I saw a couple of reviews for this game that really praised it a lot so I thought maybe this will be some hidden gem, it looked like it had a cool style and I was excited to try it but unfortunately it didn't live up to my expectations.
For some reason this game just bores me to death, I can't really think of why outside of how repetitive and uninteresting the bosses are. When you're forced to fight the same boss three times and two of them being in the same stage, it gets old really quick. Even the weapons aren't cool like you're given up to 20 times to upgrade them and it still barely feels anything special.
You can at least play as two different aircrafts with one being a plane and the other being a blimp. I stuck with the plane for a lot of the game because I felt like it had a smaller hitbox but maybe I'm crazy. You also have a healthbar so that's nice so it's not too punishing. There's also bombs and idk if the game just screwed up but I one time grab the B item that gives you a bomb and then I looked at my HUD and went "Why do I have 13 bombs?" Seriously why did that happen. I only had like 5 before I grabbed it.
The game graphically I really like, it's apparently based off a novel according to the credits unless it's just lying to me. The music also doesn't sound too bad, I really like the last level's theme. Also idk if this bothers anyone else but I swear most enemy projectiles look lame in this game and I can't tell if I'm just trying to find the most minor nitpicks now.
Steel Empire isn't bad and I'm sure a lot of others could probably find more appeal in this game but it's just not for me. The game is just boring to me and there's so much more I'd rather be playing, maybe if the bosses were less damage sponges I'd like it more. I could see a sequel to this being good but that never happened so I guess it's just a case of what could have been.
For some reason this game just bores me to death, I can't really think of why outside of how repetitive and uninteresting the bosses are. When you're forced to fight the same boss three times and two of them being in the same stage, it gets old really quick. Even the weapons aren't cool like you're given up to 20 times to upgrade them and it still barely feels anything special.
You can at least play as two different aircrafts with one being a plane and the other being a blimp. I stuck with the plane for a lot of the game because I felt like it had a smaller hitbox but maybe I'm crazy. You also have a healthbar so that's nice so it's not too punishing. There's also bombs and idk if the game just screwed up but I one time grab the B item that gives you a bomb and then I looked at my HUD and went "Why do I have 13 bombs?" Seriously why did that happen. I only had like 5 before I grabbed it.
The game graphically I really like, it's apparently based off a novel according to the credits unless it's just lying to me. The music also doesn't sound too bad, I really like the last level's theme. Also idk if this bothers anyone else but I swear most enemy projectiles look lame in this game and I can't tell if I'm just trying to find the most minor nitpicks now.
Steel Empire isn't bad and I'm sure a lot of others could probably find more appeal in this game but it's just not for me. The game is just boring to me and there's so much more I'd rather be playing, maybe if the bosses were less damage sponges I'd like it more. I could see a sequel to this being good but that never happened so I guess it's just a case of what could have been.
Jenny
1 year ago