So, Beat ’Em Up Archives (QUByte Classics) then. In conclusion, although the games still look good today, the gameplay has aged horribly. As a result it is all more frustrating than fun to play.
There are classic beat ‘em ups like Streets of Rage, Fatal Fury and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that many gamers would think of before this next title. But, that may be because it goes by different names. Water Margin anyone? A Tale of Clouds and Wind instead? Or this new name: QuByte Classics – The Tale of Clouds and Wind, out now on Xbox, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation.
Unless you’re a shoot ’em up completist, there’s very little reason to pick up QUByte Classics: Thunderbolt Collection by PIKO. It feels like they’re getting splinters from dredging the bottom of the shooter barrel.
QUByte have been found pushing out a few 'Classic by PIKO' titles to the Xbox, PlayStation and Switch storefronts in recent months. Today it's the turn of Thunderbolt Collection to expand our gaming horizons.
Well, that’s certainly a mouthful. But if you cast your mind back to the old school shooters such as Doom, Wolfenstein and Quake then you can picture exactly what to expect in QUByte Classics: Zero Tolerance Collection by PIKO.
QUByte Classics - Jim Power: The Lost Dimension Collection by PIKO is a collection to miss, then, and we hope QUByte’s noble intention to preserve older classics finds some worthier targets.
Even though QUByte Interactive pop up with new games on a fairly regular basis, there have only been a few 'Classics by PIKO'. I guess we can add another to the list with the release of QUByte Classics - Jim Power: The Lost Dimension Collection by Piko on Xbox.
With a full rework, rather than a vanilla re-release, The Humans would have got our grunted approval. But the advances of twenty years of gaming have meant that the flaws of QUByte Classics - The Humans by PIKO are glaring.
