When Firepower Isn’t Enough
HIGH Finally killing that super-worm.
LOW The Blob that convinced me to quit the game.
WTF Why do the bloodstains disappear? I want to see the whole screen covered in alien guts!
Tag: Shooter
Cuphead Review
Half Empty
HIGH Those visuals. I mean, damn.
LOW The roulette level.
WTF The idea of playing this without the dash invulnerability power-up.
Jydge Review
I Am The Law, There Will Be Trouble
HIGH Lining up the perfect bounce laser shot to liquefy three perps at once.
LOW Trying to figure out enemy sight range for ‘don’t get spotted’ challenges.
WTF The final boss ‘fight’.
Defenders Of Ekron Review
Not All of Ekron is Worth Defending
HIGH The early boss fights represent the game at its best.
LOW Later stages feel like a chore.
WTF Why send a soldier with the worst equipment to fight a high-tech war?
Graceful Explosion Machine Review
Kaleidoscopic
High Blasting aliens with kaleidoscope explosions and chiptunes.
Low The game becomes too repetitive about halfway through.
WTF Wait… how did I just lose 2 hours to this?
Archangel Review
Reaches For Heaven, Ends Up in Limbo
HIGH The final level and the impressive boss fight.
LOW Barren, empty environments.
WTF A subplot about the melding of machine and human minds that goes nowhere.
Cryptark Review
Rogues… In… Spaaaaaaaace….
HIGH Wiping the Cryptark out by firing my super-weapon over and over…
LOW …after having the game crash the first time I tried to do that.
WTF Enemies can fly through walls now? That seems fair.
Deathstate Review
There Are Places Worse Than Bullet Hell
HIGH The truly huge number of monster types.
LOW Getting killed by bullets coming from offscreen.
WTF Okay, now I’m playing as a laser-shooting eye. Awesome!
Livelock Review
Electronic Mac & Cheese
HIGH It knows what it wants to do and does it well.
LOW The ending was an utter disappointment.
WTF Why don’t other games have escort missions this good?
Brigador Review
Mechs. Warriors. Mercenaries.
HIGH The frosty-cool cyberpunk mood and glorious synth soundtrack
LOW Tougher than a cyborg’s titanium codpiece, and not always for the right reasons
WTF Am I wrong for wanting a mission or two during daytime?
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