RETRY?
SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD: THE GAME’s nostalgia infused action is back.
By Stacey Henley
At 13, I tried to play guitar. I wasn’t good right away, and I knew getting better would take time, effort and callused fingers. Playing Scott Pilgrim Vs The World is a lot like playing guitar. I played the original, and as the soundtrack started, I figured it would come back to me. But listening to the radio won’t help you shred, and hearing the music didn’t imbue my fingertips with the magic of nostalgia.
This shiny re-release – ten years on from the original launch, and after over five years of not being available to buy anywhere – is certainly tougher than I remembered, and it’s clearly built for grinding. It expects you to try and fail again and again, compensating for its relatively short seven level runtime. For players expecting to pick it back up immediately, you might find the early stages slower going than the colourful carnage you remember.