A-Men demo – initial impression: PlayStation Vita demos

By: Musa Afridi

  |   July 13th, 2012   |  

News, Uncategorized

Is the A-Men demo worth a download or should players pass despite the ‘free’ tag?

The PlayStation Store is filled with titles that gamers can download and play, some of the titles are free to download and play but all them have demos available for download. With the PlayStation Vita still fairly new in the market and with complaints over the lack of content on the console, demos are one way to enjoy a taste of what the Vita has to offer.

One title that does a good job of catching everyone’s attention is A-Men, mostly because many gamers think it is a new instalment in the classic Army Men series (the one with the green plastic soldiers), which it’s not.

After being lured in by a faint hope that it could be something similar to the classic series, one is suddenly hit with that heart breaking realisation that it will not be bringing back that wave of nostalgia.

However, that would be unfair to the game itself, as it should be judged on its own and not the clever marketing done by Bloober Team, the game’s developers.

The game’s opening cinematic should set the scene for what gamers should expect in terms of the game’s art style and tone, for which the world comical is perfect to describe both.

The opening cinematic introduces players to the characters and also how absent minded they are and sets the scene for the rest of the game as the A-Men look to right their wrongs before anyone finds out what they did.

The demo itself only has one stage, which is disappointing seeing how the full game actually has four worlds, each world with ten levels within it. This basically means that out of a total of 40 levels the demo only has one level to offer players. However, that in itself is usually enough to get players into the game.

The game allows players to swap between the various characters in the game, although the demo only has you playing as one character. The gameplay is similar to titles such as Braid and the DOS classic ‘Dave’ albeit in the platforming sense but with a few guns thrown in there for good measure.

As with any first level in the game, it is more of a tutorial than a full on experience and players will find themselves doing more learning than actual playing, although to the developer’s credit, it’s not that too long and dry an experience.

A-Men’s demo is short and to the point but it does not show off enough to warrant a purchase based on the demo itself. The game seems to be aimed at the younger audiences and should provide a light platformer experience.

Verdict: The demo is worth a download but don’t expect too much from it.

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