Manticore: Galaxy on Fire

 Switch
User Score
6.5

Mixed or average reviews- based on 21 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 7 out of 21

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  1. paullylama
    Apr 25, 2018
    9
    Must have for the Switch. I am really happy having a space-shooter with a half-decent story and voice acting. The graphics are nice, the controls are pretty easy to use, and the weapons feel satisfying firing and upgrading is fun. A little nice immersive escape into space. +
  2. Cybersaber
    Apr 23, 2018
    8
    A great budget sci-fi Action game.
    You can't say anything about the game without talking about how good it looks. If your searching an asteroid field for collectibles or chasing pirates through a maze of cargo containers, the game looks great. It has an appropriated Sci-Fi soundtrack that matches well. (Just think of the X series) The voice acting is great and the game is self-aware    A great budget sci-fi Action game.
    You can't say anything about the game without talking about how good it looks. If your searching an asteroid field for collectibles or chasing pirates through a maze of cargo containers, the game looks great. It has an appropriated Sci-Fi soundtrack that matches well. (Just think of the X series) The voice acting is great and the game is self-aware enough to poke fun at it's own silent protagonists. The highlight of the Voice acting is your overly chatty and somewhat crazy AI that quite funny most of the time.
    The missions are what you would expect, protect this giant ship, blow up these little ones, scan these things. The environments they take place in are great have lots of things to crash in to.

    The two biggest problems with the game are the simplified flight controls and the useless wingman.
    The controls don't allow you to roll your ship when you want to. Just a Starfox style barrel roll.
    And your two squad mates do nothing but take up screen space. They don't even talk to you during a mission.

    If you are up for a simple, fun romp through space you can't go wrong at this price.    … Expand
  3. Soulreaper55123
    Apr 23, 2018
    9
    The game is everything I expected it to be coming from the beloved Galaxy on Fire series, the only thing that I would have liked to see is an implementation of tilt controls or at least rebindable buttons to switch the left and right joystick configurations, other than that, well done Koch Media it was worth the wait!

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#29 Most Shared Switch Game of 2018

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Metascore
69

Mixed or average reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 20
  3. Negative: 3 out of 20
  1. Eurogamer Italy
    May 8, 2018
    70
    With an immediate control system and a gameplay easy to master, Manticore – Galaxy On fire will satisfy and entertain fans of the genre looking for a shooter that's not too challenging.
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  2. Nintenderos
    May 8, 2018
    65
    Manticore: Galaxy on Fire is a space action game where we have to accomplish assignments in a mercenary corps, leaving the story in the background. Its direct action, a decent gameplay and good visual fluidity are the only things that can be highlighted in a title that ends up becoming repetitive and cold in most of its aspects.
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  3. CGMagazine
    May 6, 2018
    45
    If you were hoping for the new Star Fox or Eve Valkyrie, this isn't it. Instead, its the only game I've ever played that managed to make shooting lasers in space boring.
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