Disappointing.

While Tap Tap Rush has some fun ideas--upgrades for Astro, hidden goods throughout the stage--it wasnt the Astro Boy game I hoped for. Both combat and platforming are slow and unwieldy, with a lot of jumps that are just barely too high, requiring rockets, and enemy attacks that are practically impossible to avoid in time. Additionally, stage design revolves around jumping about on a bunch of identical platforms which are mazelike in their samey-ness, making areas boring and confusing.

The controls only add to the confusion, with impenetrable choices like the jump/rocket buttons tap to jump, hold and tap to use rockets system (???) and toggle action button (?????). Top it off with an extremely rough translation, and youre much better off picking up an old GBA with Astro Boy: Omega Factor.

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