Late to the Party: Drill Dozer
Platform: GameBoy Advance
Publisher: Nintendo
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
Who woulda thunk it? Within the last ten days I've purchased three brand-new GBA games. Two are in the mail, so I'll be getting to them later. But last week I snagged a copy of Drill Dozer (at full price, no less) from Fry's and have been playing it pretty regularly since.
The game had been the toast of the NeoGaf boards for quite a while after it came out, but I couldn't seem to get around the idea of buying a GBA game when there were so many DS games to play. I've since learned the error of my ways. Drill Dozer is a fantastic example of the kind of creativity that can be applied to staid and stale gaming genres. The game is essentially a platformer -- the kind of game that publishers have been shoveling onto portables for ages. But the game's clever multi-gear drilling mechanic makes the old feel startlingly new again. Shoulder buttons rotate your drill, allowing you to bore through walls, furniture and, of course, enemies. Later you aquire gears that allow you to jump up the torque on your bit and push through tougher walls.
I can always tell a game is doing more than washing over me when I start to integrate it into my internal life. When I was playing GoldenEye I would imagine shooting out the security cameras wherever I went. For Tetris or Lumines, I'd see puzzle opportunities in everyday block-shaped objects. Lately, amid the white noise of the shower or the ambient hum in the car I can hear the high pitched whine of Jill's drill as it gears up. I'm hooked.
Recommended
Publisher: Nintendo
Review Type: Touchy
Version: Retail
Who woulda thunk it? Within the last ten days I've purchased three brand-new GBA games. Two are in the mail, so I'll be getting to them later. But last week I snagged a copy of Drill Dozer (at full price, no less) from Fry's and have been playing it pretty regularly since.The game had been the toast of the NeoGaf boards for quite a while after it came out, but I couldn't seem to get around the idea of buying a GBA game when there were so many DS games to play. I've since learned the error of my ways. Drill Dozer is a fantastic example of the kind of creativity that can be applied to staid and stale gaming genres. The game is essentially a platformer -- the kind of game that publishers have been shoveling onto portables for ages. But the game's clever multi-gear drilling mechanic makes the old feel startlingly new again. Shoulder buttons rotate your drill, allowing you to bore through walls, furniture and, of course, enemies. Later you aquire gears that allow you to jump up the torque on your bit and push through tougher walls.
I can always tell a game is doing more than washing over me when I start to integrate it into my internal life. When I was playing GoldenEye I would imagine shooting out the security cameras wherever I went. For Tetris or Lumines, I'd see puzzle opportunities in everyday block-shaped objects. Lately, amid the white noise of the shower or the ambient hum in the car I can hear the high pitched whine of Jill's drill as it gears up. I'm hooked.
Recommended
2 Comments:
Drill Dozer is indeed a fantastic lil game. did you get to see Guy's xplay review with the youngish girl in the catholic school uniform, with power equipment?
Any review that features a catholic school girl boring a hole through Whitley Striber's Communion is okay in my book.
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