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Comix Zone

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Platform Genesis Year 1995
Publisher Sega Developer Sega
Region NA Language English
Tags Action, Beat'em up, One Player
Platform Genesis
Year 1995
Publisher Sega
Developer Sega
Region NA
Language English
Tags Action, Beat'em up, One Player

A beat 'em up that takes place in the panels of a comic book. You fight from panel to panel taking on enemies while doing some light puzzle solving.
 
Good Bad
  • Amazing graphics with unique art style
  • Unique gameplay
  • Branching paths add variety
  • Voice lines are well done
  • Works great with a six button gamepad
  • Frustratingly difficult
  • Few health pickups
  • Keep your reduced health between levels
  • One bad fall into a pit requires restarting the game
  • Take damage punching objects to get them out of the way
  • No continues
  • Some cheap damage
  • Very repetitive
  • Enemies take a lot of hits to defeat
  • Even game genie cheats don't make this fun
Good
  • Amazing graphics with unique art style
  • Unique gameplay
  • Branching paths add variety
  • Voice lines are well done
  • Works great with a six button gamepad
 
Bad
  • Frustratingly difficult
  • Few health pickups
  • Keep your reduced health between levels
  • One bad fall into a pit requires restarting the game
  • Take damage punching objects to get them out of the way
  • No continues
  • Some cheap damage
  • Very repetitive
  • Enemies take a lot of hits to defeat
  • Even game genie cheats don't make this fun
 
5 It's a shame that this beautiful stylized beat'em up has such repetitive gameplay and a difficulty that makes it impossible to enjoy. Having to restart the game after one bad jump is infuriating.

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