Desert Breaker Longplay (Arcade) [QHD]

Game Info
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Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega
Year of Release: 1992

Game Review & Impressions
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It doesn't take long to realise Desert Breaker is an unashamed rip-off of Capcom's Mercs. Sure, it might throw in some additional sprite scaling effects and gives the player a dash attack, but the inspiration for this game is pretty blatant. It's also way harder than Mercs, often to the point of being ridiculous.

Despite decent production values and a lot of polish, I just didn't enjoy Desert Breaker. The tortuous boss fights, flitting around in confined areas of the screen, were the final straw for me; Mercs was difficult enough, but this goes a step beyond. It might be better in multiplayer, but as far as single player goes, it's a "No" from me.

Chapters
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00:00 Attract mode
2:41 Stage 1
7:20 Stage 2
16:47 Stage 3
31:13 Ending