Centipede: Recharged

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  1. Glitterfusion
    Mar 22, 2022
    9
    I didn’t expect much from Centipede. Especially when it’s skinned to feel so much like Geometry Wars. But honestly, the enriched weapon mechanics and divided top/bottom infestation strategy are so pure I can’t help but love this as the perfect evolution of the arcade game. The power ups are satisfying in both animation and sound effects. The single life permadeath scoreboard chasing isI didn’t expect much from Centipede. Especially when it’s skinned to feel so much like Geometry Wars. But honestly, the enriched weapon mechanics and divided top/bottom infestation strategy are so pure I can’t help but love this as the perfect evolution of the arcade game. The power ups are satisfying in both animation and sound effects. The single life permadeath scoreboard chasing is very gratifying. The nerve grating death screen is exactly the challenge to your ego you need to try again. Love it. My only annoyance, and I am under rating it with a 9 here, is the need to sign in every session.… Expand

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  1. CD-Action
    Jan 19, 2022
    75
    Centipede: Recharged is a good remake that retained the feel of the original. Sometimes the action gets too chaotic, but revisiting this almost 40-year-old arcade classic was a satisfying experience for me. [12/2021, p.62]
  2. Gamers Heroes
    Oct 11, 2021
    55
    The arcade action of Centipede: Recharged is inoffensive, but there simply isn’t enough content here to justify its price tag. Even the most devout score chaser will likely get bored with this title’s lack of variety, and its bland aesthetics seal its fate.
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  3. Hardcore Gamer
    Sep 28, 2021
    80
    While the leaderboards are wonky the rest of Centipede: Recharged feels just about exactly like you’d want the original game to be when dragged into the current year. It updates the gameplay flow to be more forgiving than its predecessor but still provides quick, punchy rounds where every second counts. The Challenge section adds a more focused set of objectives than the free-form arcade mode, and it’s a lot of fun to bounce between the two to blast bugs with wild abandon and then switch over to focus on a specific goal. While the gameplay itself isn’t particularly deep, it’s not supposed to be, and instead provides straightforward shooting action best enjoyed in small, but highly-satisfying doses. It’s been forty years since Centipede crawled into arcades, and it’s great to see a new version that’s so faithful to the long-gone shooter classic.
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