A strange mix of space shooter with light strategy and elements of bullet hell. The player commands a spaceship that is actually the center of a small flotilla (you build specific drones in order to support your main ship) and must use those drones to get through the levels unscathed. Be warned though, it gets pretty tough quickly (and without warning) The...
Close Order2016
Close Order
2016 Black Shell Media61Worthwhile
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- $4.99
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- Launch
- January 21, 2016
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- Publisher
- Black Shell Media
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Overview
Close Order is an arcade shooter with one simple goal: become a badass armada! In this mashup of genres, defeat enemies for parts to build up an armada of ships around you. Fight from a distance, charge headfirst into battle, or create a mix of anything and everything. You decide how to play!
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Mediocre- Steam53from 60 reviews
You're the horde, everyone fear the horde. Generally speaking build your squadron and get to designated place on the map. Various missions where most of them contain this type of gameplay. You can buy more troops which fly around your ship in specific formation. Soundtrack is great but who cares when the gameplay is not. Enemy's ships are hard to hit...
Update to Review: The developers have shown true commitment to their customers and their own vision. The game has grown and now shines. It's not for everyone and the core concept might be alien to casual gamers but for those who are looking for something original and challenging will find warm & fuzzy feelings with Close Order. As an indie developer...
Game can't even properly resize its HUD to resolutions higher than 1080p. With a heavy heart I had to decline the opportunity to undertake the grim task of saving this particular gaming universe.
Better luck next big bang.
The idea of Close Order, as near as I can tell: Grind up until you can build up an ungodly armada of wingmen of many types. The execution: Well, there's only 8 stages, so after a bit of bashing my head against the first stage until I figured out how best to shoot down entire fleets, I won in under an hour just by going through all the stages in order...