![]() ![]() This attack cuts through defenses, and you get more as the game progresses. With all that, you also get an alternate attack - the Moonspear - that you can equip from a sub menu. When you connect, you bounce off the enemy, and it gives you some height. You can use this to come straight down, or at an angle. As soon as you push the button, you make the wall jump, no question. Moonrider can jump off of walls too, ala Super Metroid and Ninja Gaiden, but it's very fluid. It's almost too accurate, as the movement tricks you into thinking it would be bulky. Your jump is accurate as far as changing directions mid-air. You can combine this with a more powerful slash, or even a longer jump. Moonrider also has a dash with a double tap in any direction. You also have a three-hit combo if you push the button in rapid fashion. Your laser sword can smack around most enemies, but it also can stop bullets and reflect projectiles. Moonrider lets you go through a tutorial, and out of the chamber you discover that this cyber ninja has a LOT of moves. Why is Moonrider asked to kill on command? Why did Moonrider watch as innocent people get slaughtered for just letting their voices be heard? As things start to get more out of hand in favor of the people, Moonrider is activated by his evil overlords to handle them, except he turns on his own creators, and sets out on a quest to stop the regime. Moonrider has finally seen enough, and starts questioning it's programming. They are big on propaganda, public executions, and ruling with a robot fist. You are a cyborg ninja created as a last line of defense for a totalitarian government. Moonrider kicks you in with a insane story. I'll try to keep the comparisons to a minimum in case there are people reading this who weren't born in the late 1970s. What I wasn't told was that there were nods to other retro games thrown in for good measure, and because of all this, once I picked it up, I couldn't put it down. Laser sword swings feel very Ninja Gaiden-ish. The description said " Ninja Gaiden" (NES). It indeed did, with a little bit of SNES Mode 7 action. The description said it felt like a Genesis game. Felt like Shinobi, sans being able to throw stars. When I downloaded the demo to Moonrider a few months back, it immediately felt familiar. They've teamed up with retro enthusiasts The Arcade Crew to bring you another side scrolling game about a cyborg ninja, named Vengeful Guardian: Moonrider. They are the ones responsible for Blazing Chrome, the side scrolling Contra/Metal Slug love letter. Joymasher is a Brazilian studio that loves retro gaming. ![]()
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