Sky Force Anniversary

If you are a "casual" gamer or you have never completed a shmup in your life, you could do worse than to start with this one. It's pretty (if bland) by shmup standards, and the audio design is unethically dopaminergic to spur you onto the grind (despite the fact that grinding is antithetical to the core dogma of the holy church of shmup). However, if you have played any of the hundreds (thousands?) of much better shmups out there, this is likely to just try your patience. And if you're looking for an introduction, there's a good chance this will completely mislead you about what the genre actually has to offer. This is a prime example of what are called (usually with derision) "euroshmups" by arcade aficionados. You can learn a lot about shmup design by researching this term or [url=https://youtu.be/0sOzq0ikzMM]watching this fascinating video about it[/url]. Basically, if shmups are tennis, the best euroshmups are a crappier version of pickleball. Sky Force Anniversary's anticlimactic ending doesn't compensate for the absent feeling of flow or mastery in the long grind to reach it, and once the final stage has been seen, all motivation to go back for remaining medals leaves the body, with a lingering impression of dissatisfaction. I don't regret playing it when I did, but I don't see myself ever playing again, and can't recommend it when there are so many better options crafted with reverence to the decades of nuanced iteration and thoughtful design lessons that games like this ignore.

Great shooter, love the co-op. Unfortunately, I played the Sky Force Reloaded first, so this Anniversary version lacked a few gameplay gimmicks that I enjoyed in the other game, but it's still a great game and lots of fun. The graphics are great, the action is fun. Reloaded is better so if you haven't played any of this series this is a great place to start, or if you like it more difficult, then get the Reloaded version. Definitely worth the play, worth the fun. Recommended.

This is one of my go to games for relaxation, having played it on many different platform. Yes it is repetitive but it is a very simple shooter which has a nice difficulty curve, especially ensuring you do everything on each level at each difficult.

I really want to play this game but they hide it all behind a massive grind and difficulty. Cannot recommend to casual players.

Аркада добротная. Из минусов. При установке на новый комп - все сохранения почему-то их не было в облакe steam. Пришлось забросить

The polish of this game is out of this world especially for its time. That said, there is a new design philosophy toward skill-based game, which this game is not. I don't bother about it but what I do bother is this game require online friends to complete some of its achievement which is a shame, 8.5/10.

Luftwaffe ace simulator. The organisation you work for is actually called Ministry of Propaganda

A Classic and so much Fun Yeeeeeeeaaaaaarrrr

In my opinion, the game Isn't as grindy as people describe it to be, at least this Steam version. It is much more pleasant compared to the mobile SF Anniversary, gosh it was so painful there... This is really the only SHMUP game that ever caught my attention, especially because it was developed by the same studio that made Let's Create! Pottery that I'm quite nostalgic to. I absolutely love the 3D design, and the only downside that this game has is the lack of nightmare levels that they could've kept just like on the mobile version. Nevertheless - 9/10, I highly recommend it.