
Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which up to two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise.
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Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 41 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 41 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
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It's just like all the old arcade games you used to tolerate, especially in its love of stalling out by copy pasting the same room and encounter with 6 waves of identical reinforcements before finally letting a stage mercifully end.
seu wilso
Классная современная игрушка на сегу, я хоть и не любитель, но мне зашла. Вполне себе перекручен уровень хардкора, чтобы соответстовать детскому опыту усложненных игр, которые должны были сжирать в аппаратах ваши монетки. Но вот затянуть пройти себя полностью игра не может. Уже не 90е или 00е, когда кроме одной-двух игр не было ничего. Чем долбить ее до победного - проще запустить любую иную
Broken on Windows 10 PC! Crash on launch, with no fix and no response from developers. Issue has been around for over a year (2024). Issue is tied to frame-rate being over 60 and not forcing to full-screen exclusive. Works fine on Steam Deck.
My favorite twin-stick shooter. It raises a valiant salute to its influences, and its gameplay loop, while simple, is frenetic and addictive. Beautiful visuals and sound, precise controls, demanding difficulty - Xeno Crisis has all the makings of a classic. Breaking through to the true ending by the skin of your teeth is an incomparable feeling.
Pixel art is great, but this badly needs a story mode difficulty. Too many enemies shooting projectiles that are too similar to yours. Not enough health or lives. The good ending is only for a no death playthrough. Most will need cheat mode to get past the first couple levels. Please add optional story mode difficulty so more can enjoy this game.
Love this game. It has such a fantastic retro feel to it. A great game to crack into with a friend on a sleep over. It'll make you work for it though! It's hard (just like those retro games!)
Brutally difficult game that's insanely fun and with one of the best OSTs you'll ever encounter.
This game would have been an absolute hit back in the 90s, but sadly it didn’t manage to hold my attention in today's gaming landscape. The difficulty feels more punishing than fun, especially if you just want to enjoy it casually with a friend on the couch. Sure, with enough persistence you could push through, but it doesn’t really feel rewarding or engaging. The controls are stuck in the past, limited to 8 directions instead of offering smooth, free aiming. It had the potential to be a modern take on classics like Smash TV, but instead, it feels more frustrating than fun. Variety is limited, enemies get increasingly unfair, and the upgrades you unlock after each level barely make a difference during gameplay. Overall, I can’t really recommend it, especially considering the price. It feels more like something that would fit as a fun little side game in a collection like UFO 50, rather than a standalone title.
Best mordern retro 2D top&down shooter
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Dutch, Portuguese - Brazil*languages with full audio support
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