Elevator Action II

How do you improve perfection? You can't! Thank goodness that Taito knew this and released Elevator Action II as an entirely different game than the original. Actually the only common ground the original and the sequel have are some elevators and bullets.

You still clear out enemies and search for stuff, but the heart of the game is killing rather than... well... stealing stuff. Elevator Action lets you pick from a cast of three. They each have different strength and weaknesses though most people play as the girl because she is hot. Basically you enter a building and look for bombs. Bad people and dogs try to kill you. There are explosions and other stuff. There is nothing special about the plot (the game violates the less is more rule. In the original game your imagination dictated the plot, where as this game tells you exactly what's going on.)

The redemption of Elevator Action II is the graphics and animations. They are GOOD! Shell casings bounce around, dying dogs flop to their death -the artists made it very realistic in terms of physics and human movement. This is refreshing since most new 3D games don't need true arists. Instead they just need a guy in a suit and a computer to capture movements.

Anyways you probably won't ever see this in the Arcade but it is available on the Taito Legends 2 disc for PS2.