A boy and his bird (8 Eyes)

Game: 8 Eyes
Released: 1990
Status: Man, when I set out to do this I thought I'd beat more games. But a lot of these games are hard and crappy. Not a good combo.
Rating: 3/10

Well, it tried. Not very hard, but it did try. It tried to be like castlevania peppered with mega man and added the dynamic of having a bird companion that you can control separately. But it didn't really work. The controls are really clunky making it difficult to accurately hit your enemies with your sword or bird. That'll really kill a game. I can forgive a lot, but bad controls just make things frustrating and in the end frustrating is not fun.