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Taito Milestones
Released On: Apr 15, 2022
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Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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88% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Negative
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1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
63
6% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
88% Mixed
15 Reviews
15 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Overall if you were to judge the collection on the games alone, it is a fine package of some well known Taito games and some lesser known, whether you would call them milestones is up for debate.
Overall, this is still a solid collection and there are some genuine gems tucked away here. I just feel that this collection could have been so much more and picked a better array of games to show off what used to make Taito such an arcade gaming powerhouse.
To sum up, I like every game included in this set, but I only truly love a few of them. That’s a problem in that I could just go and buy those few separately and keep twenty bucks in my pocket. I like the Arcade Archives quality, but I can’t help but feel a bit disappointed with how flavorless the package comes across as a whole. It’s ten Arcade Archives games dumped in a box with a simple menu to choose between them. A better selection would make this an easier recommendation, but as is I think it’s only suited for Taito die-hards and those looking for an Arcade Archives sample platter.
TAITO Milestones is a compilation of ten TAITO arcade games of the
1980s, some of which less known to the general audience. If the
emulation of the games is done successfully, the overall presentation
and interface is rather poor, as there are no extras about the games or
TAITO that could sweeten this package, not to mention a lack of online
multiplayer. Overall this could have been used to present a broader look
at TAITO's past.
There may not be many games in here, but they do cover a broad range of genres and most of them are still great fun to play today. It's just a shame Switch owners have already had access to the majority of them, with the exact same features, for years already. The glaring lack of any extra features make it hard to appreciate the significance of the more obscure or basic titles unless you're prepared to go off and do some homework, and there are some very obvious milestones missing for no reason other than it allows Taito to make more money by splitting the games across multiple collections.
Many of the games in Taito Milestones can be quite interesting, in terms of historical and nostalgic values, but as a collection, this pack is a little too bare-bones.
Ultimately these games come from an era that will always be overlooked before the likes of Nintendo and Sega came along and catapulted gaming along the path where it has got to today, and that is commendable. It is a backhanded compliment to the era that these games are so out of date.
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Summary Taito's arcade legacy began in the early 1970s, but it came into its own in the 80s. You now have the chance to play these milestone classics that paved the way for the decades of Taito's arcade dominance which followed. Ten games, each representing a specific breakthrough in development and gaming history, spanning a variety of genres....
Rated T
for Teen
Platforms:
- Nintendo Switch
Initial Release Date: Apr 15, 2022
Developer:
- Taito Corporation
- Hamster
Publisher: ININ Games
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