House Fighters: Total Mess

TL; DR: a charming little plane combat game that struggles to make the plane combat good. Pros: -art style is (mostly) great and seems to be a cute nod to Toy Story -other toy interactions are fun and I had a smile on my face as I flew around the house seeing what they were getting up to (if you shoot them, though, the bullet hole decals remain static while they keep moving which leads to a weird visual glitch) Cons: -art style actually seems a hodge-podge and, while the developer has clarified there was never any mobile release intent (see comment thread below), it does have a "mobile game" feel to it because of some of the, um, similarities of other assets to other IPs (the evil doctor is totally Rick from Rick & Morty, the construction guys are definitely Lego, and so on) -the gameplay, i.e. the most important part of any game, is lackluster and boring --plane combat is beyond simple and boils down to simply keeping the brake and gun buttons held down while facing the general direction of the enemies until all are destroyed by attrition --plane control is odd, i.e. pitch and a hybrid of roll/yaw is on the left stick while the left and right bumpers function solely as yaw, so for those used to other flight games where you can pitch and yaw on the left stick and roll with the bumpers or right stick you'll have to adjust; the plane either moves too slow or too fast in the direction you're trying to move it with no way to adjust analog stick acceleration; and you have to hold down the accelerate or brake button to keep the plane going fast or slow as there is no "throttle" function with which to set a speed -you can't adjust or remap controls which makes the plane control issues all the more frustrating -very short --I beat the game in just under two hours and that was it, no free-roam mode or wave mode or anything like that, it's just...done; considering there are only 7 main missions and 6 side missions, and each one will take at most 5-10 minutes to complete, you're not getting a whole lot of game here and there's very little reason to replay that which there is Overall, this is a cute little toy box game that has a lot of potential but squanders it on unwieldy controls that you can't adjust, boring plane combat that you can cheese, and a short campaign that you'll get through well before Steam's refund period. Even with as inexpensive as this already is and grabbing it on sale I just don't think it worth it, especially as there is zero replay value and the mechanics aren't that fun to begin with. I hope this doesn't discourage the devs from continuing to hone their craft as they have talent and the potential to make something more, but for now this doesn't live up to that.

this is literally Dreamcast's Toy Commander, my 13-year old self is so hyped, 2001 called and roaring back

К сожалению это не Airfix Dogfighter.

[quote] [h1]童年幻想成真！驾驶玩具飞机在自家餐桌上演巅峰对决[/h1] 街机打飞机游戏觉得画质粗糙打不爽，拟真打飞机画面提升了但是操作难度增加了，你问有没有折中的打飞机游戏？有的兄弟，有的，《House Fighters: Total Mess》就是那款创意打飞机游戏。它把熟悉的家庭空间变成迷你战场，让玩家驾驶玩具飞机在书桌、厨房台面之间穿梭作战，这种将日常生活场景微缩化的设计真的超有趣！ https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3593004811 本作支持键鼠操作、手柄操作，个人更加推荐手柄操作，不用记住诸多按键，而且操作方向瞄准也非常丝滑。在游戏中你不用记住各种操作指令，随手就能操控飞机做出翻滚、俯冲的动作， https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3593004793 还能捡起房间里的钥匙、钉子、摔炮当武器。而且就算撞墙也不用担心坠毁，只会扣一点点的血，提升了容错，血量见底才会真坠机，中途可以找补给品进行回血。战场环境更是充满惊喜——看似平静的客厅可能突然从某些家具缝隙里钻出敌机，书架缝隙、花坛之上等等这些意想不到的地方偶尔还会藏着待收集的物品和一些补给品，这种探索感贯穿始终。 https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3593004764 自定义系统算是本作的另一个玩法，你可以通过在关卡内探索收集飞机贴纸，然后在关卡准备界面给你的战机贴上贴纸，换上涂装，或者给整机换个颜色，就像小时候装饰玩具模型那样自由。游戏有剧情故事，但是剧情比较一般，不过剧情关卡倒是挺多的，花样也很多，有什么救援布偶玩具、寻找关键道具然后返回等等，随着关卡推进后面还会解锁新的飞机。五种不同特性的战机选择丰富，有的灵活如蜻蜓，有的稳重如堡垒，每次换飞机都像开启新体验。 总的来说，这款游戏巧妙把握了休闲与刺激的平衡。既保留街机打飞机游戏爽快的操作反馈，又用充满想象力的场景设计带来持续新鲜感。如果你是喜欢休闲娱乐打飞机游戏的玩家，本作非常值得一试，但是有个缺点，开飞机开久了，容易晕机。 [quote] 游玩百态，将游玩心得用汉语化作玩家的指明灯，(๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧ [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/35402408/]点击这里关注汉化语录~[/url] 如果喜欢这个评测，请点个赞让更多人看见 [/quote] [/quote]

Good game! Short and sweet, but good value for money and quite a lot of potential for expansion.

Fun game that does not over charge for its price point. Charming world and fun gameplay!

Love a good air combat game. This title provides a solid dose of that and is fun to play with the younger ones who are just getting into video games. The studio also added a lot of nice touches, like the death-star style escapes. Runs very well on the MSI claw. I'd say that if this looks like something you'd like, you probably won't be disappointed. And can we get cloud saves please? This is very much a PC+steam deck combo game.