![]() The narrative carrying this deliberate presentation is equally ridiculous in terms of balancing out moments of tongue-in-cheek fan service conveyed through sincerest of details that range anywhere from humble nods to ostensible allusions that will entertain beyond Ultionus’ nineties soaked roots. The subtleties of raster resolution that accurately homage the pixel detail of action coin-op arcades of the nineties to the scan-line effects that render them on screen, the skips between frames and animation genuinely sell this deceptive notion that the title was an overlooked beauty of the past. The screen effects do an excellent job of emulating the effects of the past tech without all of the flaws that normally came with them. The second the boot up screen appears, Ultionus delivers on all of the smallest details beyond simple aesthetic to carry the sort of impression it intends to give, and the attention is remarkable. The idea of modernizing traditional dynamics in line with criteria that caters to current generation of gamers and still manage to appease the vets is still a daunting task, but where Last Dimension succeeds with the right amount of pacing and how it’s packaged. Last Dimension steps in with Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge as their answer and while it may not appeal to everyone in both of those groups, it’s the best one I’ve seen yet to come close to being that answer. The question is how could both sides of this coin be faithfully represented for both the purist, and masochist? Sure, titles like Super Meat Boy have written the love letter to the demanding skill and frustration of video games, but generally most of these messages romanticize all of the aspects of pleasure that deride from the teeth grinding challenge of video games, and never any of the horse shit that comes along with it. Ould you remember a time when games were hard? Sure, the 8-bit era or even the onset of the 16-bit generation would fit the bill, but I’m talking difficult here, like “Hey mom can you give me another dollar’s worth of quarters” hard aren’t too many you may who care to remember those moments now is there.
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