#6 8 Eyes (Review Only)

Title: 8 Eyes
Year: 1990
Developer: Thinking Rabbit
Publisher: Taxan
Genre: Action Platformer

Let me start with a warning...WARNING THIS GAME WILL MAKE YOU RIP YOUR HAIR OUT. Now this is just a review. Why? Well, after being too frustrated with the controls and cryptic puzzles I threw Game Genie at it and made 3 wishes to play through this. Ill have to revisit this game for a legitimate play through another day.

You play as Orin and his hawk, Cutrus to retrieve 8 jewels know as the 8 Eyes so the King can rebuild the Earth? Wait...let me read this again...Youre in a post apocalyptic future that was nearly destroyed by nuclear blasts and the jewels were formed at the site of the blasts...

Well fuck I thought this took place in ancient times. I mean, stone labrinths, gour weapons are swords, you fight stuff that looks like they were from the ancient era like knights. How can this be the future? Well, that explains the massively out of place, and seemingly useless hand gun in this game.

Ok now on to the game. You start off being able to choose from 7 different stages, but there is an order that works best, as each boss has a weakness to a particular sword or something like that.

The music in this game is alright, as are the sound effects, and visually its not too bad looking either, but none of that is the issue. The issue here consists of the horrible hit detection, horrible controls, and cryptic puzzles that make me wanna scream.

I dont understand. You have a drink with the boss after each level.

Every single enemy you face, except those that fly, will hit you, over and over again. They have a farther reach than you, so fighting them is near impossible without getting wacked. Fighting consists of finding an opening, rushing in for an attack, then running away. Almost no enemy you must fight like this are a one hit kill. Most take 2 or 3 hits minimum. And most of the time, you think youre far enough away, but get hit anyways. The sprites wont even touch and your charscter will begin flashing his life away.

Only Cutrus can kill some baddies

As for the controls...b is attack a is everything else. What I mean by that, is a is both jump, AND special weapon. So if you dont make sure to select an empty item slot, youll find yourself constantly using up your items by accidentally hitting up a or down a. Controlling Cutrus is simple enough, up b lets him fly off your shoulder and attack, down b calls him back.

My other problem with this game is that items are hidden in random blocks, most of which seem to only be accessible by having Cutrus attack the walls. Without knowing where the items are, especially the clues, it becomes all but impossible to complete.

Later down the line Ill have to replay 8 Eyes and beat itbproperly, maybe even try beating the 2nd quest accessible with the password "taxantaxan" yeah, real creative password there Taxan.

What the hell is this thing?!?

Rating: D
Difficulty: 8/10

Thank god this game is done with, for now...I wasnt going to even post this since i hadnt beaten the game properly, but l felt that I should at the very least review the games, even if they arent beaten. I will return to this once my skills become more polished.