This game was a blast to play through. Once you begin to master the movement and can flow between performing tricks, zooming around the arena, and shooting enemies, the combat is second to none. With how the slow motion time and lock-on system work, you barely have to aim your weapons as long as you are close enough to the enemy. This makes movement much more important than any sort of mechanical aiming ability. I think that this is an excellent thing for an arena based rollerskating shooter to focus on as it keeps the frenzied pace constant without having to stop your movement for long to aim at enemies.
The decision to have ammo refill by performing tricks was also fantastic. This encourages you to constantly stay on the move and perform tricks in between killing enemies. Once you get into the flow of doing this it feels so damn satisfying. I think without the need to do tricks there would be a monotony to simply moving around the arena shooting enemies. The tricks also just look cool, so I'm glad you're encouraged to do them for a reason beyond just a score. Some of the tricks are a little bit too good at refilling your ammo which is a shame as it kind of discourages doing other tricks once you discover the ones that are easy and refill ammo quickly (basically any sort of grind).
One of my main complaints is the lack of variety in this game. I really just wish that the arenas were more obviously different from each other. Maybe more enemy types would have helped with this as well. A lot of the arenas just feel very similar in terms of their settings and layouts. The challenges that you need to complete in order to progress to the next stage of arenas I actually found quite fun to complete, however, it is a sort of boring thing to lock content behind. Additionally I wish that the boss fights were a bit more creative as both boss fights are very similar and there's not a lot to them. It's a shame as I think that with the mechanics behind Rollerdrome, there could have been some insanely cool boss fights.
Regardless of some shortcomings I think that this is an amazing game that is just pure fun to play. I called it quits after finishing all the arenas but I can see myself going back to unlock challenges and/or play through the hard versions of each arena that you unlock after beating the game. Would 100% recommend this game!!
As a side note, I really love how charming the art style is in this game, it looks great.
The decision to have ammo refill by performing tricks was also fantastic. This encourages you to constantly stay on the move and perform tricks in between killing enemies. Once you get into the flow of doing this it feels so damn satisfying. I think without the need to do tricks there would be a monotony to simply moving around the arena shooting enemies. The tricks also just look cool, so I'm glad you're encouraged to do them for a reason beyond just a score. Some of the tricks are a little bit too good at refilling your ammo which is a shame as it kind of discourages doing other tricks once you discover the ones that are easy and refill ammo quickly (basically any sort of grind).
One of my main complaints is the lack of variety in this game. I really just wish that the arenas were more obviously different from each other. Maybe more enemy types would have helped with this as well. A lot of the arenas just feel very similar in terms of their settings and layouts. The challenges that you need to complete in order to progress to the next stage of arenas I actually found quite fun to complete, however, it is a sort of boring thing to lock content behind. Additionally I wish that the boss fights were a bit more creative as both boss fights are very similar and there's not a lot to them. It's a shame as I think that with the mechanics behind Rollerdrome, there could have been some insanely cool boss fights.
Regardless of some shortcomings I think that this is an amazing game that is just pure fun to play. I called it quits after finishing all the arenas but I can see myself going back to unlock challenges and/or play through the hard versions of each arena that you unlock after beating the game. Would 100% recommend this game!!
As a side note, I really love how charming the art style is in this game, it looks great.