![]() ![]() No other Super Nintendo game (and only a couple of Genesis games I can think of) is quite as technically impressive as Super Turrican 2, but it doesn't rely on magic tricks to impress. We're talking Mode 7 to the max, pseudo-3D in multiple flavors, rotating sprites, and good-looking 3D CGI FMV cutscenes. Few other 16-bit games can claim to have made so much of their meager resources as Super Turrican 2 did.Īs for visuals, no Super Nintendo game prior to Super Turrican 2 (excepting the Donkey Kong Country games) possessed such amazing visuals. Sound effects hold more punch than ever, and there are even some neat feats like voice clips strewn about. The soundtrack fits the game perfectly, sometimes synchronizing with the action a la R-Type Delta. Winning the former front, master composer Chris Huelsbeck returns with a soundtrack more akin to stirring orchestral score than the rock-synth of Turricans past, but those rockin' tracks are here, too, including one whose remastering by Chris is an all-time favorite of mine. Super Turrican 2 has some new tricks up its sleeve in regards to both audio and visuals. ![]() ![]() The grappling hook from Mega Turrican returns but fires instantly in the direction you indicate more vitally, you can use fire the hook in midair, allowing you to perform multiple wall-jumps and swing around like space marine Tarzan! The manually-fired petrification beam returns to deal with enemies outside of your trajectory of fire, as well as new auto-homing missiles that fire as your main gun does. Gun powerups look cooler than ever, as do the screen-clearing bomb and invulnerable wheel mode for pinch situations. Cranking the action up to 11 and beyond, the final entry in the Turrican series sent the name off with a farewell and 21,000 gun salute.Īnyone familiar with the series knows by now that the controls are going to rule, yet Super Turrican 2 somehow exceeds expectations. But the practically unknown Super Turrican 2 could very well be the best run 'n gun game ever made. ![]() The 16-bit era was home to many great run 'n gun games: Gunstar Heroes, Contra: Hard Corps, several Metal Slug games. ![]()
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