Vertical shoot em up, somewhat sequel to Power Strike I which was the localized name of Aleste but this one was made as a Power Strike game without being part of the Aleste series. Has a fire button and a button to cycle between four different movement speeds, main shot is a somewhat strong forward attack, six different weapon types can be picked up and upgraded, and you can find powerups that will spin around your ship to damage enemies or destroy bullets. If you release the fire button you will launch a wide rapidly shooting special attack that will cause a lot of damage and destroy most enemy shots, the longer you have held attack the longer this will fire, though you will likely just save it for the end stage boss while holding attack throughout the entire stage.

Solid shooter with varied enemies and weapon choices but some issues holding it back. It can be become difficult to see enemy bullets in areas with certain color choices, the most visually interesting stage is the first one where you eventually fly out into a cloudy sky and have spots with enemy planes breaking through the cloud coverage to attack you there isn't much else interesting in terms of level design, most of the bosses have a fairly dull design, and your shields and special weapons break so many enemy bullets that the most difficult thing about the game becomes trying to avoid all the weapon pickups that you don't want to switch to.

Screenshots: https://twitter.com/Legolas_Katarn/status/1460579512790355969

Reviewed on Nov 16, 2021


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