The game has you play through five tough-as-nails stages, and you can choose to do so in an Arcade format, or via the Story Mode. Okinawa Rush is a retro-inspired action-packed arcade platformer. The game is so action-packed during combat that it requires your full focus. While the music is good, you’ll probably be too focused to notice most of it. We enjoyed the background music, the sound effects, and also the limited voice acting that was present in the game. We do have to mention that a lot of enemy models are recycled over and over, but with the fast-paced action you often won’t notice it before they are dead. The backgrounds are also very nice to look at, and the cutscenes and character portraits are the icing on the cake. The animations are extremely fluid and chopping up enemies feels extremely satisfying when they explode into big chunks of meat. The old-school pixel art meshes well with modern technology, presenting you with a game that looks retro but also modern enough to entice a slightly younger audience. Graphically this game is extremely beautiful. Nonetheless, we imagine most gamers picking this one up for the gameplay rather than the actual story value. Here, it’s pretty much the same, but we do get treated to good-looking (short) cinematics to press the narrative forward. These stories were also commonly seen on old-school consoles, as in many cases the developers had to keep things simple. Okinawa Rush‘ s story is a typical tale about revenge. We soon found ourselves slashing through enemies as if they were butter, and we quite enjoyed the experience. Okinawa Rush is a blast from the past, promising fast-paced action, fun stages to hack and slash your way through alone or with a friend, and an interesting story about revenge.
Now, many games require a massive install/download, a lot of patches to make things bug-free and then you’ll have to go through many loading screens to actually start playing. Many gamers simply want to go back to the days when you would just insert your cartridge into your console, and you would be playing in mere seconds. Retro-inspired games have been booming for a long time now, and when done right, these titles often fare better than modern hyperrealistic ones.
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