Null Drifter

[code]Segui [url=store.steampowered.com/curator/39235514]High Score - Time Attack[/url]: pagina Steam Curator dedicata a tutti coloro che amano cimentarsi nell'ottenimento di punteggi esorbitanti, nel collezionamento di achievement e nelle sfide contro il tempo. Lottando per un posto in classifica, come ai tempi d'oro delle Sala Giochi.[/code] Null Drifter è un adrenalinico twin-stick shooter dal forte accento rétro. Veloce e a tratti caotico da vedere, bello ma soprattutto divertente da giocare. Esteticamente parlando è squisito nella sua essenzialità; le musiche, mai invadenti, contribuiscono a farci prendere confidenza con il ritmo di gioco particolarmente incalzante. A bordo della nostra navicella spaziale rimarremo durante l'intera esperienza confinati all'interno di una griglia rettangolare. L'obiettivo è sopravvivere, cercando di totalizzare quanti più punti possibile, sfruttando al contempo i power-up rilasciati dai nemici per potenziare il nostro arsenale. Le manovre del mezzo risultano rapide e precise; pare quasi di sguazzare sullo schermo grazie anche al comando della schivata, qui resa non soltanto un utile strumento adoperato per evitare i colpi, ma finanche una formidabile arma di distruzione in grado di abbattere i nemici con un colpo solo. Gli immancabili boss di fine livello rendono onore al genere, risultando quanto mai appaganti da abbattere. La leaderboard chiude il cerchio, strizzando l'occhiolino a tutti quei giocatori affamati di high-score che intendono svettare in classifica. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es9eVwgpFY4 In definitiva, grazie al suo essere puro gameplay, Null Drifter regala scorci di inaudito divertimento, risultando senz'altro un titolo interessante sia al giocatore in cerca di un titolo mordi e fuggi, sia al più affamato divoratore di punteggi. Dategli una possibilità, perché avrete modo di scoprire che sotto quella scorza all'apparenza semplice, si nasconde invero un gioco assai esigente ai livelli più avanzati, che richiederà un attento studio dei pattern, una padronanza assoluta nella manovrabilità del mezzo, oltre che skill e tanta tanta concentrazione. Null Drifter è un po' come la classica torta appena sfornata dalla nonna: all'inizio ne afferri una fetta con malcelato sgarbo giusto per far contenta la cara vecchina, ma più tardi e di nascosto allunghi la mano per prenderne una seconda. Per poi magari acchiapparne una terza. [code][b]Modus operandi[/b] Ho completato il gioco prendendo tutti gli achievement. Di tanto in tanto torno a giocarci, in quanto sono in Top 10 nella classifica mondiale.[/code]

This is a nice little minimal twin-stick shooter with some nice tunes and palettes you can switch around. The game controls quite well on a controller and is fun to play in short bursts to try and beat your old highscore and get higher up on the leaderboards. There are a good number of unlockables including new enemy and boss types to fight in the game. It's a fun system that gives you goals and makes playing for a high score even more rewarding. Null Drifter has a nice 1-bit style with 2 colors and for something so simple it's a nice surprise with how good it all looks especially in some of the color combos it really has a great look. This isn't the type of game you'll sit down for hours playing but it's got enough fun to keep you coming back every once in a while to get more unlocks and try for a higher score. I think the game would be best enjoyed if you had friends who also played and you could try to outdo them on the score. I wish the score showed up in the actual game when you're playing, it doesn't though, but you do get an explanation of how the score is calculated. Still, it would be nice to actually see it while playing. It's a good little game.

[b]Introduction[/b] Null Drifter is an endless 1 bit twin stick shooter with dashing and procedurally generated levels. For such a minimalistic game the visuals are quite well done. It is a challenging game especially at first because you start with a very weak ship with the level end bosses having bullet hell patterns. You'll have to grind for about an hour to max your ship. There are some graphic features like chromatic aberration and bullet screen shake that make the game look much better but a bit harder to play. You can turn them off which is both good and bad. I personally would have been ok if it was enabled for everyone, but I seem to play better with them disabled. [b]Gameplay[/b] Try to destroy all the enemies as soon as they appear to not having to dodge their bullets. The most effective method is to dash into them. Every now and then destroyed enemies leave bonuses which will upgrade your gun or give you extra health points. You can not have more than 10HP. Key to survival is to collect as many of the bonuses as quickly as you can by not letting any enemies leave the screen. At the end of each level there's a boss. There are a couple of different ones, they get harder the further you get. [b]Controls[/b] If you don't have a controller connected you can play with keyboard + mouse, if you have a controller connected you can only play with that. I would have liked the option to be able to play with an one handed controller + mouse but the game might be best played with a dual stick controller anyway. You need an analog stick to dash accurately which makes keyboard + mouse the lesser choice of the two input methods available. [b]Conclusion[/b] It's a fun little game I enjoy a lot and it taught me how to dash properly. I've been neglecting that feature in other games, I just didn't care for it before. I will never care for grinding for coins and buying upgrades in an in-game shop though. I find scoring a bit odd, it's your level highscore x 1M + your coins. At least it's original, but I would have preferred just points or in order of when the level highscore was reached. I do find it annoying that at the end of your game you can pay to get more bonuses the next game, which means you can't just restart when you make an early mistake but you either have to continue or let yourself die. The extra bonuses also don't carry over to your next game session so every first game of a new session you play with less bonuses unless you let yourself die first :( [b]Video[/b] Here's a recording of me reaching level 25: https://youtu.be/H7emiDux7hY

The ultimate Jedi tester: for every 20 milliseconds, differentiate among 20 slow moving circles you are supposed to ignore, 15 static circles you are supposed to collect, 100 fast-moving circles you are supposed to dodge (some of which are coming from off-screen), all of the same colour, and plan your next move, 'cause your life literally depends on it. Your midichlorian count had better be high enough to see through time and space to execute it. Amidst that frantic chaos, the soothing music keeps telling you to chill and not fall to the dark side, but it's hard, man.

[h1] Null Drifter - стильна аркада з елементами shoot'em'up [/h1] Null Drifter була розроблена Panda Indie Studio - групою з двох осіб. Раніше вони випускали ігри в Steam і на подив усі ці ігри були жанру shoot'em'up. До того ж, Null Drifter - приквел до Project Starship X, тому можна простежити якийсь спільний всесвіт. Втім, давайте коротко розповім про гру. [*] Отже, цю гру можна називати як і аркадою, так і напів-рогаликом. У грі є перманетне прокачування, як і прокачування на «похід». Рандомні противники і рандомна їхня поява. Розблокування контенту в міру проходження гри. Тому я б вважав за краще називати Null Drifter рогаликом, ніж звичайною аркадою. Як я і сказав раніше, у грі є перманентне прокачування. Здійснюється воно за допомогою монет, які випадають з убитих супротивників. Ми можемо збільшити швидкість атаки, шкоду, кількість куль, що вилітають, тощо. Прокачування - прямий шлях до успішного забігу. У самій грі ми керуємо маленьким кораблем і стріляємо на всі боки на 360 градусів. Також з усіх боків на нас будуть лізти противники. Тому добре прицілюватися - дуже важливе вміння в Null Drifter. Але якщо їх уже занадто багато, або вони влаштували такий bullet-hell на екрані, що втекти просто неможливо - використовуйте ривок, під час якого ви невразливі. І ось на цих механіках зав'язаний весь геймплей. Є ще бонуси, які можуть збільшити ваше здоров'я, швидкість атаки, шкоду тощо. Можуть ввести вас у режим перевантаження, де ви будете просто мініганом. Такого ж ефекту можна домогтися, якщо у вас буде мінімальна кількість здоров'я. Чим більше ви граєте - тим більше ви отримуєте грошей, відкриваєте нові палітри кольорів, нових босів і нових ворогів. Це просто неймовірно круто, тому що після кожного нового рівня - новий досвід від гри. [/list] Вердикт:[i] просто чудова гра. Одна з найкращих ігор жанру так точно. Така синергія - рідкість. Дуже багато людей пропускають хороші ігри. І це одна з них. Купіть собі цю гру і отримуйте задоволення, чорт забирай, гра коштує копійки, а дарує вам набагато більше відчуттів, ніж ігри дорожчі. [/i] Оцінка:[b] 9.2/10[/b]. Синергія жанрів і відмінний смак художника - це Null Drifter. Ключ до гри надав видавець, але це [u]ніяк не впливає[/u] на мою думку та оцінку. Огляд був складений Ci8, ексклюзивно для [url=http://steamcommunity.com/groups/bigbadwhl]BigBadWhale Games[/url] Оцінка редакції: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1276824468

lo-fi sort-of asteroids where the game starts off slow, and as you progress gets more fast and frenetic and crazy . There's a bunch of visual options ( screenshake, chromatic aberration ) can be disabled, and then there's a ton of game palletes ( think downwell ) it's done very very well. The visual presentation here is very appealing - and that's part of the reason why i dig this one so much. The game is simple, you can only shoot, move and dash ( and you can dash-kill most smaller enemies - this s important ) you progress through levels, after the level ends, you fight a boss - and are rewarded poweerups like bullets up, fire rate up, life up -damage up, etc - and as you stack more and more, things get insane. after so much has been done, you seem to unlock more items, and such like more color options for the game and i found shotgun - a new bullet type that spreads and adds more bullets ot the normal pea-shooter attack. every ;evel increases difficulty, and by the time you hit level 10 the game " really begins " adding new enemy types, and more challenges, and the enemies get stronger - and have more life - so dash killing ecomes your best friend. 1 dash can take out a foe that requires a steady stream of high damage bullets. also also - you collect money - and that is part of the determining factor for your score on the leaderboard. you can use that money to buy upgrades to start the game with ( which makes leaderboard a bit iffy, but once everyone ismaxed out on upgrades, it'll e solid grounds ) love this game - highly recommend you grab it.

This is a wonderful little 1d, bullet hell shooter. Great unlockables, interesting bosses and enemies. It has a real feeling of gradual progression. This is great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDViZWTwW7g

Quick score: 4/5 Notes: Extremely fun twin stick shooter, but also extremely light on content. I effectively 100% the game in only about 45 minutes. Once you have seen all the game has to offer it just turns into a regular score attack arcade game, just see how high you can go. IMO 7$ is a bit much for what is on offer here, but I personally really enjoyed the hour of playtime I got out of it. I also got it on sale though, not sure how I would feel if I paid full price. Screen effects are a bit extreme, but thankfully can be turned off. You can also choose a color palette that you prefer.

Very fun, challenging. The monsters/bosses are cool and unique. Being able to pick a color palette is the best because i would not have continued to play with the base palette because it hurt my eyes. This game is awesome! This is the fastest I've fallen in love with a game and It is sooo much fun.

Null Drifter is like a ghetto 1-bit Nova Drift, but what it lacks in content, it makes up for with megadope lo-fi, blip hop beats. The speed and enemy density escalate a bit fast, so dashing is key. [i]Please follow my curator page,[/i] [b][url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/6856591-Designer-Plays/]Designer Plays[/url][/b],[i] for a truly massive number of concise and honest reviews from a 25-year veteran Game Designer.[/i]