Flight of the Athena
Lots of variety with bosses and enemies. Includes interesting time-based events mid-mission and enemies that come from all four directions, which gets pretty exciting pretty quickly. Well done, A To Play Ltd’s Flight of the Athena is pretty damn fun and very replayable!
While the portrait art may be lacking the rest of the in-game art are quite nice. Some odd design decisions on the tactical map but the actual battles and bosses are loads of fun. And multiplayer!
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– Real player with 2.5 hrs in game
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This game is excellent! It is a flashback to games like this that I played when I was younger but with great additions! You have two guns (one on a turret) which you control using the 2nd stock on the controller; this is great! Also there is an RPG and randomness factor which add to replayability. Got to buy it!
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
Well now, it’s time to review yet another roguelike… or is it a turn-based strategy game? Bullet-hell? Yep, Next Jump: Shmup Tactics is all three of these things at once. These genres seem like they absolutely should not go together… it sounds totally nonsensical. But not only is the combination viable, but it works out really well here.
In this game, your overall goal is to reach the Dragon Mothership and defeat it, because apparently they stole your space beer (???) and ran off with it. Like any good shmup, this means a long battle through about a kersquillion enemy ships on your way to fight the boss at the end. As this game is part roguelike, everything is procedural, so you’ll be getting a very different experience every time.
– Real player with 9.7 hrs in game
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This is a fantastic game if you like small-scale turn-based tactical battles in space. The core gameplay is turn-based shoot ‘em up with simplified FTL-like sector jumping in between the skirmishes. It’s not really much like FTL except superficially. It’s a great game nonetheless!
First, the downsides. It’s a relatively short game. It’s very replayable but even if you like it, you probably won’t play for many tens of hours. It’s also cheap though.
The battle map is small and doesn’t contain much except various enemies. Not realy a downside in my opinion, just a game design choice. Think of the map as a chess board.
– Real player with 8.9 hrs in game
BroodStar
This game is so much fun and so addictive and reminds me of some of my favourite arcade games growing up. It does not get boring and repetitive even having to restart after you die as the levels are never exactly the same as what you just did and because you can buy upgrades to your ship as you play those levels, they change each time and they are some surprises you do not expect. Another great feature is getting points that you can allocate to certain areas of your ship eg: weapons, shields, speed and you don’t those points when you have to restart a game. You also have the option to reset where you’ve allocated them so you can redo the skill tree if you mistakenly allocate some or change everything completely if you want to experiment with what suits your type of play style. I can’t recommend this game highly enough.
– Real player with 39.6 hrs in game
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I’m from Buenos Aires, and I say kill ‘em all!
Disclaimer:
The main developer of the game is a good friend of mine and I’ve played many iterations of it over the years, so to say that I’m biased would be a bit of an understatement. As a result however, I like to believe that this also leaves me in a position where I have a good understanding of how the game will continue to evolve as it is being worked on.
That being said, as is customary let’s start with the pros as of today:
- The controls are responsive and buttery smooth.
– Real player with 36.6 hrs in game
Demons Ate My Neighbors!
1991 — it seems like any other sweltering July in the sleepy suburbs of Fairweather Valley…until a cursed VHS unleashes untold horrors upon the neighborhood, turns the residents evil, and generally makes April & Joey’s summer a total bummer. Our heroes must exorcise their neighbors from hell, fight their way back to the haunted High School and rewind their summer to save the world!
Evoking moody ‘80s / ‘90s teen-horror with Saturday morning cartoons and a manic, humorous tone, Demons Ate My Neighbors! honors ‘90s co-op classics as only an unofficial SPIRITual sequel could.
FEATURES
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Two heads are better than dead - Team up in local co-op, then pump, refill, and spill ‘em all with Splasha squirt guns, loaded with an infinite supply of holy water. Don’t worry about death - with infinite timelines, another April & Joey are ready to DAMN! or DELIVER all over again.
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Customizable and Upgradeable Splashas - Pump past the limit with Overpump and unleash holy hydro hell. Swap & pop Nozzles to drench demons with different shots, effects, and Overblasts - then upgrade the Splasha’s stats with Nitro Splashtanks found throughout the ‘burbs of Fairweather.
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Interactive, Procedural Environments - Knock over mailboxes, trashcans, and more to find household weapons that exploit monster weaknesses. Freeze Zombos, zap Zaplings and vaporize Vampunks with Garlic Pizza.
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Collect VHS tokens from Boss Demons- Unlock new permanent meta upgrades in The Hideout
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**Getting lost finding possessed citizens in procedurally-generated levels? **Not with the radical Radar Radio called the RadWatch. Level it up by slaying monsters to boost its range and ability to find survivors.
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Citizens can Tune-Out! - and transform to climactic combat challenges where one of three choices must be made: DAMN, DELIVER, or DIE. Be kind and rewind by draining their recharging stamina with a Holy Hi-Fi arsenal to DELIVER them from evil, or blast through with Lethal Lo-Fi weaponry to let them stay DAMNED.
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Yo! 16-bit characters feel right at home in this ever-changing top-down 3D world of nightmare nostalgia featuring a funky, thrilling dynamic soundtrack by Sonic Mania veteran Tee Lopes, Varien, Nice Legs, and Papoose!
Mineirinho Wildtides DC
Mlehor jogo da historia kkkkkkkkk
– Real player with 4.4 hrs in game
I lost my virginty to this game. I was a little scared at first, but i managed to carry on.
– Real player with 1.4 hrs in game
Operation STEEL
Operation STEEL is a roguelike shoot-em-up rendered in beautiful hand-drawn art. Find and upgrade weapons while combatting the electronic legion across the galaxy!
Game features:
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Procedurally generated levels with randomised enemy waves and pickups
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Branching paths - select from 20+ levels
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30+ weird and wonderful bosses
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30+ unique weapons and items to find
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Upgrade your ship between levels at the shop
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Boss Rush mode
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Online leaderboards
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Awesome soundtrack by the amazing Dolphin !
The Last Sunshine
Really like the art style and customize options for your sun are neat. cool game!
– Real player with 2.3 hrs in game
While I haven’t finished the current content quite yet, what’s there so far is quite promising. I’ve been a danmaku shmup enthusiast for ages and, while I usually tend to prefer having a tiny hitbox, no shields, and one-hit death, the way this game integrates the shields, health, and movement speed into passive mechanics you can choose between is definitely intriguing, especially when paired with the ability to combine a wide variety of shot types.
The pacing could use some work, with the difficulty being very slow to ramp up (especially for someone already comfortable navigating through curtains of bullets) and with some of the levels feeling like they drag on for a bit longer than is welcome. Because the pacing is already being worked on, though, it’s very likely this will be ironed out before its final release. There doesn’t appear to be any storytelling to speak of in the game, which made it challenging for me to stay engaged, but there is the potential that later on, the gameplay will be enough of a challenge to entertain me all on ts own.
– Real player with 0.8 hrs in game
Attack of the Karens
The Karens are angry, and will not be ignored! An other-worldly pathogen has mutated four entitled, haughty women into deadly cyborgs! Save your city from their rampage in this fast-paced, retro-stylized shoot ‘em up! Armed with your high-tech fighter vessel the Manager X-15, withstand their onslaught and fight back!
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Fight your way through eight stages packed with classic side-scrolling shoot em’ up action!
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Destroy the mutated cyborg Karens in epic boss battles!
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Dodge destroyed buildings and obstacles as the city crumbles around you!
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Assemble your arsenal by collecting new gun parts as you fly through the stages!
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Enjoy gorgeous pixel art graphics in a classic retro style!
Featuring fully voiced dialogue, enjoy the rockin’ retro soundtrack as you fry the cyborgs and send them back to where they came from!
Gearshifters
A fantastic arcade shooter!
Pros
-Great gameplay
-Creative enemy/faction variety
-Awesome bosses
-Enjoyable progression
Cons
-Starting a boss fight with half or lower health could be an absolute drag.
-Difficult bosses/sections can have you repeating the same levels far too many times to be enjoyable.
Thoughts
-I feel like the bosses would have been much more enjoyable if you always entered the fight with full health. Perhaps after successfully reaching the boss and dying the amount of levels you have to repeat should only be one instead of two.
– Real player with 24.0 hrs in game
This game is Fantastic!
I played the demo before and loved it, so I knew the full game was going to be a treat. I know roguelite is becoming quite a common genre now, but it works perfectly with this game. It is so much fun having to play and earn the upgrades which then in turn make the game that little bit easier each time you play. That for me is the perfect way to get you playing and keep you engaged.
This game is a perfect mix of a classic shoot em up while driving a car and dodging bullets, so a car/shoot em up/bullet hell dodging. There are some great bosses to take down as well which are a lot of fun, working out their patterns and ways to take them down. For me its a perfect mix and it works beautifully!
– Real player with 18.7 hrs in game
A Void Contract
The hell, the void, or the freedom.
A Void Contract is a story-driven rogue-lite RPG about an unfortunate warlock who ends up in hell. Wash sins by fighting hordes of fiends while a Void at the bottom of the demonic city will slowly drain your soul. Meet the consequences of damned artifacts’ thoughtless use. Explore 3 circles of the ancient demonic city each with its own architecture and dangers. Forge new contracts with the devils. Some of them might want to kill you, some of them might like you. Use them to your advantage and get out from the hell!
… Or embrace a new shape granted to you by a demon realm and start a new life.
Core features:
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Dynamic battles
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Legions of demons to fight
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Enemy champions will hunt you
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Damned artifacts shape your appearance
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Skills choice freedom
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Randomly generated locations
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The immersive hand-drawn art style
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3 unique designed city parts
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Protagonist gender choice
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4 romanceable characters to meet