NES Review - Rescue The Embassy Mission

This is an absolute sleeper hit. There are three distinct modes of gameplay and they are all awesome. My favorite is the stealth sneaky mode. It honestly puts the stealth in the first Metal Gear to shame. You roll away from search lights, hide in doorways, duck behind walls, leap into windows. It. Is. Awesome. This is to get your sniper team into position.

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The next mode in the sniping segment which plays like a 2D nes style version of Silent Scope. Its pretty good. This will make the final game play section much easier. The more enemies you take out here on as many sides of the building as you can makes the final infiltration segment easier. Your infiltration team rappels down the side of the building and makes their entry. Then you switch to a first person mode that plays like Phantasy Star or Swords and Serpents and you machinegun the rest of the terrorists while avoiding and rescuing the hostages. How have I never heard of this game? I bought it in 2024 for $5. There are various difficulties that are basically different missions and there are time limits making it feel like an arcade experience. The game really had a lot of big ideas and managed to deliver on them.

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