I've read small homages to Cave Story here and there, mainly in gaming magazines. They've always praised the game and I've always thought 'So what?'.
Now, I had some free time on my hands, and I decided to try it. Wowsers! I have not played very many 2D shooter/adventure to match it. It doesn't reach the awesome level of Super Metroid, in fact it falls considerably short when compared to that masterpiece, but it beats just about everything else in the genre that I've played.
The level design is way above normal, and the weapons are some of the best I've ever used, and the upgrade system is almost genius. The sound is really good, the music is also above par, the story is actually very well laid out and the character design works very well. My main gripe is with the platforming elements. Jumping is not quite fun, and sometimes you die a bit too often. Thank god for save points.
Anyway, since this game is free, I would recommend it to anyone who ever enjoyed playing games on the NES or SNES, and that enjoys Metroid style games.
Download at: http://www.acid-play.com/download/cave-story/
Or: http://www.miraigamer.net/cavestory/downloads_1.php
Or: http://www.download-free-games.com/freeware_games/cave_story.htm
(Those are just the three top hits on Google)
So what did those of you who already played it think?
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