I'm going to confess, I am an idiot. I somehow played the whole game and didn't realize there was a weapons menu with the C button. Idk how I never realized considering I went to the options screen before starting. The game itself though is okay.
What hurts it so much is the controls and framerate, you can get used to it but you're not only quite big but it's easy to get caught on stuff and you move so fast when running that it can lead to easy hits. They do remedy this by at least allowing you to run over small enemies which is cool. The framerate is also just never consistent and I really don't know why, maybe it's the projectiles?
That being said, this can be fun at times, I really like how some stages feel different and the bosses are a change of pace too though the balance is all over the place. I do wish I knew of the weapon screen tho because apparently one of the bosses where you fight two of them can just die in one hit if you used this weird hook weapon I didn't know existed.
I wouldn't say this is worth playing nowadays, only if you're curious. I mean someone on GameFAQs gave this a 10/10 so surely anyone out there might find this and love it. I should probably replay it sometime now that I know about the weapons stuff. There are two games before this but they're more top down run n gun games. Wait a second was I playing a spinoff the whole time? Guess that explains why this is called FZ Senki Axis in Japan. Wait does the FZ stand for Final Zone? Idk anymore.
Also if you want another piece of stupidity from me. The game shows your map progression as you go through each level. The whole time I thought they were ellipses and it took me till like the final stage to realize what it meant.
What hurts it so much is the controls and framerate, you can get used to it but you're not only quite big but it's easy to get caught on stuff and you move so fast when running that it can lead to easy hits. They do remedy this by at least allowing you to run over small enemies which is cool. The framerate is also just never consistent and I really don't know why, maybe it's the projectiles?
That being said, this can be fun at times, I really like how some stages feel different and the bosses are a change of pace too though the balance is all over the place. I do wish I knew of the weapon screen tho because apparently one of the bosses where you fight two of them can just die in one hit if you used this weird hook weapon I didn't know existed.
I wouldn't say this is worth playing nowadays, only if you're curious. I mean someone on GameFAQs gave this a 10/10 so surely anyone out there might find this and love it. I should probably replay it sometime now that I know about the weapons stuff. There are two games before this but they're more top down run n gun games. Wait a second was I playing a spinoff the whole time? Guess that explains why this is called FZ Senki Axis in Japan. Wait does the FZ stand for Final Zone? Idk anymore.
Also if you want another piece of stupidity from me. The game shows your map progression as you go through each level. The whole time I thought they were ellipses and it took me till like the final stage to realize what it meant.