Gazzel Quest, The Five Magic Stones

The scroll speed at the beginning of stages, leading into mid-level challenges & the end of boss fight is incredibly unpleasant & feels so long & drawn out. The hitbox on projectiles is too big & there doesn't seem to be invincibility frames after taking a hit or they are so few frames that if you get caught in the '5 flying enemies in a row' pattern, you are basically a goner. The firing rate when you hold down a key is super slow & most of the weapons seem dreadful with the homing weapons firing so slowly that it was easier to just never use them. The 'phoenix' type weapon that 1 shots some enemies, doesn't do it for bonuses & the weapons don't seem to upgrade in any visually satisfying way. The first boss doesn't have a health bar, you just hit it aimlessly until you win. The second level seemed more interesting from a layout perspective with environmental traps & such, but the scroll speed. boring weapons/upgrades & necessity of spamming keys to get a usable fire rate did me in by the middle of the second stage. It's cheap, hope it improves because it's visually appealing & the music was fine; but it feels too oddly paced & unpleasant to play for me.

[h1]Описание:[/h1] Вертикальный скролл шутер. Графически симпатично. Геймплей унылый. При окончании жизней - начинай сначала. Причем если осталась 1 жизнь, то она последняя и 0 не будет. Добрался до первого босса, помер и забил... [h1]Оценка: 4/10[/h1] [h1]Послесловие:[/h1] Если вам понравился этот обзор добро пожаловать в группу http://steamcommunity.com/groups/uojer - тут вы сможете увидеть рекомендованные мною игры, другие обзоры, а также просто пообщаться в хорошей компании.

[h1] Shoot'em up that plays like a flash game from early 2000s. What to expect? Slow pace, shallow gameplay. Plenty of weapons like different arrows, spears, etc. Enemies move sluggishly towards bottom of the screen making you yawn once or twice before real impact. Visuals are not bad. Can be played by up to 4 players. Music is ok I guess. Overall skip or play when you're sleepy. [/h1]

This is a 2016 of MSX's Knightmare or SNES Pocky and Rocky. It's fun to play and has most of the feel of these two games, just some of the some of the projectile sprites are a bit of ( 1st boss will get hits on me when the green projectile are not near me or my arrow will kill bugs when it's one sprite away) For the price this is a good buy.

[h1] Genre [/h1] Ein Shoot Em Up [h1] Story [/h1] Wir spielen den ehemaligen Krieger Gazzel und haben das Krieger Leben satt und treten aus der Armee des Pharaos aus um eine ruhige Lebenszeit mit unserer Liebsten zu verbringen. Dem Pharao passt dies natürlich überhaupt nicht und entführt unsere Liebste und sperrt sie ein und versiegelt dabei den Kerker mit 5 Schlössern die man nur mit Magischen Edelsteinen öffnen kann. Wir machen uns nun auf diese Steine zu finden um unsere Liebste aus den Klauen des Pharao zu retten [h1] Gameplay [/h1] Es hat mich vom Gameplay und auch der Optik sehr stark an den Klassiker "Pocky & Rocky" erinnert nur das wir hier halt ein Ägyptisches Thema haben. Das heisst es ist nicht so schnell wie so manch andere "Schmups" sondern eher etwas langsamer. Wir können uns frei bewegen und dabei scrollt der Bildschirm langsam immer weiter nach Oben. Bewegen können wir uns mit den "Pfeiltasten" und feuern mit der "Leertaste". Es gibt leider keinen Controller Support was bei solchen spielen eigentlich ein muss ist. Wir haben 4 Leben bzw. können 4 mal getroffen werden. Zudem haben wir 2 Continues um beim letzten Checkpoint wieder anzufangen. Jede Stage hat natürlich wie gewohnt auch einen Bosskampf am Ende. Unterwegs können wir auch weitere Waffen aufheben und natürlich auch Diamanten & Münzen um unseren Punktestand zu erhöhen (ab einer gewissen Punktzahl gibt es dann wahrscheinlich zusätzliche Continues). Die Hitbox des eigenen Charakters ist fürchterlich, man wird von Pfeilen getroffen die eindeutig hätten vorbei gehen müssen. Die Musik ist passend [h1] Pro/Contra [/h1] + Story OK + Musik ist passend + Grafik ist OK + Günstig +/- Leider keine Achievements - Kein Controller Support (was bei Shoot Em Ups eigentlich ein muss ist) - Misserable Hitbox des Hauptcharakters (man wird oft von Projektilen getroffen die eigentlich hätten daneben gehen müssen) [h1] Fazit [/h1] An sich ist das Shoot Em Up Genre überhaupt nicht meins. Ich mein damals auf den SNES habe ich einige gespielt aber auch nie komplett durch. Aber ich kann diesem Spiel trotz einiger Schwächen keinen Daumen nach unten geben. Der Preis ist sehr gut für den gebotenen Content. Wer Shoot Em Ups mag, sollte sich dieses Spiel ruhig mal anschauen 👑 Powered by HoI 4 Deu Curators group in German / English 👑⠀⠀⠀[list][*][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/30388691/] Follow Main group [/url][*] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40282064/] Follow Second group [/url][*] [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44688798/] Follow third group [/url][/list]

[b][u]Please note, I received the key for this game in a random key drop, in a Giveaway group. I DID NOT get a key from the devs. Someone did actually pay for this game, and I thank them for that, and for giving the key away.[/u][/b] [b]Overall Rating: 7.5/10[/b] (For nerds like me, who remember arcade machines and console games from the 1980's and 90's.) [b][u]Pros:[/u][/b] [list][*]Really took me back in time to my late teens- early adult years. Very reminiscent of OLD SCHOOL arcade machine games, Atari, NES, SNES and original PlayStation games, that used a single joystick and one or two buttons to mash for attacks or abilities. [*]Runs very well on a gaming toaster. Would likely run well on a laptop or office machine as well. [*]2 player is a blast with a family member or friend. [*]Old school difficulty, no hand holding or dev console cheats (that I am aware of...) [*]Crisp, colorul graphics, in the style of those old console games and video game machines of the early days. But cleaner. [/list] [b][u]Cons:[/u][/b] [list][*]No native controller support. [u]You CAN play with a controller, but you will need to disable Steam Overlay and use third party emulator software (at least I had to, to get 2 x-input (wired XBox 360) controllers to work for 2 player shared screen play.)[/u] [*]Somewhat awkward key bindings, that cannot be changed, only 3 options (2 for keyboard, 1 for controller...), which were oddly spaced for some things on a QWERTY keyboard. [ B ] and [ N ]? With WASD? Huh? Not good on a center split ergonomic keyboard, maybe not so bad on a standard keyboard w/o the center split. [*]Only 2 language choices- English or Spanish. A bit limiting for those who don't speak or read those languages, if you want to read the story/lore text at the game's beginning. Not such a big deal for actual gameplay though. (All fairly universal symbols or icons, in-game.)[/list] Not a "Get it now!" game, and a game that kids these days, used to next-gen game graphics, mechanics and controls, would likely not enjoy. But for older gamers like myself, or Retro game enthusiasts- worth the small price tag for a bit of nostalgia and time killing. My time during my teen years and early twenties was often misspent playing games like this. (I do miss those days...) Yes, I have 90 minutes or so in at the time of this review. More than I would normally get out of $2 in quarters on an arcade machine for a game like this, back in the day. I intend to play more. I haven't beaten the game yet. :p

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funny game, not so easy:) 3 dificulty level.

Gazzel Quest, The Five Magic Stones is a 2D retro pixel vertical scrolling bullet hell/shmup where you control some adventurer in a fantasy setting shooting various egyptian themed enemies. While you can choose between 4 different control scheme presets, you can't customise your own controls and the game ignores your choice anyway so you're stuck using arrow keys and wondering why you bothered to buy game bundles. Gameplay is boring, hitboxes are a little large and you lose multiple hitpoints every time you hit something (maybe a bug). Graphics are predictably low effort cartoony 16-bit tier stuff, which looks slightly less awful than 8 bit, but still completely awful. Since you can play better shootemups for free in a web browser, I can't recommend this.

Самый обыкновенный скроллер, каких тысячи. Ничего выдающегося