Hyper-5

If you have played and enjoyed Gradius (Life Force), R-Type, Einhander or Silpheed then check this out. The game itself it a little rough around the edges and it is easy to lose sight of the enemies and bullets for all the eye candy on screen... but this game has some great ideas in it; such as: 1. Perspective changes mid level. 2. A face cam on the enemy while they are spiraling to the ground after being defeated (really cool effect). 3. Mid-Level Multi-pathing that effects the way you play the level. 4. Huge and unique boss battles. 5. A store to upgrade the weapons you have unlocked and equipped. 6. Dozens of challenges and Achievements. 7. Three different modes of game play (Arcade, Time Attack and Regular play) +++Positives+++ Graphics are nice, the bosses are well done and several of the ideas in the game are fantastic. The controls are responsive and I have encountered no crashes or game breaking bugs. ---Negatives--- The skipping cut scenes is a pain. The upgrade menus can be a pain. Some of the boss battles were slow. There are only 5 levels. The first level is super short and last level is super long. Overall: I am going to recommend Hyper-5, but I want you to understand that if you are not a bullet-hell/side scrolling shooter fan you may not find this game to your liking. Further, if you have no experience with some of the games I listed above, you may not appreciate the ideas incorporated into this game. If you are a fan of this genera, then will know, enjoy and appreciate the unique elements found in Hyper-5.

Very impressive awesome side scrolling Shoot Em Up. Mind blowing graphics, The animation, Visuals, Colour & detail is incredible. The game is quite hard to start off with, Play and practise it many times and save up enough money and buy some more powerful weapons and you will be obliterating alien scum in no time. 5 varied stages/levels, Amazing different variety of enemies on each stage & Awesome well designed big bosses. Their is a shop/armoury to buy lots of cool weapons, Shields etc. Very catchy cyber/techno music, Smooth controls, loads of replay value. If you are a big fan of challenging shoot em ups I highly recommend buy this game you will love it just like i do. Excellent work Jamie, Both Thumbs UP!!! Hope their is going to be a sequel ? SHOOT EM UPS 4 LIFE!!!

Really unique, I love this game.

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this game is awesome! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YQxVd2tWJ0&t=328s

Gorgeous game to look at! With lovely camera mechanics, player upgrades and animated cutscenes. Every level has its own look and feel.

Tried out the Demo of this and was at first put off, mostly due to my inexperience with SHUMPs. Then the gameplay was kind of a mixed bag for me, but the amateur indie style type of game won me over (mostly been falling away from AAA games). I didn't want to wait for a sale to get this so, paid for the whole game. It was quite an experience, it was difficult to pass through any level other than 1, but I've strived for the challenges and unlockables, trying out new weapons and gear that may better suit me. Slowly and surely I managed to reach the end of each levels, after many, many attempts. I grew amazed at several of the bosses and environments as I finally hit the last level. Even after beating the game, I tried out the Time Trial Mode and Arcade mode, attempting to unlock more and more of what the game has to offer. And I had an amazing time! I will definitely play more as I wish to complete this game 100%! Now it definitely has flaws, that I would consider a huge turn off for some. For starters, some levels get up and close against the ground or tight spaces, making it very hard to determine what has collision and what doesn't. One may notice upon repeat attempts on the levels what is and isn't collidable, but it can be frustrating to end a good run into a level you got far into for the first time, only to collide with a hill, a cliff-side after the camera changed to a top down perspective, some incoming enemies from off-screen from above, and such. I made it harder on myself with a optional mini-boss on the last level, as I thought I got lucky passing by some sections of it. I was staying above or below as turrets spawn both above and below the section, and they continuously fired on me destroying my run until I experimented and discovered there was no collision there in the first place. Overall, it can be frustrating and flawed, but I absolutely love this game. I feel like I got my money's worth of enjoyment, and I'm definitely looking forward to more whatever Hyper Productions has in stored, be it updates or new games like this.

If you want an aperrealistic shoot 'em up you gotta take it; this is all we ever wanted in the past

Good game, horrible UI menus...just terrible but the game play is good. Nice unlock and upgrading system. Two modes, one for more skilled players and one for more casual boomers like me (not really a boomer, gen X actually but whatever). I believe it is a single indie developer, so its nice to support that. If the game was more expensive though, I might down vote it just for the absolutely crap UI experience of it. Game opens with a prompt saying best played with controller...then smashes you in the face with just exceptionally awful UI experience...almost as bad as Wolcen (absolute ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ UI for controller). Updates seems to be dead even though its not a very old game. It is fairly cheap at regular price and I would say worth it. If you can get it at discount, grab it if you are into sidescroller flyer shmups.