Nosferatu

"One of the best SNES games of all time, but one of the Hardest, too."

OK, so it goes like this: There's a vampire named Nosferatu. He takes a victim every night and drinks there blood. So he takes our hero's girl and traps her in his castle, and it's up to him to save him. So he rushes inot every castle he can find, punches and kicks various assortments of monsters, hoping to find Nosferatu and kick his ass.


Graphics: 9/10
The graphics are pushed to the SNES's limits, with very detailed and realistic animation. It's nice watching the monsters fall back after punching them in the face. These graphics don't appear in SNES games very much, and you can tell that they spent a long time on this game. Very good.


Control: 4/10
Unfortunately, this is were the dreamboat hits a reef. The controls were some of the worst I have ever seen in a game. To run, you have to tap the D-pad in whatever direction you want to go to and hold it. This doesn't sound so bad, but believe me, it can be a pain. Sometimes you don't lift your thumb up all the way and your guy walks straight into a spike trap. Some hero he is. Also, to dash on the ground, you have to press slide and Y a second before you slide under wherever you wanted to slide in the first place.

Difficulty/Gameplay 3/10
Remember when I said the dreamboat hit a reef? Well, this dreamboat has gone down a waterfall into a whale's mouth. This game is unbelievably hard. This is the hardest game I have ever played in my life. This game beats that stupid cat mario game by 100. In cat mario, or Syabon Action, you gotta know all the tricks the game will shoot at you. In Nosferatu, you gotta know when, were, timing, and how to do it. For instants, There is a ledge you clime on at the 3rd level. on the other side, there is an ax going back and forth when it sees you. What you gotta do to not get hit by the ax is to remember to press B before right and not over shoot it. You also got to watch if you press right at the right time to not just make your guy jump up. This kinda thing happens all the time. All the time.

Overall 7/10
Once you get the controls down, and know all the little movements and actions, this game can be pretty fun. The fun parts make up for all the frustrating parts. Like getting to round house kick a gorilla in the face and make it explode never gets old. Too bad it only happens once.

Reviewer's Score: 7/10, Originally Posted: 01/13/09

Game Release: Nosferatu (US, October 1995)