Oh yea. Got this game cib today. It's part of my research on cover shooters vs shooters. I just love reading backcover game descriptions on Genesis games. I will comment on the game once I've beaten it.

It's a cool game, but I won't say too much since you've yet to play.   For the research bit, be sure to play the two-player mode -- if a cover shooter is different from a shooter, then the two-player mode is another world.

I did play two player with a friend up to stage 5. It seems better to just go solo. I was trying to beat the game without using the password saves, but when round 8 rolls around the game stops playing fair. Thats the thing with this game: you can be breezing through stages no problems, but something always comes along and screws up your gamerun.

Review will be up next week.

I still need a little more time with a full review. This is something GamePro and IGN do so I will just use this as a compressed look at what my review will cover.

Rolling Thunder 2

Rating: 4/5

Pros:
+ Great presentation
+ Great music
+ Great animations
+ Fun and creative boss fights
+ Fairly challenging

Cons:
- Normal enemies cannot hit you when your character is crouching
- Game relies on cheap or inescapable ways to kill you
- Underutilized going into the background/layer mechanic

Eeh. I've really post-poned that review. Anyhow, I made some neat drawings (which I inverted the color on cus it looks cooler) of the possibility space for the game. Enjoy.

Level design
Movement & Controller Input
Enemy attacks