{"id":24399,"date":"2024-04-10T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T00:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=24399"},"modified":"2024-03-23T13:52:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-23T13:52:49","slug":"orion-haste-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2024\/04\/10\/orion-haste-ps4-ps5-switch-xbox-one-x-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Orion Haste (PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, X\/S)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In the future, evil aliens have taken over a space base and it\u2019s up to you to stop them.\u00a0 Orion Haste is a 16-bit style 2-D run and gun that plays similar to Contra.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

Your mercenary can run and jump, and fire by holding down the X button.\u00a0 Hold down the L1 button and he\u2019ll stand in one place and you can aim in any direction.\u00a0 Sometimes you can shoot boxes that have new weapons inside them, and you can switch them using the L2 buttons.\u00a0 You start with a rapid fire shot, but can get a laser, piercing shots, and a homing missile.\u00a0 Make it to the end of each level and fight a boss to move onto the next.\u00a0 You can take a few hits before you die, and if you run out of lives, it\u2019s Game Over but you can continue on the last level you were on.<\/p>\n

Aside from the difficulty, my main problem with this game is your character moves too slow and clunky.\u00a0 The game this is trying to imitate most is Contra, but the heroes in that game moved and jumped more quickly and nimbly.\u00a0 If this game had selectable difficulty and characters who moved a little better, I might\u2019ve enjoyed the game more.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Orion Haste is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Fantasy Violence and Mild Blood.\u00a0 You shoot baddies that explode when defeated, and when you run out of energy, you just fall over and say \u201cargh.\u201d\u00a0 I didn\u2019t notice any blood, though.\u00a0 I grew up playing games like this and I turned out OK.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Younger gamers may find it too difficult, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the future, evil aliens have taken over a space base and it\u2019s up to you to stop them.\u00a0 Orion Haste is a 16-bit style 2-D run and gun that plays similar to Contra.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on all current consoles, but reviewed on PS4 here. Your mercenary can run and jump, and fire by holding […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24399"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24399\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24401,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24399\/revisions\/24401"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}