Konichiwa, thanks for bringing up the weapons. This mini-review was just fired from the hip and in a full review, I would have touched on that stuff more.
The weapons are great, which makes it too bad that the shooting is so slow. The tornado launcher, nano-swarmers, buzz saws, and several other weapons have you switching through your inventory constantly and implementing different strategies for almost every situation. Not surprisingly, my favorite weapons were the ones that allowed me to stay out of the third person targeting screen as much as possible.
Maybe I'm used to more fast-paced shooters than some of you but I was constantly irritated with how slowly everything moved in R&C. I expect platformers to be more fast-paced than that. Shit, I expect shooters to be faster than that, too. It's bad when your platformer/shooter hybrid moves more slowly than many tactical shooters I have played over the years.
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