12DOVE Verdict
Pros
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Great combo-based
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arcade-like shooting
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Empowering abilities
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like missile-kicking
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Some pretty groovy music underneath it all
Cons
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Initially super hard
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then almost too easy
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Both players onscreen would've been nice
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Let a man name his profile Fart
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yeesh
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You know all those “bullet hell” shoot ‘em ups that insist on cramming as many projectiles on the screen as possible? The kind that seem to require a superhuman level of hand-eye coordination to survive? Sin & Punishment is the accessible, tough-but-not-impossible version of the genre, tossing endless amounts of lasers, missiles and rocket-breathing monstrosities in your face, albeit in a manageable, less rage-quitty kind of way.
That said, this still sums up most of the game:
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| Genre | Shooter |
| Description | A bullet hell shooter that’s just sane enough for anyone to enjoy. The action is nonstop but manageable, and the bosses are freakish and challenging enough to warrant a few repeat plays just to figure out how to totally destroy them the next time around. |
| Platform | "Wii" |
| US censor rating | "Teen" |
| UK censor rating | "12+" |
| Alternative names | "Sin and Punishment 2" |
| Release date | 1 January 1970 (US), 1 January 1970 (UK) |
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