Game Review: Boxhead the Rooms
Title: Boxhead the Rooms (click to play)
Style: Top-Down Shooter
Source: Crazy-Monkey Games
You might have thought we would have covered this classic zombie game sooner than now, but it’s because it’s a classic that we didn’t. Really, why review a game that everyone has already played and knows about anyway? Well, we figured the time was right for just such a thing, because it’s about this time that everyone has forgotten this game and what started a spree of some of the best original zombie games. And stuff.
So, Boxhead the Rooms, in case you didn’t know, is a hopeless struggle to destroy the endless multitudes of walking death-sticks. Hopeless not only because you are guarenteed to die, but because you can only move in the four cardinal directions. Up. Down. Left. Right. That’s it. One of the unfortunate things about going back to study the masterpieces of old is that you can’t help but compare them to the industry standards of the modern time, to the contemporary undead-murdering slaughter-games of today.
I like moving diagonally. It’s hard to shoot things only at right angles.
Good thing you get to blow them up. What makes this game addictive is that there’s a quick progression of weaponry that regularly gives you upgrades or new weapons to add to your arsenal. Undoubtedly one of the finer points is learning to use barrels and grenades and land mines together to form a cohesive strategy of multiple explosions. Smells like fireworks and anal sex.
All in all, I can’t say it’s my favorite game, but I can appreciate it for what it is. I can enjoy killing the zombies in a dozen different ways, though you don’t get the gore or destruction a lot of games these days have. There’s not quite the same level of satisfaction in it; on the other hand, it’s fun to see what a good idea and a proper execution can turn into.
Game Score:
| Graphics: | 2.0 | |
| Sound: | ? | |
| Fun Factor: | 2.5 | |
| Satisfaction: | 2.0 | |
| Total: |  |
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