A good concept riddled with problems and weaknesses....
The idea of generated loot, upgradable ship, weapon modding, weapon placement etc.A good concept riddled with problems and weaknesses....
The idea of generated loot, upgradable ship, weapon modding, weapon placement etc. sounds good - but the artistic/stylistic execution is weak. Weapons are not balanced properly - and there are clearly weapons that are much much stronger than others.
Then there are the enemies which are fairly low in variety - with only few of them being stage specific (4 stages). The placement and rotation of weapons on the ship turns out to be rather insignificant because 90% of the enemies appear from the front side - and the size of the player ship / models in general ... turns the visible playing field to be VERY small (for example - the playership is more than twice the size of the playership in Sine Mora (another side scroller) - which affects the playing-field detrimentally for Reign of Bullets)
Increased difficulty or stages do not mean different enemy abilities or formations - but rather only more hitpoints. So the enemies become damage sponges and spend more time on screen - but other than that .... nothing changes very much. Due to the lack of new content in higher levels it is hard to justify to really keep on playing.
What i disliked the most however is the Flash look of the game. It just looks cheap. While i value a good 2d (not 2.5d) shooter - this one is not it. The negative outweighs the positive ... BUT it is fun - for a little while.... for casual gamers (aka mobile gamers if i can use that stigma) - for anyone else it is too little, too ugly.…Full Review »