PROJECT XINATRA

Not much to say about PROJECT XINATRA. It's not good game, though for the price it's not a particularly bad game either. I was hoping for something along the lines of Xain'd Sleena or maybe even Exolon but it lacks the diversity of the first and the atmosphere of the second. First off there are no graphics options. The only screen resolution available is whatever tiny 4:3 ratio'ed one that Xinatra was developed in. The graphics are somewhat mismatched with a variety of texure resolutions (the character seems to be lower res than a lot of the other assets) and styles. The art is functional but not inspired and looks a lot better in the small Store screenshots than on a large monitor. Gameplay is where PROJECT XINATRA really falls down though. What little I played felt like a chore rather than a work of passion. The collision box is sometimes wildly different from the graphic on-top of it. This is true for enemies and static platforms. I regularly fell through platforms as they're shorter than apparent. The gunplay lacks the ability to fire up, and becomes annoying when coupled with the small collision boxes mentioned above. The default weapon is woefully underpowered. Most of my play time (more than a half) stems from the first boss. I ran out of green ammo shooting the lava balls before I reallised I could shoot the lava vents, however the default gun does so little damage I got bored and gave up. I later retried and won with the green gun in about 20 seconds. The non-boss music is okay, and the keys can be rebound. Again, there really isn't a lot to say about PROJECT XINATRA. If it gets significantly better; I was unwilling to spend the time to find out.