Near the FSA’s territory, on a tropical looking island, an evil dictator called Colonel Sabio is preparing to launch a brutal attack against the forces of good (so while in the original we fought a Hitler-like “leader”, in this one our foe looks more like Fidel Castro). The story is situated between the original Bionic Commando Rearmed and GRIN’s Bionic Commando which hit the Xbox 360 and the PS3 without much success. The plot has never been a strong point of the saga, and this new version is no exception. Thus was born Bionic Commando Rearmed 2, a game that instead of enriching the saga actually fell short of the mark in many ways. Inspired by this success, Capcom decided to make a full blown sequel using the same graphic engine and ‘improving’ the control scheme (including the potentially blasphemous addition of a jump button). Twenty years later Capcom decided to launch a remake of the original game under the title ‘ Bionic Commando Rearmed’ with all the magic of the original, improved graphics and sound, and a few juicy extras that made it a dream package for diehards of the series. It was 1988 and Bionic Commando for the NES became an instant classic that stood apart from other games of the epoch thanks to its variety of weapons, Spencer's bionic hook, its difficulty, and the peculiar inability to jump (I guess bionic arms must be heavy). Obviously, our hero was no normal human, since he had the advantage of a futuristic mechanical arm that allowed him to sort challenges worthy of any action movie.
I was just a kid when Rad Spencer first ventured into an enemy-filled obstacle plagued world that would bend any ordinary human. By Gabriel Franco, posted on 28 February 2011 / 3,682 Views
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