Dark Old Sun

While arcades themselves are almost gone from the world of video games, the idea has stayed in our minds. As a fan of Atari games i am quite proud to bring this Brazilian retro-style title that in some ways surprised me a lot. A space flight game, evade asteroids, collect space dust, launch bombs, engage overdrive. You know the process. Wrapped around that gameplay, however, is a sci-fi narrative with many ships choices which are well designed. This is where things get interesting, and it’s also where you get hooked. Flying through space without crashing is fun but challenging. The best tactic of this game is to avoid getting hit instead of focusing on what you're shooting at. I played with Keyboard, so far the controls have quick response, i didn't test the joystick option, the game allows you to change them as you wish. The english version is not perfect, but it's far from being bad. Not really a big issue. While the setting is somewhat interesting, there isn't much of a real narrative or storyline. It's mostly just backdrop to establish the proper atmosphere. Ironically, the sounds were on par with the visuals. They offered an adequate arcade feel to the game and I could only complain about the songs resetting abruptly in the intro. I’m glad that we're spared of any annoying sounds since this particular genre never shines in the audio department. I recommend this title for those gamers looking to relive their memories of space invaders. For sure that's worth the cheap price. Strong Points + Steam Achievements. + Decent mechanics sections with an adequate challenge. + Pleasant sounds. Weak Points - No Steam Trading Cards yet. (it's coming soon though)

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Has some solid mechanics and pack a strong punch with its 3 dificulty modes. Truly for all kinds of players, it has a lot of cool features like story mode, survival and challenge mode. Weapons are cool and fun to use, making the endgame all more rewarding if you plan your arsenal and upgrades right. For a solo developer game, it is really well made and nostalgicaly hits home. Worth it.

Вообще, сама игра - особенно для бесплатной - норм Немного медленный Bullet Hell, с интересными пушками, норм саундтреком и чуточкой реиграбельности из-за режима выживания (который багует и вылетает на 7-ой волне, лол) и челенджей. Есть лучше (даж за бесплатно), есть хуже. Однако, я упрямый баран, который захотел пройти эту игру на Экстриме, с авто прокачкой, на Void Walker'e - корабле для этого ВООБЩЕ не предназначенного. И на максимальном уровне сложности ВСЕ огрехи дизайна выступают наружу. И гребаные ракеты, которые своим следом заслняют Тебя и пули, и боссы, которые просто тратят Твоё время, и прокачка, которая может сделать Тебе только хуже, и ♥♥♥♥♥♥ кализия, из-за которой после получения урона Ты не можешь просто так пролететь сквозь врага... Твою мать, да у последнего босса патерны ВООБЩЕ невозможно задоджить, если у Тебя нету способности ФОКУС! Ей богу, без нее, вот прям попытка задоджить большую патернов ощущается как игра в казино Если вы хотите пример Bullet Hell'a с кучей плохих дизайнерских микрорешений - не иронично рекомендую

A Free twin-stick shoot-'em-up where you can change your loadout at any time and upgrade your equipment with crystals you collect when destroying enemies (you can reset all crystals spent once per stage). It has some little surprises gameplay-wise that keeps the slower pacing of the game interesting enough before the bosses. It also has a challenge-mode that offers some fun challenges and a "survivor" mode that feels a bit more like a traditional arcade game with a bit of randomness in the form of debuffs you can choose from that only last for the "wave" you are at. The pacing of the game can be quite slow in many parts of the stages, which is made worse if you have to replay through them many times on the higher difficulties (Normal difficulty can be way too easy). Playing with some combinations of upgrades and weapons can make the game exponentially harder especially when playing on classic mode, enemy visibility (especially some enemies that follow you) can be atrocious, the story has some interesting elements that sadly are barely used or explored enough in my opinion. And the art style is all over the place. Despite all of this, i would still say it's worth a shot considering it's free and if you can overlook most of the cons.

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Originally a $5.99 game that went Free. Very slow gameplay where a lot of it could have just been cut to make it feel quicker. Difficulty in normal mode is practically non-existent which probably contributed to the dragged-out feel of my first playthrough. Higher difficulties get better, but mainly you just have less health. I was hoping it would focus more on the trance shooter elements rather than the slow/empty moments. These things made subsequent playthroughs continue to be boring. If you do play just do the arcade mode which skips the story elements. The story is very cringy and was one of the worst things I've witnessed in years. The artwork was everywhere and empty which didn't help. The only thing that was good was the twin-stick shooter element mixed into the Shoot 'Em Up genre which was a nice idea. Found only 2 of the ships worth playing though.

Bom jogo de nave. Um estilo de jogo que eu não costumo jogar muito, mas com esse eu me diverti. As mecânicas de bullet hell variam bastante nas diferentes fases, e tem um bom tempo de duração, sem ficar enjoativo. Usa bastantes assets gratuitos, o que geralmente é sinal de um jogo mal feito, mas isso não é um problema pra esse jogo. PROBLEMAS MAIS NOTÁVEIS: Tive uma queda de desempenho durante as fases finais da [spoiler] luta contra o Dark Old Sun [/spoiler] que tornou o jogo injogável na placa de vídeo integrada Intel HD 3000, por mais que estivesse rodando liso antes desse bossfight. Já no vídeo integrado do Ryzen 5 2400G pude jogar sem problemas. A tradução para o inglês é mal feita em algumas partes.

[h1]Before I played Dark Old Sun, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]