Gravity Storm - First Mission

finally got to play the release of this game! Its a fun little platformer with good combat and a nostalgic feel. The art and music are good, and it definitley brings back some of that retro difficulty. I could see it being an interesting game to speed run!

Gravity Storm is an indie spin on NES Metal Storm, with various more modern mechanics and ideas injected. You start out with a full moveset, which can take some time to get a feel for, especially with regard to energy consumption for super moves. The game progresses by adding a new level design mechanic to the mix in each set of stages (2 stages + boss, in classic 90s fashion). A first playthrough will be fairly short, but if you enjoy the mechanics and like modifiers or score-attacking / speedrunning, there's plenty of replayability. Clean play is incentivized via time bonus rather than finite lives, enabling more players to complete it while still providing the optional challenge of minimizing deaths. This is definitely a far more forgiving game than Metal Storm, but there are still a few challenging spots.

Fun game, works well on Steam Deck - reminds me a lot of a mix of Warp Tank from UFO 50 and Megaman. Some of the bosses are hard!

Takes a bit to get going, but the second half of the game picks up and was pretty fun. It's a little rough around the edges, but it's not bad. Adjust your volumes to 100 master, 100 music 30 sound. The sfx are way too loud by default, and the music gets pretty wild as the game goes on. The first phase of the final boss is questionable though, i hope those laser cannons get like 1/4 the hp in a patch. Also the fact that you maintain super meter between lives means that your best bet with some bosses is to grind the early parts for ammo.

This was a short and sweet game reminiscent of Metal Storm. The sprite work, level design, and soundtrack all shine, and it doesn't overstay its welcome. It's also tough but fair, and avoids ever getting rage inducing like retro-inspired indies tend to be sometimes. Definitely worth checking out.

I've been following this game for quite some time now. Gravity Storm has grown into a fully realized and developed game that I can't help but show the upmost respect for the Dev and the project. The gameplay wants you to play as quickly and as efficiently as possible. This game has tons of potential for speedrunning. Can't wait to see what comes of that! The Super charged abilities are fantastic and give the game a nice feel of resource management. Dashing around and flipping gravity feel pretty solid and fair, shooting and destroying enemies is satisfying, some of the later stage music is BANGING. Boss fights were pretty damn solid, but generally weren't telegraphed as well as I would hope. Perhaps some sound queues would help with the anticipation, but maybe It was just designed to be more difficult in that sense. Some stages get experimental with their gimmicks and make good use of them. Later stages get REALLY challenging and offer tons of fun ways to interact wit the enemies. While the game is relatively short, being about an hour, what is where is great stuff. Gravity Storm also has plenty of stuff after the main game that gives the game plenty of replay value and extra play time. Some of this does lead to the game being quite challenging. I was surprised to find myself getting mixed up and beaten down hard in some areas of the game. While I loved the additional Super abilities, they did feel a bit underutilized and often I forgot I had them. Maybe its because they drained my energy super quickly so I began hording it as opposed to experimenting as much. Also, the checkpoints give you HP, but when you're full on HP, they don't seem to give you anything. I think it would be worth while to make them give you energy if you're full on HP. Those are all the critiques I can really give it. Overall, a really solid small Indie title made by one dev who clearly has a vision. I can feel the passion in this game and I recommend anyone try to pick it up for its affordable pricing.

Joguinho mais retro, em pixel art, inspirado em Metal Storm e Mega Man, onde tu pode alterar a gravidade, atirar e dar dash. Falo melhor aqui: https://youtu.be/n3ISj7PnA4Q?si=q_dx4YP-FCyiDkGZ

It's fine in all aspects. Nothing outstanding and nothing terrible, just a short, competent game.

Short fun game. Very easy to spaghetti the controls. The levels were fair, even though I died at the last bit every time. The second boss fight I didn't care for but the rest were good.

Fun little action platformer game. The metal storm inspiration is pretty obvious in a good way while making a pretty enjoyable but not super easy game. Generally a nice little game to pickup if one is in the mood for it.