Redux: Dark Matters

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  • Summary: A fast-paced space shooting game with fresh scoring elements - a bastard-hard shooter.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  1. Everyeye.it
    Jan 12, 2015
    75
    A classic scrolling shooter that really makes you relive moments and feelings buried in the past, and that's a good thing. Shame that level design sometimes is flawed, resulting in some frustration, and the graphics are not as good as they could've been.
  2. Eurogamer Italy
    Feb 21, 2015
    70
    Redux: Dark Matters is an interesting old school side scrolling shooter. If you are in love with these kind of experiences, you’ll find this game pretty fun and interesting, despite its flawed level design.
  3. GamesVillage.it
    Jan 20, 2015
    65
    A fast-paced, old-school shoot'em up, fun to play while it lasts, but that unfortunately suffers from a poor artistic direction, a lack of original ideas, disappointing bosses, and a schizophrenic level of difficulty.
  4. SpazioGames
    Jan 21, 2015
    65
    Redux: Dark Matters is a game to be taken into consideration if you are just in love with R-Type, and if you look for an old fashioned a shoot 'em up with something more modern. The problem is that the game does not excel in anything, offering solid game mechanics but without major innovations.
  5. GamesBeat
    Feb 16, 2015
    60
    Redux: Dark Matters is not an exemplary shoot-em-up, but it is a rather a safe and well-executed one where fans of the genre can get an immediate sense of its influences.
  6. Hardcore Gamer
    Dec 22, 2014
    50
    Redux: Dark Matters on Steam isn’t worth getting excited about given the wealth of better alternatives, and even if you’re a Dreamcast collector, there are far better shooter releases for it in recent years.
  7. Multiplayer.it
    Jan 12, 2015
    45
    Redux: Dark Matters has gameplay problems tied to some flawed design choices. Try it, but only if you are a great shumps fan.

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  1. Kulkuri
    Apr 20, 2015
    8
    A very beautiful side-scrolling shoot em' up which captures the spirit of the R-Type. The graphics are very beautifully drawn and very smooth.A very beautiful side-scrolling shoot em' up which captures the spirit of the R-Type. The graphics are very beautifully drawn and very smooth. The music in this game is just phenomenally good. And the game is very responsive to controls.

    Most levels have been designed well and the game is really fun to play. Even for the veterans of the genre. However there are certain spots in some levels which require what I'd call "trained eye" to pass. It isn't a fundamental fault in the game but some people might think that it's a fault in the level design. There's a slight learning curve associated with the game.

    The game lacks proper integration with the Steam. There are no achievements, no Steam cards, and no support for SteamOS/Linux and/or OS X. Also the graphics settings menu uses slightly obscure English which makes it bit difficult to adjust the graphics to look as good as possible and requires bit of trial and error. There is also no global Steam scoreboard which means you cannot compete with your friends in ladders.

    All in all REDUX is a really fun shoot em' up. It doesn't offer anything new to the genre but rather plays it safe by making sure that all the basic fundamental things are executed as well as possible. If the developers had added proper Steam integration and ladders then it would be solid nine out of ten in my opinion.    … Expand

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