Tesla vs Lovecraft

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 14 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 3 out of 14

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  1. helpMeHelpYou
    Mar 18, 2018
    3
    It becomes boring pretty fast. Small level where you are running round in circles waiting for the right weapons and power ups to spawn. Mecs are pointless since they last only some seconds. I expected something more like Dead Nation
  2. ConsumerBatman
    May 3, 2018
    8
    Not as white-knuckle as a twin-stick classic like Smash TV, but still plenty action packed. The levels are limited in size, so you can't just run away, and the difficulty curve is gently sloping. But if you're looking for a greater challenge, there is a kind of gauntlet mode, where creeps just spawn until you're dead.

    At first, you might assume the power ups are limited, but with each    Not as white-knuckle as a twin-stick classic like Smash TV, but still plenty action packed. The levels are limited in size, so you can't just run away, and the difficulty curve is gently sloping. But if you're looking for a greater challenge, there is a kind of gauntlet mode, where creeps just spawn until you're dead.

    At first, you might assume the power ups are limited, but with each level beaten, you unlock new potential skills, and your experience level resets after completing each stage. You might find it a bit unfair if you're just trying to level up to a kind of god mode, but it gives the title a bit of extra flexibility.

    The graphics aren't really much to write home about, but the game never slows, there are virtually no load times, it's still pretty (decent lighting, too), and I think it captures the atmosphere it's reaching for. If you're a fan of Tesla OR Lovecraft, you might find this an enjoyable gaming experience.    … Expand
  3. nusco
    Sep 23, 2020
    6
    What happens if you pit the champion of scientific optimism against the herald of cosmic horror? A damn white-knuckle twin-stick shooter, that's what.

    Tesla vs Lovecraft has all the mindless monster bashing that you expect. However, it also comes with its own share of flaws. The game has very little content, stretched really thin to dilute the play time. To reach the "real" ending,    What happens if you pit the champion of scientific optimism against the herald of cosmic horror? A damn white-knuckle twin-stick shooter, that's what.

    Tesla vs Lovecraft has all the mindless monster bashing that you expect. However, it also comes with its own share of flaws. The game has very little content, stretched really thin to dilute the play time. To reach the "real" ending, expect to fight the same handful of monsters over and over again, and to go through the same maps three times at increasing difficulty.

    The lack of content can be forgiven, but the design flaws of Tesla vs Lovecraft are harder to swallow–especially if you consider that the developers are twin-stick shooter specialists. The game's difficulty swerves wildly, with frustrating peaks followed by walk-in-the-park levels. The role of luck is excessive, and the same level can be very easy or painfully hard, depending on which power-ups you get. There is even an upgradeable stat that makes it more likely that you'll get one of the good perks that make levels so much easier. The existence of that stat should ring an alarm bell–but it seems that this game is OK with being heavily RNG-based.

    The worst problem of the game, by far, is the poorly tuned upgrade system. Once you get to the third and last pass of levels, you find yourself short on "crystals", the in-game currency that you use for upgrades. You'd take forever to accumulate a decent amount of crystals through regular playing–and collecting crystals usually gets in the way of completing a level. Long story short, you probably need to farm crystals if you want to complete the game. I spent at least a couple of hours going through this pointless grind, playing the beginning of the same level again and again until I had my upgrades where I liked them, and then moving on to finish the game.

    Even with all its shortcomings, Tesla vs Lovecraft is a fun experience. It has all the action you expect from the genre, and the short levels make it moreish. Yes, there is luck involved–but maybe you'll be more lucky if you try this level again, for the 12th time! I don't regret playing this game, but I think that the developers should have spent more time tuning the mechanics and producing content, instead of paywalling more content behind a pointless DLC. I have high hopes for the next work from 10tons, but I also hope that they'll spend more time refining it before release.    … Expand
  4. pereOlthwaite
    Apr 7, 2019
    9
    Bit of a slog to begin with, but becomes a whole lot of fun once you're ridiculously OP. Probably helps if, like me, you're something of a noob re twin-sticks and you absolutely detest H.P. Lovecraft, the man, his works. Have been playing this for a year now, with ever increasing frequency, and that's a trend bound to continue for a good while yet. (Refuse to make any serious effort toBit of a slog to begin with, but becomes a whole lot of fun once you're ridiculously OP. Probably helps if, like me, you're something of a noob re twin-sticks and you absolutely detest H.P. Lovecraft, the man, his works. Have been playing this for a year now, with ever increasing frequency, and that's a trend bound to continue for a good while yet. (Refuse to make any serious effort to finish the thing on account of I won't be able to bear the disappointment if T.A. Edison doesn't show up as the end boss.)… Expand
  5. IamSquid
    Sep 28, 2021
    9
    I bought this game when it was on sale for $5 because I thought the title was a fun idea. The first hour was rough. but within the second hour it got fun and within the third hour I was hooked. I bought the $5 DLC that night (its just more guns, powerups, etc). Its one of the best twin-stick shooters I've played and I've spent more than 100 hours on it. Well worth the price!
  6. chosen0ne
    Aug 22, 2022
    8
    It's a great twin-stick shooter with a fun vibe and playful presentation. Once you really start amassing those powerups, HOLY CRAP it's so much fun!!! I got 45 hours out of this game easily with the DLC which is completely worth getting!!!!

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74

Mixed or average reviews - based on 10 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Nintenderos
    Jul 14, 2018
    75
    The brief length of each level makes this game optimal to enjoy, for instance, in the bus, and especially with four friends.
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  2. Universo Nintendo
    May 3, 2018
    70
    Tesla vs. Lovecraft is a great game, fun, challenging, with precise gameplay, and a survival mode with interesting online rankings for the most competitive players. Unfortunately not everything is perfect, the repetitive scenarios and the poor soundtrack, although minor problems, will make the game old a little too fast.
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  3. New Game Network
    Apr 25, 2018
    66
    Tesla Vs Lovecraft serves its function well enough as a simple action shooter. There isn’t much to the gameplay, but sometimes you can find a good time paddling through even shallow waters.
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