One of Masiya's more well known series of games, Schbibin Man finally takes our heroes onto CD-Rom. Still retaining the action platforming escapades of the previous installments, the third is without doubt the best. At a guess, I would say this was by a slightly different development team than the first two, as the design and feel to this game is quite different.

Starting off, the first thing you notice is that swords are back in place from the first game. Also, you now have the ability to partially guide your schbibin once fired by holding down the button and wrestling with the joypad. This is very useful and you can get some quite accurate hits in with practice. Being on CD, this game is far more varied this time around and levels change at just the right pace - not too short or long. There are also some nice surprises, like being able to control a massive walking robot, or flying on a bug while pursued by a gigantic and beautifully drawn dragon, and this all help to keep your attention.

Without doubt, this is the best looking game in the series. Fantastic parallax scrolling in places, some huge sprites - all a treat to look at and some quite lengthy and well constructed anime style intro sequences add tremendously. Music is generally pretty good throughout, with the opening intro deserving of a special mention. This is also a game well worth completing - not only do you get a great ending sequence, but this also opens up an 'omake' section which allows you to see fan art of the Schbibin Man characters! It may be as easy as breathing, but it's top fun and well worth getting.

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