Monday, February 9, 2009

Hard Head




Hard Head represents SunA's attempt to rip off Super Mario Bros, but mixed in with soccer/football, Bubble Bobble, and the ugliest characters to grace a game since the boxart of the original Mega Man. Just as in SMB, you must venture through many sidescrolling levels and hop on the heads of weird creatures, but you also have the ability to trap them in bubbles, and some of the powerups have a distinctly Bubble Bobble-esque feel to them. Also, instead of a flagpole, you have to hit a soccer ball through the goal at the end of the level, a task easier said than done, given the game's incredibly wonky physics, which also make jumping and navigating incredibly difficult. The game overall has this weird janky offmarket feeling to it, from the nightmarish main characters and enemies to the loungeporn music and general confusing aimlessness. The game is almost worth playing all the way through just to see what strange thing they'll throw at you next, but the horrible controls will probably stop you before the end.

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