*This game was from a free giveaway and as a result hasn't impacted my review in any way shape or form*
When I first saw this game, I thought it had a unique take on the “Bullet Hell” genre and I couldn’t wait to play it. However, after playing it, it felt rushed and unfinished and here’s why:
Pros:
♦ Sound/Music you can use is decent enough (It fits the genre well enough)
♦ Graphics are great for the time, art-style and genre of the game (I say this as the game was released in 2010 and the graphics, even though they are not spectacular seem to fit the time the game was released and the art-style the Devs were seemingly going for. Even though they are not eyegasmic or spectacular, they are still decent enough for what the game is)
♦ Unique take on the "Bullet Hell" genre (This is great as it isn't just another "Bullet Hell" game. However, it is unique, it could've been executed better)
♦ Fun whilst it lasts (The game seems to only be fun whilst the unique concept lasts)
Cons:
♦ Opening Cinematic looks more decent than the actual game (This says a lot for the game and if the game looked and played like the opening cinematic I’d thumbs it up in no time)
♦ The unique concept of the game was executed poorly (I say this even though I said it had a Unique take on the "Bullet Hell" genre in the pros section, the game seems as though it was rushed in more ways than one and that the Devs could have spent a little more time perfecting the uniqueness of their concept they added to the "Bullet Hell" genre to make the overall game better)
♦ Difficulty goes from “None” to “Hard” (This is annoying as it starts on "None" then immediately goes to "Hard", "Harder", "Hardest" etc. Not sure why it doesn't start on easy)
♦ No Tutorial (This is annoying as when I first started I had no idea what I was collecting, shooting or how to play, little own what the controls did)
♦ Free Play mode difficulty selection glitch (This is weird as when you go to select a difficulty the line goes under multiple difficulties and you can even select a difficulty where there is no text telling you what difficulty it is. This is bad as you have no idea what difficulty you are selecting)
♦ Game feels rushed due to multiple typos (This is terrible as every game should have zero typos. Typos such as get's instead of gets, resuem instead of resume and genera instead of genre etc)
♦ Hard to know which control each weapon corresponds to (This is annoying as you'd think your Z, the one you can spam, would be your main weapon but apparently it's not. Therefore, setting up your character/weapons for the first few times is immensely confusing)
♦ No in-game options menu (This is terrible as you can't seemingly change resolution, sound, graphics etc)
♦ "Music Room" option on "Main" Menu is pointless (This is because if you select a song from the "Music Room" you can't use it on any menu or even in-game. This makes it pointless)
♦ Movement controls seem a weird concept (To me personally when you are trying to dodge/shoot things, having to zoom in and out with multiple buttons on the keyboard seems way annoying and ruins some of the game for me as it's hard to move and zoom at the same time. This means if you are zooming in to dodge something from behind you, you are most likely still going to hit something in front of you)
♦ Auto Aim (Depending on the weapon, it tends to auto aim. For example, if you have "Bullet" selected for the "Cannon" then you can hold "Z" and just auto fire killing everything because it auto aims and has no ammo. This makes the game way too easy and way less fun)
♦ No way to tell when you're nearing a boss, about to kill a boss or nearing the end of a level (This is annoying as there is no indicator and things seem to just come out of nowhere at random times)
♦ Hiscores don't register unless you win the game (This is weird as I'd expect when you die for your score if it's higher than a score on the score board to register it)
♦ The hiscores have random scores in them even though I haven't registered any (This is weird as there is a random number in the "Hardest" HighScores column and no numbers in any of the other difficulties columns)
♦ Controls can't be changed beyond the two pre-sets (This is annoying for those who want to change controls for whatever reason)
♦ Pricey (For the price there are better "Bullet Hell" games you could pick up for free or even cheaper on Steam)
♦ Hitbox seems a bit off at times (I find this is the case because sometimes when you think you're not going to get hit you get hit and when you think you're going to get hit you don't)
♦ Repetitive (Seemingly the only difference between each playthrough is the difficulty which only increases/changes the number of things spawned in that you must shoot and dodge and doesn't change much else. This means each playthrough will virtually be the same each time with a slightly increased number of enemies and harder boss. Also, level variants don't seem to be unique or change much from the previous level, only the bosses seemingly change between levels)
♦ Clicking the “X” in windowed mode on Windows doesn’t close the game, you must scroll down to exit on the main menu to close the game (This is annoying as you should be able to close the game whenever you want by clicking the “X” in windowed mode)
♦ No Steam Trading Cards or Achievements (This gives you no incentive to keep playing beyond beating the game once)
Overall, even though the game had a unique take on the “Bullet-Hell” genre, there are way too many cons than pros to even considering recommending this. Also, I can’t recommend buying a game when it has obvious typos, is rushed and when its price is higher than other better “Bullet-Hell” games.
