Ultimately I do give credit for the restoration and remastering efforts… but unfortunately though you can polish a turd… at the end of the day, it's still a turd and bad acting, bad writing and pretty awful staging means this is really only a title for people who can find the humour in things that are really terrible… I'm just not one of those peop...
American Hero2021
American Hero
2021 Ziggurat Interactive66Worthwhile
Playtime
BriefTypically 2.5 hours
Playable on
Available on
- $14.99
- $14.99
- $14.99
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Details
- Launch
- November 11, 2021
- Developer
- Empty Clip Studios
- Publisher
- Ziggurat Interactive
- Themes
- Genres
Overview
A restoration and remaster of a game lost to time for over 25 years, American Hero was originally designed for the Atari Jaguar CD as a “playable movie” with a groundbreaking, more fluid presentation than the FMV games of its time.
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WorthwhileFMV games were never that great to begin with, so there was never much hope for American Hero, especially since it was actually an unfinished project. Even worse, the joy in low-budget movies (interactive or not) is their unintentional comedic side, and frankly, this doesn't have much cheese. Pick any bad action flick from the '90s you want (start with...
An interesting, unreleased relic from the 90's, American Hero is a "so bad, it's almost good again" FMV game that probably would have been ahead of its time if it had released when originally intended. Today, it's corny, cheesy and clunky but that's why it's funny. FMV enthusiasts and those who would like a laugh will get something out of this.
Games that have been brought back from the dead are always going to be a risky proposition, especially ones that were never completed...