Lode Runner 3-D fa dedaw-sukuu tutu ne kwati formula na ɛtow no ma ɛyɛ 3D a edi mũ wɔ N64 no so. Mfiase no, nsakrae a ɛba fi 2D sprites so kɔ polygonal characters so no te nka sɛ ɛyɛ nwonwa kakra —te sɛ nea woahu wo mmofraberem mfoninitwa ho mfonini wɔ CGI mu —nanso ɛyɛ adwuma. Woda so ara retutu ntokuru de akyere atamfo, agye sika kɔkɔɔ, na worebɔ wo ho akɔneaba akɔ baabi a wobefi adi, nanso seesei woreyɛ no wɔ saa afã horow a ɛyɛ ntoatoaso, a ɛte sɛ maze yi mu a emu dɔ ho hia ankasa.

Controls no gye binom getting su —eyi nyɛ precision platformer te sɛ Mario 64, pii a ɛyɛ slow-burn puzzle ade a wo yɛ nhyehyɛe wo kwan bere a saa nkokorafo atamfo nketewa shamble akyi wo. Anigye ankasa no fi sɛnea wubehu sɛnea wobɛdannan asase no so, wobɛtow atamfo agu amena mu anaasɛ wobɛdaadaa wɔn ma wɔanantew wo afiri mu no mu. Ebinom level te sɛ twetwe kakra, nanso sɛ ano aduru no click, ɛyɛ abotɔyam sɛ hell.

Nokwarem no, graphics no nnyaa aged kɛse (nea N64 game wɔ?), nanso core gameplay no da so ara kura mu sɛ wowɔ methodical, think-on-wo-feet nsɛnnennen mu a. Kɛkɛ a, nkɔhwɛ kwan sɛ wɔbɛyɛ adeyɛ agoru a ɛkɔ ntɛmntɛm.