DreadStar: The Quest for Revenge

Fans of your rpg in your shmup, or your shmup in your rpg, doesn't matter, you have both in this gem of an indie game. The grindy aspect of Dreadstar will keep you busy upgrading you ship, shield, weapons etc in order to explore space. Highly recommended for both fans of the genre and also gamer making a new entry.

30 Jahre keine Shmups gespielt: Mein Gott, ist das Spiel schwer und gut! Die Musik ist fantastisch! Mir gefällt auch sehr, dass man das jeweilige Raumschiff mit Upgrades verbessern kann, und somit ein Progressionssystem hat. Und denkt daran: Immer regelmäßig reparieren! Für Eindrücke könnt ihr euch mein Let's Play anschauen. Ich spiele es "blind": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZnv5lqKays&list=PL1dSSASvFWwCuPZrvid4mui8qc6FL62dk&index=1

The game looks, feels, and sounds basic, and progress is an absolute slog. "Oh, you beat the first stage and made *some* money? Well, you have to repair your ship, so maybe you can afford a new weapon after your next run."

One of the most fun Shoot'em up on a PC you can play , This is RPG Shoot'em with many various of levels and enemy. upgrade your ship buy weapons and shields and other stuffs. The graphics and the music and the gameplay is perfect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gunnyKyVtII&t=145s

Fun old school style game. Controls occasionally freeze on first ship, but that might be intentional by designers of game so it is more fun to upgrade ship later. Is rather short, but that is kind of the point.

Dreadstar is an RPG+shmup hybrid. Isolated from each other, both the shmup and RPG gameplay are a bit on the simpler side when you compare it to the more focused games in both genres. However, as a combination of the two Dreadstar ends up nailing the formula. There are plenty of RPG shmups out there, and nearly all of them absolutely suck, and after playing through Dreadstar I'm honestly amazed so many RPG shmups suck because Dreadstar makes the marriage of these two genres feel so natural. The shooting gameplay is basically what you'd expect from the Genesis/Turbo-grafx era of shmups. Less about littering the screens with bullet hell and more about twitch reaction dodges. The RPG side of the gameplay has two elements to it: XP and equipment. Even if you fail to complete a level, you're always gaining XP which can help ease the frustration often present when learning the patterns in a new shmup. If you do manage to complete a level, you get a huge reward of gems which you can use to buy equipment for your ship. Nearly every aspect is customizable: weapons, shields, specials, ship size, speed, etc. Most of the replay value comes from experimenting with different builds, and while I've only cleared the game on normal I'm already positive that you'll need a variety of builds at your disposal to handle the variety in levels as you play on harder difficulties. Overall, the most dedicated shmup enthusiasts might not care for this game. But that's not who it's made for. This is a game for players who could never really get into the abstract sort of scoring gameplay that shmups have evolved into over the years. It's a game more for the strategic-minded players who appreciate the fundamentals of shmup gameplay.

Good game

Excellent !