A PASSION FOR ALL THINGS GAMES
For a $5 shooter, Feeble Light is an outstanding value. It is a fun, little shmup that doesnât take itself too seriously but will easily please both casual and dedicated players. Made by a small team and published by EastAsiaSoft, you control a tiny ship as you need to blast enemies and avoid hazards. This […]
This week, me and Gillman try out CounterAttack, a schmup with two gimmicks – there are over 500 parts to customized and there is online/local co-op. This is a simple, quick stream to demonstrate some gameplay.
A budget horizontal shooter by EastAsiaSoft, Hyper-5 doesnât exactly have the highest level of polish but can still provide some entertainment value if you can deal with the missteps. If you watch my initial stream embedded in this article, youâll notice that I do not get very far. When the player first starts, the slowly […]
This week, Gillman and I stream some Bullet Casters, a 2D shooter with a lot of bullets and enemies that take multiple hits. This build is actually pre-Early Access. The EA version will launch in a week at the time of this post with the full game becoming available Fall 2023. But in this quick […]
Development for 1993 Shenandoah began in 1992 for the Commodore Amiga and neared completion a year later. However, the teenage developer at the time never finished it because, you know, life. Now, about 30 years later, development has finished, and the game made available on PS4, Switch, and PC. A side-scrolling shooter, 1993 Shenandoah plays […]
Developed by Team Ladybug, makers of the excellent Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth, and published by Playism, Drainus is a shooter that is not a bullethell â it is a bulletheaven. In short, this is an outstanding 2D shmup, one that I have not had this much fun with since Ikaruga and […]
A once friendly AI has turned on humanity and the fate of the world is now in the hands of two anime characters and their constantly firing ships. For a classic 2D scrolling shooter, there is a ton of story and narrative here. In fact, there might be too much lore as the dialog scenes […]
Guntech 2 is a free-roaming shooter shmup that incorporates twin-stick controls, 4-player co-op, and plenty to upgrade. Best played in short bursts, this shooter offers quality, mindless fun despite a few painstaking flaws that hold back the experience. Using both sticks to aim and shoot is wonderful, and I am amazed more shooters do not […]
A 3D single-player arena shooter with purposely pixelated visuals, Rule No. 1 is a first-person action game designed around getting a high score. Although it suffers from repetition, there is just enough gas in the tank to see the trip to the final destination. Like early FPS titles, the player can move throughout a 3D […]
A new, vertical arcade-style shooter, Sophstar takes the best aspects of your favorite shmups and merges them into a quality concoction all from a budget price. This shooter doesnât do anything new but presents everything with polish, respecting the playerâs time and skill every step of the way. In fact, there are so many options […]
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