Project Starship

 Xbox One
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  1. Xbox_Alive
    Feb 15, 2020
    6
    Project Starship is a 2D 8-bit Bullet-Hell Vertically Scrolling Shmup. Play as your choice of Garret, or Gwen (whether you want to fly in a red or blue Ship) on a mission to save the galaxy from an ancient evil. Ok, I want to first note, your ship is NOT your hitbox! There is an orb in the middle of the ship and THAT is your hitbox. The size of everything on the screen was intimidating atProject Starship is a 2D 8-bit Bullet-Hell Vertically Scrolling Shmup. Play as your choice of Garret, or Gwen (whether you want to fly in a red or blue Ship) on a mission to save the galaxy from an ancient evil. Ok, I want to first note, your ship is NOT your hitbox! There is an orb in the middle of the ship and THAT is your hitbox. The size of everything on the screen was intimidating at first, not knowing this, as some of the bullets are as big, if not larger than your ship, and damned close together. Every time you play, the game generates the stage randomly, so there is NO memorizing the order of enemies. The challenges vary vastly from enemy to enemy, and with random minibosses tossed about it can get quite hectic. The bosses are huge and also vary greatly in what's going on the screen, keeping you on your toes. If you're decent at Shmups, you can get quite powerful, quite fast, and it can all be taken away just as fast. Like most games of this genre, killing some enemies gives you item drops, some of these drops can actually hinder you. an example of this is The TV Doesn't Work, which makes your screen static covered for a few seconds. I feel the game is too short, but with the randomization of challenges, the replayability is a fantastic contrast to the length. You have three difficulties, two you can choose from, and one you can acquire as a pickup at the start of a run, tho I'm not sure what I did that made it start dropping. There is Easy and Hard after choosing a pilot. I didn't feel that much of a difference, but at some point, it started dropping an H at the start of a run that activated Hardcore Mode, which removed all my shields, and I don't recall any dropping after that either. Overall, Project Starship is a fun little shmup that is never the same twice, a big win for the small price tag.… Expand

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Mixed or average reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

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  2. Mixed: 3 out of 4
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  1. TheXboxHub
    May 15, 2020
    70
    For good, clean, old-fashioned fun you could do a lot worse than take Project Starship for a blast.
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  2. Xbox Tavern
    Feb 26, 2020
    40
    Project Starship was fun the first couple times but got boring very quickly. If you’re looking for a game that you can install quickly and 1000g then this is one for you, but I can’t imagine it’s going to capture the attention of anyone for long. Dodging bullets is fun, but you will just find yourself constantly shooting and hoping.
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  3. XboxAddict
    Feb 26, 2020
    60
    For around $5 you can experience an interesting Danmku game that is retro inspired but lacks replayability and features unless you want to constantly try and beat your own high score. With an online leaderboard I would have had more motivation to play long term, but you’ll even attain all the achievements in just a handful of runs.
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