Spying in a Pixel World – Master Spy Review

<p>Whether it&&num;8217&semi;s the idea of sneaking into secret bases or finding out hushed up secrets&comma; taking on the roll of a spy is as fun as it is mysterious&period; In <em>Master Spy<&sol;em>&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll take on the role of the best spy in the world&excl; Your initial assignment is to find out a few secrets but soon you will find out that the mission is a lot more than you initially agreed to in the beginning&period; Guard dogs&comma; humans&comma; and even sharks are out to stop the greatest spy&comma; but it&&num;8217&semi;s nothing a gamer can&&num;8217&semi;t handle&comma; right&quest; Although some of the stages are a bit too challenging to play through&comma; the game itself offers the pixel charm and feeling of being a spy on the run which is always fun&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As the player&comma; you must use a special invisibility coat so you won&&num;8217&semi;t be detected in the high security building you&&num;8217&semi;ll be infiltrating&period; There are more than fifty levels to play though&comma; and you can replay the game to unlock secret levels and cutscenes&period; All of this is well and good for a player who&&num;8217&semi;s looking for some espionage&comma; but what really makes <em>Master Spy<&sol;em> is the epic original soundtrack&period; The first time you open up the game&comma; you will be greeted with intensifying music that creates the mindset of being a spy in an undercover operation&period; After hearing the music that makes you feel as if the high stakes are real&comma; you&&num;8217&semi;ll probably notice the retro pixelated graphics&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;90735" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-90735" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04182614&sol;master-spy&period;png"><img class&equals;"wp-image-90735 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04182614&sol;master-spy&period;png" alt&equals;"master-spy" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-90735" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Master Spy&comma; TURBOGAMES&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Players who played SNES games in the &&num;8217&semi;90s will fall in love <em>Master Spy<&sol;em> because of its pixels and platforms&period; In this platforming game&comma; the player must jump and use the cloaking device that makes the spy invisible to cameras and guards&period; The controls are only the arrow keys&comma; the space bar or up keys to jump&comma; and the C or down keys to put on the high-tech invisible cloak&period; The spy walks much faster without the cloak but he will be seen by the guards or cameras&period; It sounds simple&comma; right&quest; Well the reality of <em>Master Spy<&sol;em> is that it&&num;8217&semi;s not for the faint of heart&period; Players will eventually reach stages that require several retries to pass through because of the guard dogs&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;90741" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-90741" style&equals;"width&colon; 1920px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04182517&sol;master-spy-3&period;png"><img class&equals;"wp-image-90741 size-full" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04182517&sol;master-spy-3&period;png" alt&equals;"master-spy-3" width&equals;"1920" height&equals;"1080" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-90741" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Master Spy&comma; TURBOGAMES&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>These guard dogs are highly sensitive to humans and have no issue attacking spies&period; You will have a mere two or three seconds when jumping to the platform with a dog before you&&num;8217&semi;re attacked by man&&num;8217&semi;s best friend&period; These canines also jump and won&&num;8217&semi;t allow their enemy&comma; the spy&comma; have any time to jump over the dog&period; Instead&comma; the only hope the spy has is to jump up to another platform&period; This is where the game is capable of becoming infuriating&period; The deeper you progress into <em>Master Spy&comma;<&sol;em> the more difficult the stages become for the player&period; Those who become frustrated and struggle through the advanced stages would do best to take a break from a stage if they can&&num;8217&semi;t pass it the first few times&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;90676" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-90676" style&equals;"width&colon; 752px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04182822&sol;master-spy-the-rhine&period;png"><img class&equals;"wp-image-90676 " src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;08&sol;04182822&sol;master-spy-the-rhine&period;png" alt&equals;"master-spy-the-rhine" width&equals;"752" height&equals;"423" &sol;><&sol;a><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-90676" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;Master Spy&comma; TURBOGAMES&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s not impossible to outwit the dogs but since they don&&num;8217&semi;t give anytime beyond two seconds to react&comma; the levels start to feel discouraging&period; It may have been the developers&&num;8217&semi; plan to invoke the feeling of frustration and even hopelessness to make the spy&&num;8217&semi;s situation dire&period; However&comma; it becomes a bit tiresome after the fourteenth try on a single stage&period; At least once the player becomes accustomed to the game&&num;8217&semi;s quick dogs and finishes the main levels&comma; there are secret levels and bonus cutscenes to enjoy when replaying <em>Master Spy<&sol;em>&period; The cutscenes have that SNES feeling to them and gives the platformer a real story&period; <em>Master Spy<&sol;em> may be more for those who don&&num;8217&semi;t mind struggling through a challenging platform game&period; Still&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s definitely worth playing just to pretend to be a spy&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong><em>A code for Master Spy was provided by TURBOGAMES for the purpose of this review<&sol;em><&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;