Hey guys, been a while I know.

I finally got my diploma, thank you very much. That's what kept me away from here at first. Then came summer, a new girlfriend, a new car, a new job and whaddayaknow we're 3 months later and it feels like I haven't been on here in ages.

So anyway I'm making this short but I am reminding all of yous to check out "The Red Star". I blogged about it before the finals started while it was still an upcoming game. Well it's been out for nearly two months now and I've spent some time with it and let me tell you: it's one of the most original old-school games I've ever come across.

It plays out like a beat' em up like say, Final Fight. You've all played Final Fight, right? The twist is that you also have a firearm and the game is in 3D. The stages are a mix of hand to hand fistyfights while the boss are firefights only. Actually, The boss fights play out as if you were in a vertical shooter like Raiden, the camera angles changes to fit the change in gameplay. Your equipment is upgradeable and there's a nice range of combos and tricks you can pull off.

Like I said earlier, for less than 20$ brand new, there's not a lot of games of that quality you can buy so you'd be a fool to pass this one if you're at all interested in old-school type of games. Heck, this game is more fun than a lot of 50$ releases.

So anyways if I haven't convinced you to check it out yet I don't know what else I can do. Oh and for the record, don't bother reading reviews. It's as if half the reviewers totally misunderstood what this game was about. Add the fact it was released at a budget price and you have a bad case of Neglectitis-Ignorantis from a lot of people who reviewed it.

Any of you guys tried it yet? Leave me your impressions in the comments here

-Ben