Kid Icarus: Uprising is a combination of a high score shooter and 3D action adventure which contains several great elements and one pretty bad one. Pit, the flightless angel, is back after a long hiatus. After the first game of the series came out on the NES and one more on the Game Boy, we haven't seen a Kid Icarus game for a couple decades. With that being said, I had high expectations for this game, which were satisfied . . . sort of.
The story in general is quite charming. Pit takes on the forces of the underworld, lead by Medusa and Hades, in an effort to save the world. He's helped by the Goddess of Light, Palutena, who helps Pit fly and the beginning of stages and has humorous dialog with him during each stage. Other characters make brief appearances, including a Dark Pit ... |
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4/5 |
