What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Growl (PS2)

October 18th, 2022

I decided to tackle an old arcade game for a quick game clear last night, and, after popping the Taito Legends 2 collection into my PS2, landed on Growl. I don't think this game was very good, from a technical standpoint. It was pretty repetitive, your move set is limited, the same enemy types and backgrounds last throughout the game's entire brief runtime, and the final boss seems like it may be flat out unbeatable without a trip to the bank for some rolls of quarters. I was really amused by it, though. The goal is to save animal from poachers, which you do by fighting hundreds of poachers with kicks, punches, and rocket launchers. Since the animals are grateful for your help, they pitch in, so this game features elephants busting up tanks and enemies getting trampled by herds of gazelles. There's a twist ending, too, which was really a highlight for me.

I wouldn't play Growl again, but it got my mind off of work garbage for a while, and that is sometimes good enough. Since this was game clear 9 out of 10, I'm probably going to do another quick arcade game tonight to meet my ten games cleared goal!