Super Space Serpent SE

How the hell this twin stick shooter has gone so undiscovered here on Steam for more than THREE YEARS at the time I am writing this review blows my mind!! ..This review is only the 2nd review written for this game and only a handful of people have scored a high score in this super fun little indie gem! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvnfYCWMauc IMPORTANT NOTE: YOU NEED A CONTROLLER TO PLAY THIS GAME. MOUSE & KEYBOARD SIMPLY DOESN'T WORK! It's super responsive and big time fun, with that addictive quality to these kinda games that will make you want to play it again and again! I love all the different enemies, kick ass power-ups and the music and sound effects are also top notch! Only ONE little fault keeps me from giving this super fun little indie game my "Zaxtors Indie Gold" award at this time.. As seen in the video above, I had a game where I ended with over 2 million points that should have placed me at the 7th top position, but the game didn't load my high score to the Steam leaderboards and also didn't show it inside the game leaderboards! --------------- Update on Aug 1st, 2022 --------------- UPDATE: Played this game some more and while it does send your scores to Steam, the game is NOT updating the high score list inside the game, even after closing the game and re-entering it. Another gripe I have is that whenever you enter a new wave, the volume sliders you've set seem have NO impact on the "new wave" sound effects and they will blow your ears out, even if you've set the sliders to the lowest possible setting! That's definitely something that can probably be very easily fixed. ------------------------------- Maybe it was a internet glitch with Steam or something as I know sometimes that does happen with these kinda indie games (as I have seen it myself with my own Steam games)... but the developers need to do everything they can to ensure this doesn't happen! ..I highly recommend to the developers that they send the players high score to Steam TWO TIMES about a half a second apart which is a work around I did in my own Best BJ game to resolve this problem. Until I see another patch to address this leaderboard bug, I give this game a "Kick Ass 8 out of 10 score", but if they fix it and release a patch to prevent what I just had happen, then I will give this game a solid 9.5 out of 10 score and make it one of my hidden indie gems in my "Zaxtors Indie Gold" series! All in all, the game is STILL super fun to play and still deserves WAYYY more recognition and support than it's seen it's first three years since in launched way back in May of 2019! HIGH RECOMMEND, and if you love games like Geometry Wars or Super Stardust on the Playstation then this game should be a MUST BUY for you! * Note: I did NOT get this game for free, but rather redeemed it from a indie game website bundle purchase.