Zip wires are everywhere, even in the real world. Every park seems to have one for kids to fight over and get hit by when they’re not looking. There’s even a massive zip wire on Brighton beach now, which I still haven’t been on, although it’s nothing compared to the zip wire in Wales at an old slate quarry – it’s the fastest in the world and longest in Europe, apparently, and I really want to go.
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Games can’t resist zip wires either, because they’re really useful for stitching playing spaces together. “Oh god how do we get players over there?!” a frustrated designer might cry. “Pop a zip wire there,” a heavenly voice answers, which is presumably why we’ve been zipping around game worlds forever.
So here’s to zip wires and here are five of the best.
I love Broforce. I really love Broforce. It’s so unassuming, so retro SNES, but it absolutely nails kickabout fun and couch co-op, and its ’80s action hero theme (I know there are ’90s heroes in there but it’s done in an ’80s way) is sublime.