This is a pretty fun game with an interesting concept. I've seen some reviewers suggest adding trenches or something else not "mortarThis is a pretty fun game with an interesting concept. I've seen some reviewers suggest adding trenches or something else not "mortar related", and I think that's a bad idea. That would take away from the uniqueness of this game, which is perhaps the best part of it.
The worst part is a pretty glaring problem: none of the guns are balanced very well. You can beat the game with the very first gun by getting lots of them. Shields are poorly executed, as they are a poor mix of how much damage and how many hits they can take. The best strategy to get past them is to synch up a lot of smaller guns to fire at the same time. Large guns are very powerful, and perhaps the best balanced weapons in the game. Rockets, on the other hand, are nearly worthless. Mortar Cannons are always powerful and especially useful for taking out enemy personnel, and lasers are great for penetrating shields, although the first iteration of these weapons is grossly underpowered and shoots far too slowly to have worth.
The campaign is very long, and it does have a bit of a roguelike element to it. Medals carry over from game to game, making it slightly easier, but not much. As far as I can tell, there are only 6 medals which can all be acquired within 2 playthroughs very easily.
Tutorial wise, there may as well be none. While it explains extremely basic concepts, like how to fire and what a few weapons are good for, it does very little to explain actual game concepts like scoring, the fact that it is rogue-like in regard to the medals, or that the perks and nothing else will carry over.
The campaign is extremely long, so you're going to get your $6 out of it, if you enjoy the other aspects of it.
I give this game a pretty solid 8/10.… Expand
