Do you keep in mind the 80s recreation Montezuma\u2019s Revenge<\/em> by Parker Bros? After a little bit of forwards and backwards, I bought a key, fired it up on my PS5, and ready myself for greatness, particularly because the screenshots within the electronic mail appeared first rate sufficient.<\/p>\n It didn\u2019t take quite a lot of seconds earlier than I needed to throw my copy out the window \u2014 however since this was a digital key, that wasn\u2019t actually an choice\u2026<\/p>\n Why did I wish to do this, it’s possible you’ll ask? Properly, the sport\u2019s protagonist, Pedro, is all of a sudden speaking<\/em> \u2014 endlessly \u2014 with a godawful accent, rambling about stuff you couldn\u2019t care much less about.<\/p>\n Issues improved barely as soon as I went into the settings and slid the speech quantity bar all the best way all the way down to zero. Bye bye, Pedro\u2019s completely pointless voice.<\/p>\n As a facet be aware, you can too play as Pedro\u2019s sister Rosita now, however to trustworthy, I made a decision to not test if her voice was higher to hear at.<\/p>\n I performed the sport for some time, and though I did take pleasure in components of it, one thing nonetheless felt off<\/em>.<\/p>\n So I made a decision to fireside up the outdated Parker Bros C64 model to see if I had fully misremembered the sport.<\/p>\n Nope. It was precisely as I remembered it: fluid, not annoying, and brutally exhausting.<\/p>\n Possibly that is simply my rose-tinted retro glasses speaking, however how did that<\/em> C64 recreation flip into what you see within the GIF beneath?<\/p>\n I can\u2019t fairly clarify it, however the magic simply isn\u2019t there. The protagonist strikes surprisingly, dying is annoyingly sluggish, and the controls really feel floaty. And that final half is the most important downside of all \u2014 exact controls had been the principle purpose the unique grew to become fashionable.<\/p>\n I stored enjoying and advised myself a number of occasions that it actually wasn\u2019t that<\/em> unhealthy\u2026 till I noticed that unhealthy stage design from the 80s doesn\u2019t essentially work very nicely in video games greater than 40 years later.<\/p>\n When the sport clicks, it\u2019s nice. When it doesn\u2019t \u2014 and I\u2019m being very light right here \u2014 it\u2019s downright horrible. Unfair, ugly design decisions in all places, like making the participant consider a passage is blocked by an enormous rock, merely due to terrible tiled graphics used as background<\/em> parts.<\/p>\n Flip-screen gameplay is actually the very last thing I anticipated to see in 2025. This system was frequent on outdated Atari consoles and computer systems as a result of they merely didn\u2019t have the graphical energy for correct scrolling.<\/p>\n The sound is fairly cool\u2026 till you notice it\u2019s mainly a 40-second loop.<\/p>\n The graphics look superb more often than not \u2014 till you discover how closely reused the tiles are. Whereas that\u2019s satisfactory in idea, it actually doesn\u2019t work after they\u2019re randomly positioned all through rooms, virtually as if the whole lot was performed by a script relatively than cautious design and planning.<\/p>\n The entire 2.5D look is fascinating, however one thing inside me says the sport would have labored higher as pure 2D.<\/p>\n To be honest, some places truly look fairly good.<\/p>\n After dying about 315 occasions and reaching stage 3 (out of 9), I made a decision there actually wasn\u2019t rather more to say. Some video games ought to merely by no means get a remake or a sequel.<\/p>\n There are<\/em> a couple of positives, although.<\/p>\n The sport is tiny by way of fashionable file sizes.<\/p>\n There\u2019s a Platinum trophy, and a ton of gold trophies that aren\u2019t too exhausting to get for those who\u2019re into that form of factor.<\/p>\n Unplugging the drain plug and see the gish and water go down was an incredible contact.<\/p>\n Oh and let\u2019s not neglect that the swimming half on this recreation is of pure brilliance, sure it truly works as you anticipate, large reward to the developer for holding it easy and honest.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n This remake is made by the unique creator, and that is how he meant the sport to initially be, extra ranges, extra of the whole lot, which is fairly cool.<\/p>\n So it ain\u2019t a complete wreck for sure.<\/p>\n I actually needed to love this recreation. I beloved the Spelunker<\/em> remake, for instance, which proved that it is<\/em> attainable to make terrible 80s design work at the moment with out altering its core.<\/p>\n The entire verdict, don’t go blind into this one like I did, perform a little research ( most likely why you\u2019re right here to start with).\u00a0 It may be enjoyable nd there\u2019s some actually good issues in it , however you will want to have lots of additional time and persistence in your hand if you wish to playthrough this one as an alternative of different new 80s remakes..<\/p>\n Assessment key equipped by Writer.<\/p>\n Value of the sport is $14.99, and obtainable on most storefronts.<\/p>\n You’ll be able to learn the complete information merchandise right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Sport trailer added beneath\u2026<\/p>\n
Properly, I do \u2014 and that\u2019s precisely why I made a decision to contact Eastasiasoft as quickly as I heard about this remake and ask for a overview key, one thing I not often do.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/usercontent.one\/wp\/blog.amigaguru.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Montezumas-Revenge-The-40th-Anniversary-Edition_screenshot_03.jpg?media=1769153309\")