Broken Sky
Broken Sky is a heck of a lot of fun. I was ready to review this several weeks ago but glad I waited; it’s come a long way since then. The core mechanics were already solid but he’s put tons of work into balancing and added loads of cosmetic and QoL touches.
A great little retro shooter that faithfully recreates the arcade experience. A series of challenges and frequent ship and equipment upgrades keep the game moving and feeling fresh. Very moreish.
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– Real player with 11.9 hrs in game
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I’m really enjoying this game, it has a nice retro Arcady feel to it with loads of options and achievements. The game has loads of unlockable content and challenges with addictive gameplay that gives you that “just one more go” feeling when you succumb to the alien forces. The first page of the game is interactive and allows you to set up you plane and game options using the terminals. And yes! You can pet the dog! 😉 Enjoy your flight!
– Real player with 10.1 hrs in game
Furious Angels
FA is a minimalistic, short and sweet arcade dogfighting shooter that is so much more than what you may think. Somewhat easy to get into, surprisingly hard to master.
Gameplay
Furious Angels (FA in short) is all about… blowing stuff up. While trying not to die. All while babysitting the helpless mothership. And of course, get a good looking score. Oh, and there’s no campaign, no story, no upgrade grinding. Only explosions. And scores.
Your goal - face the endless hordes of enemies that want you and your mothership dead. Losing either is a Game Over. Stay alive as long as you can, get that big big combo, but your fate is sealed before it all begins. You’ll lose. As for how, it’s up to you to decide.
– Real player with 307.8 hrs in game
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I don’t write many Reviews.
I think most Games do not deserve, or need my opinion.
And I usually don’t feel well as an advertisement writer.
But this one game is different. For me, this is a hidden Gem.
This is the only game i play everyday for 5-10 minutes. Since more then a Year.
No other game got me hooked like this. I think I can say I like it a bit.
Maybe it is just a me-thing. Maybe it appeals just to my personal taste.
It is arcade-y, and in a way that makes it great … I love the Explosions.
– Real player with 231.7 hrs in game
Skyward Descent
A really compelling game, I started it up to see what the deal was and immediately lost half an hour to it.
– Real player with 25.2 hrs in game
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The game is very easy to pick up and play, and for the most part the gameplay is easy to understand. There are a few things that are frustrating to me playing this game, though.
After defeating a boss, if you haven’t taken any damage, you get an option to shuffle around some of your stats. I’ve gotten options like “+30 HP & -30 HP” multiple times, which is incredibly frustrating because it makes one of your options useless. There is another power up called “Lucky Items” that is supposed to give you more stat boosts in the game, but I never noticed any difference when I got it.
– Real player with 4.3 hrs in game
Space Elite Force
Summary:
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Space Elite Force is a pretty neat and lite side-shooter, offering some builds/customization and a fair amount of gameplay. It doesn’t come without drawbacks, but they’re minor, so at the end of the day, depending how much you pay for it, you can get a pretty decent local co-op game without regretting it.
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– Real player with 7.0 hrs in game
Reminescient of games like R-Type and Gradius, this shootem will bring back fond memories. It is a masterpiece and a game done right in this genre. It is 99 cents well spent. I would’ve gladly paid for $5 or more for it. Exceptional development.
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shmup
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in space
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upgrades
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great graphics
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great audio
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joystick
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active developer
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- joystick, because keyboard does suck in this game
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– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game
Fly Or Die
Fly Or Die is a side-scrolling side-scrolling shooter in which the player acts as the pilot of a military aircraft.
You will have to plunge headlong into the atmosphere and the universal brutality of air battles during a stormy and terrible war.
By destroying the enemy fleet, the player earns money, which can and should be used to buy ammunition, bomber support, and improve his aircraft.
Survive ten days in different hot spots at the helm, or die proudly behind it.
Space Battle SVF
Great game, enjoyed every minute.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Space Force Squadron
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/20344/
The year is 2500 A.D., the earth was invaded by spaceships controlled by an A.I. The Space Forces manage to track the enemy HQ, and send the space squadron on a mission to end this invasion and thus save the earth.
Space Force Squadron is a horizontal arcade-style 2d shmup game, where you choose between 4 pilots, with different attributes each. Defeating enemies earns you points that can be used to buy upgrades for the ships, and also to repair them when you fail a mission.
Characteristics
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The game has 8 playable missions
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4 characters to choose from
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Challenging achievements
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Compatibility with x360 control
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Runs in window mode only
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Arcade style (good for casual play)
Vinios
According to Steam’s achievement lists, I’m most likely the 2nd of 13 total players to have beaten 5 levels of this boring and monotonous shoot-‘em-up. It’s got 50 levels, and they’re all just the same but slightly harder, taking longer and eventually introducing a few new enemy varieties. Probably, at least, since I gave up after the sixth or seventh level and thus never saw if there were enemies introduced later.
The lack of much other than “hope to be randomly given an overpowered weapon” is annoying, as there’s no special attacks and weapons don’t last forever, so you can’t stick with your favorite for very long, and there’s basically nothing to do except avoid bullets, fly near all the point items, and shoot down all the enemies with auto-fire.
– Real player with 0.6 hrs in game
In this video I take a look at Vinios a beautifully made vertically scrolling shooter.
I loved this game! It’s only $1 and the music alone makes it worth it. It’s a mellow scrolling shooter with great visuals and for it’s price range it’s really well made. It has all the pickups, enemies, and levels you could want for that price range and it’s just really relaxing. The enemies bullets are a little hard to see initially but you get used to it and find yourself weaving in and out of their barrages. It’s quite an enjoyable game. You can’t go wrong on this title it’s just too darn cheap so check it out.
– Real player with 0.3 hrs in game
Aero Battle
Stars received: 0.8/10 _ Note: v.5 [0.0 to 1] = personal impressions
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Game description key-points: swivel with a shoot button spam
– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
Lucky me! I get to write the first review for Aero Battle. It’s not going to be a good one.
Aero Battle is a “template flip”, that is to say, it’s a “game” that has been produced by copying a game template or using a game construction kit, and changing a few things. In this case it was a game construction kit/template for doing a simple 2D “dogfighting” game of the type that was around in the early 1990s, made with the godawfully bad Game Maker 2 construction kit, for demo games and educational purposes.
– Real player with 0.1 hrs in game
Stick to the end
This is a well-optimized vertical plane shooting game. In this game you can use a wealth of weapons to attack enemy planes and bosses.
You will have 3 lives in each level, and each life will have three points of blood. You must destroy all enemy planes and bosses before you can pass. In the game, you will get a variety of advanced weapons and tools at random, please choose the weapons you need. The game’s rewards include 11 kinds of ordinary bombs, 1 type of bomb, 5 kinds of laser bombs (ordinary laser bombs, s-type lasers, lasers that will turn), protective covers, big bangs, blood plus life, and auxiliary attacks. Fireball, a kind of automatic tracking missile. Such a rich weapon system is enough for you to deal with a large number of enemy aircraft. In terms of enemy aircraft, there will be ordinary aircraft, tracking aircraft, aircraft that will be stealth for a short period of time, aircraft with a short protective cover, and aircraft that will launch group bombs. The Boss will have 50 flight paths and will continue to fire a variety of bullets, the most powerful of which is the laser. You need to constantly avoid boss bullets and use weapons to concentrate on attacking boss aircraft.
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50 levels
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Each level will have a different boss at the end
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Multiple different enemies and 100 flight paths
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Boss’ attack diversification
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Fluorescence effect
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11 kinds of ordinary weapons, 1 type of wave weapon, 5 kinds of lasers, protective cover, big explosion, adding blood and life, assistant attack small fireballs, 1 tracking missile.
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Game progress saved to STEAM
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Through customs clearance, you can get 11 game achievements.