Hey there! Experienced 6DoF player here, and 100%'d the game in just under 2 hours. Here's my feedback/review!
I paid $3.19 for the game (20% off full price), and I believe the price should set expectations for the game. You spend some time figuring out the enemies and the powerups, and quickly realize that everything seems to run on a random system... ammo, health, even damage done to enemies appears to have some factor of random to it. Nice for a roguelike. I liked the geometry of a lot of the rooms, and overall I feel a 6DoF fan will find this fun to play. If you're NOT into 6DoF games, you'll have a lot of trouble with this one, and will be better off picking up a more accessible 6DoF game such as Descent, Overload, or maybe even Retrovirus.
Regarding the bots, first of all, those kamikaze bots are simultaneously the best and worst bots in the game. They are FREAKING TERRIFYING, yet are so perfectly implemented. People are going to hate this bot, but they will hate it because it's so GOOD. Descent had a degree of terror to it playing it casually, those enemies bring that feeling back in a big way.
The bot that fires lightning at you, though, players will hate this bot because it's so BAD. If you don't see it, you can easily lose 30 health before you find it. These are this game's version of Class 1 Drillers from Descent, except several times worse, as they shred your ship apart quickly. At least in a roguelike such as this, that's not bad.
Ironically, the two combo'd together suck, especially if you focus on one of them first and don't see the other, you can easily die from full health or HIGHER.
The others are all fine, entry- to mid-level enemies that after one or two playthroughs won't be a challenge once you identify them.
The filters are harsh. "Toxic" is the [strike]best filter[/strike] least bad of the filters. It allows you to see everything clearly, but it's hard sometimes to see the geometry of the small tunnels, and I absolutely cannot tell the red and blue artifacts apart in that mode.
The lucky shot achivements are just bad filler, and further reinforce the RNG element. I'd remove those, if that's even possible at this point. I got them all without trying.
Finally, the bosses. The first boss was the best, and I was proud to figure that one out in only two attempts.
The second boss [spoiler]I managed to get hit by the outside of the laser grid, and it pushed me out of bounds. I was able to destroy it from outside, and while I figured out the lasers' mechanic, I couldn't for the life of me identify a consistent hit box on the device, and just kept mashing fire and moving around until it died.[/spoiler].
The third boss [spoiler]I never triggered any of its attacks. I managed to find a safe place in the level, and just mashed fire until it died.[/spoiler]
Overall, I have to say this is what the 6DoF needs... small, game jam type of games that expose players to this genre. 6DoF is a genre that just doesn't get enough love, and to see a title that does this well for the price is pretty good. :)
