What Video Game Did I Play Yesterday?

Time Soldiers (Switch)

October 23rd, 2022

I tried to play another arcade game while puffing breathing medicine last night, Time Soldiers, but I really didn't enjoy it. The twin stick shooting controls, as they were set up on the Switch version of the SNK 40th Anniversary Collection felt awkward, it was really gratuitously cheap, and there was nothing that grabbed me about the aesthetic or story, either. After I traveled through time a sufficient amount of times, which involves a lot more tedious backtracking than you might expect, and rescued all of the other titular Time Soldiers, I reached the "Final Battle" with some sense of relief. Once I realized getting killed there meant a no continues available game over, though, I flat out quit. If I had found anything in the game more interesting or charming, I might have wanted to try again, but as it is, I likely won't.