It's cute, fun, and quick, but it's missing an absolutely crucial feature: online co-op! The gameplay consists of controlling a circular spaceship traversing its way through bright levels and blasting enemies to pieces. There's a pilot's chair, there are four gunner stations, and there are three other special stations that control shields, navigation, and special weapons. That's eight total stations, and you and up to three companions are meant to scramble around the ship handling everything. That sounds very fun, and some (okay fine all) of my friends were down to try beating this thing in one night the other weekend. Alas, no online co-op! To enjoy the game together we'd have all had to gather in person, Xbox controllers in hand, on a couch. Even before the pandemic that was never going to happen! So instead I played this alone - you get one animal companion who you can move from station to station - and it was just so much more cumbersome and less chaotic than it could have, should have, and would have been with online co-op play. You just hate to see a missed opportunity like that!

Reviewed on Feb 19, 2021


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