means Prinny gets pushed into a bottomless pit. To make matters worse flaming rocks jump out of pits too. Touch one of these and Prinny gets knocked right into a pit. The ninja fortress isn’t impossible to beat, but like an NES game completing it requires patience and most importantly persistence.
Boss fights are challenging too, but in a different way. You can only take three hits in a boss battle. If you die the boss battle starts over with you and the boss at full health. In Hell Mode you can’t get hit at all since any hit means instant death. Prinny: Can I Really Be The Hero? is already a hardcore game. Hell mode is made for masochists.
Fantastic. For added challenge: throwing your controller isn't an option, you'd probably break the PSP.