Super Mario Strikers

Captain America: Super Soldier Playtest: Standard Soldier

Let’s go over why Captain America is in this fortress castle fighting Hydra to begin with. Not that it matters, as you’ll spend your time attacking generic soldiers in bland environments and collecting falcon statues that are hardly hidden. Red Skull and Hydra are going to start making their own, mass produced super soldiers thanks to Doctor Arnim Zola’s Master Mann project, and the Captain has been sent in, alone, to shut down production. It isn’t connected to the recent Captain America . In each chapter, some doors and areas will be locked off, so it will look like you could deviate from a path, but you can’t. Eventually, you reach a point where you can use the sewer system to backtrack and all areas are unlocked, but there’s absolutely no reason or incentive to revisit any area you were already in.  Hydra are obviously the stupidest criminal organization in history, as every collectible – secret diaries, crucial documents, ceramic eggs, and decorative beer steins – are just left in plain sight. You’ll have no trouble finding them or difficulty reaching them. The aforementioned "tactical sense" turns the world orange, then grey, with anything the Captain being able to interact with glowing orange.

Plus, why would you want to revisit the drab setting?  Next Level Games must have thought that everything in 1940′s was dull and lifeless. Nothing stands out. No one stands out. Most general grunt enemies look the same, and the same can be said for the more powerful enemies. The only characters that really stand apart are the bosses, which you see very rarely. Said bosses will usually repeat their names several times in conversation as well, so you can remember, then promptly forget, who they are.

Even though he’s Captain America, he can’t just interact with anything. Basic crates and barrels can’t be destroyed by his all powerful shield. The most you can do is knock them aside and put a superficial dent in them. No, the Captain can only climb on and move around items that also have glow orange, triggered just by tapping X. If you tap X with the right timing, you can put together combos and get extra points. It’s not difficult though, and even if you hesitate you aren’t penalized as you move from one area to another. What’s most frustrating are areas where you can see an assortment of trailer or beams. You’d think Captain America could leap up on and run around any of these trailers and beams. Nope! He can only jump around and climb up some of them. I mean, if he can scurry up on top of one trailer, he should be able to climb up on all of them to get tactical advantages against his enemies!