Death Ray Manta SE

I got this game for free, but if I'd paid full price I definitely would have overpaid. The aesthetic is fine and all but it's often actively difficult to see what's going on, and there are a bunch of mild annoyances like how you get two different screens between each level.

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Really basic and boring. It's like Geometry Wars and/or Beat Hazard, but it's nowhere near as well made and fun to play as those two. It has a robot voice between stages that sounds like the voice from the old school game Defender. Accept in this game it sounds like it's saying, "Nice day" and "Ron Howard" over and over! Now I can't unhear it and it just adds to my overall disliking of the game! Would have refunded, but the purchase was years ago. Deleting it so I don't have to look at it anymore!

not bad for a small game

A bloomin' brilliant little game. Some recent reviews seem to misunderstand what this is - it's arcade fun in a very pure form: no hand-holding, just straight in to the game with 1 life, no online features, eyeball melting neon effects and an awesome retro synthwave soundtrack. It's designed for short blasts of fun (your eyeballs probably would not take long sessions!). It took me a couple of sessions to work out the rules which (I think) are: - Shoot / avoid enemies and their projectiles - Collect the shiny object - Shoot / avoid the obstacles (triangles - I thought these were collectables and I died more than once) Each stage is really quick to run through and you're straight into the next one - it's a hectic pace and there is a LOT happening on your screen. It's not a long game, but it will take you a while, and many deaths, to get through the stages. If you like Geometry Wars style games, if you like psychedelic games (like any number of Llamasoft games) - then I'm sure you'll enjoy this. I played this with a massive grin on my face throughout - it's so fun and uplifting. Only things I noted that could be improved: - It would be good to have the option to start another run on death (however, this is nit-picking as it only takes a couple of seconds to do so from the start screen) - Would love for the soundtrack to be released on Steam too! NOTE: 'I am a strong fish, I am a beautiful fish' may become your morning affirmations ;)

I'd like to recommend this because it looks a lot like Robotron, but done up in a style that's a combination of Amiga demo scene and Jeff Minter. Unfortunately, it only has a demo's worth of content and even though it's not expensive, I think there are other games in a similar price range that offer more. While it does play like Robotron in some ways, it's much more manic, there are no civilians to rescue (though there is a collectable in each stage) and not every single enemy has to be eliminated to progress. There's a set number of levels and there is no random generation or placement, so they are laid out the same each time. While there is a scoring system, it's minimal and there aren't any online leaderboards or even achievements, though there oddly are trading cards. It's definitely challenging, but I got through all the levels in less than an hour and other than doing a run where you don't miss any collectables, there's really nothing else to do here. It's not bad, it's just so light on content that it feels like a demo for a bigger game that doesn't exist. If you want modern Robotron, spend the extra coin on Nex Machina or just wait for one of the times it's on sale for peanuts.