By: Thegreenback
Nano
Doc is a side scrolling shooter type game where the world has been
infected by a horrible mutating virus that kills loads of people with
out warning. As two scientists try a crazy idea to make a little robot
to find the virus in the patient and take it out to save them.
The main point of the game is that you are a tiny robot
going around in a persons bloodstream. You must take down loads of small
viruses as well as a big one that trys to take you out. But you are not
alone. Your makers keep you updated on enemies and how they might
attack you. You also are fully armed to stop them from killing the host
person.
The enemies are varied for each level increasing how hard they are
to kill and changing how they attack. In the beginning you start with
just a few virus cells that don’t move but shoot back at you. As you get
further some rush you with big groups trying to overwhelm you, or
spinning around in a circle spamming the screen with shots.
The shooting is different then most as you fight enemies
they show up in different colors. From red to blue to green and lastly
yellow. As you see them coming up, you hit the buttons on your
controller matching the same colors. Red is the B button and X is blue
etc. Making it more challenging to figure out what button to hit as the
enemies come faster or even in groups of every color. There are also
extra things that, if you get fast enough, help you along nicely. By
killing enemies, you get a chance to get a short bonus device. Such as
increased speed of your shots, shields and shooting all colors at the
same time to wipe out all enemies quickly. You can also absorb red blood
cells to make your health go back up. Or you can absorb white cells to
increase your shooting. You can also charge up cells or viruses into a
bomb where you let go destroying and hurting more enemies.
There are 20 different levels to fight through. As the
easiest is the first handful but the farther you get in the game the
more skilled you have to be. You also get money with the more kills you
get from destroying the viruses. And at the end of each level you spend
them on upgrading your equipment. Ranging to making you shoot more or
faster, have greater health and even extra lives.
At the end of each level there is a giant virus boss. And
each one has its own way of attacking you. Some of them spam your whole
view with their shots but doesn’t hurt much. As some others only do a
few shots but if it hits then takes a lot of your health in one go. As
you try and get there health bar down they also call reinforcements to
take you out.
The overall is: it’s a
fun game. Good use of changing enemies to keep you on your toes. As you
feel overwhelmed at times giving you that hard challenge. Can be a good
quick pick up game or sit down and try to beat all in one go. So for
just 80pts ($1) you should go and try it then buy it.
I
would give this 7.2 out of 10.
~Thegreenback~
~Thegreenback~
