Joseph Voldness

Probably the best game I played both this and last year, Blaster Master Zero 2 is one of those rare titles where you solve everything with violence (for the most part) and yet you have memorable meetings with other characters to the extent I would say the game is as much story driven RPG as it is an action game. The tank is still the best vehicle in all of video gaming, the fighting in the top down corridors is tense, tight, and responsive, and setting everything that made Blaster Master one of the greatest games of all time with a compelling, if crazy story is simply one of the best design choices anyone could have come up with. Blaster Master Zero 2 plays like a game from the '80s with modern sensibilities, gameplay innovations, story, and structure of a game made today.