1917 - The Alien Invasion DX

[h1][b][u]1917 - The Alien Invasion Review - Rating: 7.2/10[/u][/b][/h1] [h1][b]General Impression[/b][/h1] [quote]1917 – The Alien Invasion is a pretty nice combination of the action and indie genres. I don’t really agree with the “Casual” tag, because this game is pretty hard. But anyways, off to the features. The graphics are two-dimensional, retro and well-designed. It does look like an old game indeed. The textures are also pretty clear and colorful. The atmosphere takes place in 5 different places, which have been war zones during World War I. There is a lot of alien technology placed on the ground, as well as many aliens attacking the Earth. The audio is pretty good, meanwhile the music is even better! This game does have a pretty nice soundtrack indeed. It makes you to feel like a soldier. The gameplay is as simple as this: drive your aircraft and shoot as many enemies as possible through 5 levels. Be careful that you can die very fast. Throughout the levels, you are able to pick up drops, alike: shields, upgrades and the combo opener. The story isn’t something special, I’m not going to spoil the game, but what I can tell is that the main character is called Brunhield Stanmüller, and she has the tasks to eliberate the Earth from the alien invasion. The user-interface is pretty well-designed, however it is bugged sometimes. It either doesn’t respond to the controls or headlights options randomly. The controls are simple, and extremely easy to understand. The engines are alright, I haven’t met any bugs, crashes, screen freezes or frame drops. The mechanics are pretty good everywhere, I haven’t found any problems. Overall, it’s a well-designed challenging retro game.[/quote] [h1][b]Positive Points[/b][/h1] [quote][list][*]Retro and well-designed graphics [*]Good SFX and nice soundtrack [*]Very dynamic, pretty fun and challenging gameplay [*]Many types of enemies [*]The atmosphere is 2D, yet complex [*]The ability to upgrade your aircraft [*]Steam trading cards and achievements[/list][/quote] [h1][b]Neutral Points[/b][/h1] [quote][list][*]A multiplayer option would be amazing [*] There should be difficulties, because this game is hard, and some gamers might not enjoy it[/list][/quote] [h1][b]Negative Points[/b][/h1] [quote][list][*]The game is pretty hard to understand in the beginning [*]The user interface is bugged sometimes [*]The difficulty is probably a little harder than it should be[/list][/quote]

1917 - The Alien Invasion is a great tribute to old bullet hell arcade shooters. I would recommend players to check out (or modifiy) the controls on the screen where you select the resolution settings etc as the game itself does not tell you the controls. As with every other bullet hell game, take time to learn the timing and the patterns of the bullets as it is normal to rack up many deaths before managing to clear the level. There isn't really an introduction to the game and new players may find it a bit overwhelming as there is no mention about which are the bullets that you have to avoid and which are the ones you are to collect. The game progressively gets harder as you clear the level and if you close the game you can still resume from the level that you last cleared but you lose all upgrades and have to start from the scratch again. BGM is retro and perfectly fits the pixel art in the game. 7/10

Good graphics, lame as heck. I found it very unpleasant to play and nothing about it draws me back for a second run-through. It is very one-dimensional and is just about memorizing the enemy patterns (which are identical every play) and then playing through. You don't have lives you can just keep going until you win. Boring.

It's a good shmup. Not a great one, not a bad one, but a fairly solid one. Fans of the genre are starved enough for good quality games as is, and this one is honestly one of the better ones. The graphics are truly retro - a lot of indie games will claim to be retro by making your character a blob of pixels, but this looks honestly like it couldve come out of the arcade era. The soundtrack is alright, not groundbreaking but certainly not bad. It is, notably, a shmup and not a strict bullet hell - the hitbox is kinda vague, and there's less focus on massive bullet patterns and subtle dodging and more on just rote memorization of where each enemy spawns. The patterns generally amount to "a bunch of bullets in a wave" or "a bunch of bullets in a line" from bosses, which is a bit of a shame. It's alright/10 but for a game that costs as much as a cheap lunch you could do a lot worse.

[h1]見た目通りの外連味たっぷりなSTG[/h1] ＜昔買ってレビューを書いていなかった作品＞ まぁ、見ての通りイロモノである。 買った当時は「外国の縦STGを色々触ってみるか」という気持ちで買ったものだが、中身はお粗末なもの。 海外産の駄作STGに共通しているのは「ボスの耐久力が異様に高くて常に長丁場」という欠点があるが、本作は純粋にSTGとしての質が低い。 まず大型機を倒すと画面が一瞬点滅して画面上の敵弾が見えなくなるのはSTGのジャンルにおいては致命的。 それからシールドアイテムを取ると一度だけ敵弾を防ぐことができ、そこそこの頻度で出るので道中はなかなか死ぬことはないのだが、反面ボス戦はステージ3以降初見殺しの弾幕ばかりである。 そしてマイナスのシナジーとなっているのがミス時の扱いだ。 縦STGというと一般的にはミスしても残機がある限りゲームが途切れることなくその場で復活するが、本作はチェックポイントまで戻される。しかもボス前だとけっこう前に戻されるのがネックであり、そこからまた初見殺しの弾幕に挑まなければならないので死んでは戻り死んでは戻りでゲームとして楽しくない体験をさせられる。90年代前半の縦STGをやりたくて買ったわけじゃないんだが。 触っていた全体的に感じたのはレトロSTGに影響を受けているのが全体から伝わった。だが影響を受けた要素と本作そのもののゲームデザインの相性が悪かった。 確かにレトロSTGは死ぬとチェックポイントまで戻されるのが多い。 確かに縦STGは死に覚え前提の弾幕が多い。 だがこの二つを混ぜてはダメなのだ。 死に覚え前提ということは何度も死ぬということを意味するわけだが、そのたびにチェックポイントに戻されたのでは堪ったものではない。何が悲しくて退屈な道中を何度も繰り返さなくてはならないのか。 なぜその場での復活にしなかったのか理解に苦しむ作品だった。 なぜこの仕様にしようと思ったのだろう。

Wow! Game plays great for being from 1917.

癖のある世界観の縦スクロールシューティング タイトル画面からアレな香りがプンプン漂ってくるｗ 赤い三葉機に乗るやべービジュアルのナチス風おばさんが主人公 被弾するとニンジャコマンドーの如く吹き出しで罵倒してくれる 敵は当然の権利のように侵略してきたグロ宇宙人 操作は普通で東亜プラン風のパワーアップをする弱ショットと 動きが鈍くなり反動で後ろに下がる強ショットの二種類 多分コンボゲージを消費して使う必殺技かボム的な攻撃もある 1ステージは短めだが硬い敵と弾をばらまく雑魚が混じり合って 厳しめで敵の配置を覚えて強弱ショットを使い分ける必要がある 死ぬとステージの最初に戻されて延々プレイできる心折設計ｗ ナチスおばさんに罵倒されたい人や色物STG好きにオススメ 復活パターン構築などが好きなシューターにもあってるかも 購入したらぜひCREDITSを最後まで見てみよう 本編とは全く違うヒロインの姿が拝めるゾ

1917 - The Alien Invasion is very much based on patterns of ennemies and bullets coming at you, grazing bullets is not a thing here, you will not dance around bullets but rather looking for a path forward as they are quite fast and the hitboxes unforgiving but it's not super hard. Complete it once and you are done with it, you'll die a lot trying but to make it tolerate you have infinite lives. It's not a bad game but not recommendable.

I love the graphic and the game, but the controls are unresponsive with an Xbox One controller. Once in a while the ship will move by itself or not move at all for a split second. I don't feel in control. Sad because I like it.

一款尚可的弹幕+清版射击游戏 《1917 - The Alien Invasion DX》将第一次世界大战的历史背景与外星入侵的科幻设定强行交织，用像素复古画风包裹硬核弹幕玩法，最终呈现出一款优缺点同样鲜明、让人又爱又恨的独立作品。 游戏核心玩法遵循了经典弹幕射击的逻辑，但也加入了一些自身的特色，整体呈现出“硬核但不极端”的特点。游戏采用垂直卷轴视角，玩家操控改造后的三翼战机，在密集的弹幕中穿梭，击败一波又一波的敌人，最终挑战每一关的BOSS，全程围绕“躲避+反击”展开，没有复杂的系统，纯粹考验玩家的反应速度与记忆能力。 游戏的每一种敌人都有独特的攻击方式和弹幕布局，从常规敌机的直线弹幕，到外星生物的扩散式弹幕，再到BOSS的大范围追踪弹幕，种类丰富且富有规律，玩家需要通过反复尝试，记住每一波敌人的出现位置和弹幕轨迹，才能顺利通关。 游戏由8个关卡构成，每个关卡中没有存档点，并且飞机也只有一条命，一旦在关卡中死亡，都要从头重新开始整个关卡，对于新手玩家来说，反复重复同一关卡的前半段，很容易产生挫败感和疲劳感。并且每一关的难度递进明显，后期BOSS的弹幕密度极大，且攻击模式复杂，需要反复尝试多次才能通关，对玩家的耐心是极大的考验。 正常游戏从第一关开始连续闯关，中间死亡只会从当前关卡重新开始；但已经通过的关卡可以在主菜单Levels选项里单独选择开始，通关后也可以继续下一关，倒也算比较人性化、无需连续长时间游戏才能体验通关。