Skies Above

It's a very neatly packaged small game. Secondary game play loop is a classic between action to chilling in base (fishing and dog petting included). Main loop is excellent high pace combat with good progression per run and a good feeling of empowerment when getting ever more powerful from base bought upgrades. All in all the execution is great, music, theeming, and banter all good.

A beautifully drawn adventure that does a good job of scratching the rogue-lite itch. Definitely feels like a good amount of content on offer for the price and it kept giving me that "one more run" feeling that these types of games are famous for. There are a few minor things that I think could be improved: [list] [*]I found that when there are lots of enemies/particles on screen it became quite easy to lose track of where the player character is - better readability for these busier combat scenarios would be great. [*]Taking control of an overloaded Buster often left the beam fixed in one direction, and I was unable to control it so just had to wait until the ability timed out. I didn't get this issue with the overloaded Bastion (which you also control), so feels like a bug rather than an input issue. [*]The aim-assist sometimes feels a little bit too strong. If there's an overloaded enemy near to you, the game really wants you to dash towards it and it's quite difficult to aim for anything else. More freedom on when to trigger those abilities would feel better and more strategic for me. [/list] It's worth noting I was using a DualSense controller to play, and haven't verified if the control issues are unique to that or present for all methods, so your mileage may vary. That said, none of those small issues deterred me enough to make me stop playing, and I ended up going for 100% completion since I enjoyed the game loop so much, so I would definitely recommend giving [i]Skies Above[/i] a go.