
WAVECADE is a sci-fi, arcade-style #shmup where YOU control the speed of the game. Destroy blocks, minions and bosses in style as you collect powerups and avoid hazards. How far can you go?
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Languages: English**languages with full audio support
Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 36 reviews with recorded playtime.
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Remember those old school games like Galaga and space invaders? Did you know about Raiden or Raiden X? Well just upgrade the graphics and add some cool mechanics and you have Wavecade. In this updated game of survival you must use your ship, which can be edited to your liking, to bust open blocks and get powerups that devastate the field. There is a catch though. You control the speed! Move up the screen to make the speed of the game, and soundtrack, move faster. Move down the screen to make the speed go slower even to a crawling pace. As you move up and down the screen your points will go up or down too. Faster means more points and slower means less. You decide what you wanna do. Are you an accurate player who wants to be very precise and shot each block? Or do you wanna dodge and weave the waves to get through as fast as possible? Earn enough points/kills and youll be rewarded powerups and specials. There are some pretty unique skills and powerups. My go to skill is the beam that destroys everything. It's great for some areas which have random events occur or even if youre surrounded by blocks of varying nature. You have a wide variety of randomly given powerups from tri-shot, to freezing the screen, or even tracking shots and a gatling gun. These keep things unique and at times fast paced depending on your speed and ship. Your ship is another great aspect of custom content. You can select a type of ship, the color of it and what kind of exhaust it spits out. That's not all though, you can even change the color of the exhaust too! These are free to mix and match as you see fit to get a more personal feel. A lot about this game seems very personal. Wavecade is an interesting game with randomized levels, great customization and the idea that you control the game. With a new twist on classic games and updated 3D models this is sure to entertain you on lunch or at night when youre just relaxing and looking to have fun. The powerups are unique and random which gives you a sense of danger, the ship customization feels great and wholesome and tailored to you and the levels are challenging and fast paced.
Wavecade!
Fun acrade shooter with a great artstyle.
I really want to like this game but the lack of visual clarity is a dealbreaker for me. it's very hard to avoid hazards in time when there are a lot of blocks/projectiles on screen, and while the core mechanic of moving down to slow down time is clearly intended to help with avoiding hazards for some bizarre reason they've chosen to not show the entire gameplay area at once (like every other shmup I've played) and and also used a background that gives no indication where you are within the arena until you're close to the sides. At least half the deaths I experienced in the handful of runs I did were from attempting to manoeuvre around something only to hit a wall and any time I didn't have the ricochet powerup I had no clue how far up I was. Combined with a REALLY clunky menu made for a lackluster experience, which is a shame because I really enjoyed my time with the PAX demo.
[h1][b]爽到飞起的炫光战机[/b][/h1] 《WAVECADE》是一款街机风格的飞行射击游戏,拥有超级炫丽的特效和爽快的手感,游戏过程中可收集多种武器尽情爆射,体验非常不错。 相比同类游戏,本作并没有选择使用大量贴图,转而采用了几何图形作为敌人,在多重图形的组合和炫光特效加持下,画面表现非常精美,特别是每个波次开始时的飞行效果和释放技能时的粒子特效,简直称得上美轮美奂。 游戏的玩法是经典的垂直飞行射击,玩家的战机将一路向前,路途中会遇到各类敌人,一开始只有简单的直线弹幕,随着不断前进,可以在场景中收集到各式不同的武器,诸如散射弹幕、索敌弹幕、弹射弹幕等,这些武器效果可以叠加,因此只要稍加留意,很容易就能获得不错的体验。 本作的另一特色是完全可控的难度,操控战机向前即可加快整体速度,反之则减速,这个速度会影响敌我双方,降到一定程度时会进入类似于子弹时间的状态,此时我方战机仍可持续射击,待攒够密集的弹幕后再加速,便会看到敌人被瞬间消灭,非常爽快。 游戏还提供了几个主动技能,诸如覆盖全屏的超级炸弹、围绕战机一圈的护体炸弹、将所有敌人控在原地的冰冻、打击一条直线的冲击波等,合理使用这些技能可以获得更高的分数。 本作还打造了丰富的游戏模式,诸如降低整体速度取消Boss战的轻松模式、只有一条命的一击必杀模式、不能放过任何一个敌人的硬核模式、缩短游戏时间至5分钟的快速模式等。 此外本作还支持本地合作和在线联机游玩,可玩性非常高,售价也不贵,非常推荐,喜欢飞行射击的话一定要试试。 [quote]热爱游戏,畅玩游戏,分享游戏,专注鉴赏评测与深度解析 欢迎关注[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44110339/]游理游据[/url],走进游戏世界,品味第九艺术[/quote]
please fix the matchmaking and servers :/ awesome game doe
I love this game! It's fun and exciting.. and yes! I like the SFX. Highly recommended!
Fun game, I love the time manipulation. It's a very unique feature, I love how the soundtrack follows the speed you're on and you can feel the chaos. Nice to see the care that went into developing this!
That was one of the best games I've ever played, so exiting and well designed. STRONGLY RECOMMENDED!!
[table] [tr] [th]Review for [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41373651-Governator-Gaming/] Governator Gaming [/url] - Steam Deck approved![/th] [/tr] [/table] Fun retro shoot-em-up with great visuals and music. Works perfectly on the Deck, there's even an official controller layout! Controlling the speed by going up and down is a big part of the fun! Seems easy as first, can get tricky when you lose a life and all your powerups! 8/10 Disclaimer: I got a copy of this game for review by the developer and it doesn't change what I think: I genuinely had fun playing on my Deck. Game time played shown on Steam does not reflect reality as I was off-grid most of the time.
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