Impossible Mission (PS2)

A remake of the old C64 classic.

To be honest, I've never found myself enjoying this early eighties adventure game and as much as I have tried to give it a chance, I think I simply was born at a time when gaming had long since moved on.

The only reason I did show interest in Impossible Mission on PS2 is that, as a infant in the very early nineties, I still owned a C64. Of the few floppies Impossible Mission was one of those games I happened to remember. So I picked it up. While I can say this remake is as it stands, nothing makes Impossible Mission on PS2 different besides a few graphical and audio improvements. I suppose it is for the graphics whores who couldn't take the 8-Bit designs but even so most of the appeal remains in attracting the older fans of the original Impossible Mission (infact, it is included as a bonus).

But without being too much of a snob I think I also disliked this version of Impossible Mission because it lacked value. This could of been far better if it was part of a C64 compilation package. The fact that Impossible Mission is priced individually as the same price of other compilations including Capcom Classics Collection, Taito Arcade Classics and Midway Arcade Classics really makes you wonder if it is worth the same value. And ultimately that is why I'm not too fond of it really, because for those who don't like Impossible Mission (such as myself), there is nothing you can fall-back on instead. Very disappointing.