FTG Writes: The balance between being an earnest, violent game and being completely on the nose and clever about said violence is hard to achieve. Thunder Wolves, while harkening back to an age of cheesiness and gratuitous violence, definitely gives off the vibe that it’s trying a bit too hard comedically and in terms of gameplay. On the surface, you’ll find a relatively well-treaded path of helicopter combat games, but once you delve through the missions, you’ll have enough firepower to take out the Death Star.
With it being a frantic week for gamers everywhere Neil “KidDogg” Taylor makes a mad run to get to the chopper as he takes a look at the arcade action helicopter title Thunder Wolves .
GG3 has another gameplay stream, despite ongoing technical issues. A slightly less stable flow is the result, but that doesn't stop the explaining of bundles like the latest Humble Weekly Sale with bitComposer Games. Arcade revival Thunder Wolves will provide the background for the explanation.
PlayDevil has reviewed Thunder Wolves for XBLA.
Here's a snippet:
"Even the story harks back to the Mega Drive classics –with many of the missions being set either in the late 80’s or early 90s. There’s nukes, dictators, captured soldiers. Basically every film and game of the era has been raided for clichés- which sounds good, but things get almost too cheesy for the action to sustain."
