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Defend humanity's last metropolis from mysterious alien machinations in this base-defending arcade shooter. Featuring rapid progression, randomly generated attack patterns and laser-sharp retro aesthetics.
2 main issues~
- the wave balance and scaling (sometimes it's fine but... often times will feel unfair near wave 15~20 and up)
- for a 'rougelite' it need way more options and some upgrades are simply just not worth it. aside from you weapon... the runs feel very much the same.
I've seldom had such a love-hate relationship with a game before. It is terribly addictive and fun, yet also infuriating and RNG BS. If you like oldschool games like Missile Command, retro aestetics and vector-style graphics, as well as uninstalling and reinstalling a game several times in the same day, do give it a try!
space invaders if it was a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ social experiment psychological horror game
Amazing, fun and simple arcade style roguelite game. The early game can be difficult if you choose _not_ to use the reroll function (which appears to have no downside beyond bragging rights). Definitely glad I picked this game up. It does feel like the main weapons are underwhelming, with the default multi-barrel being really strong simply due to the...
Very fun modern take on missile command. The Rougelike options are fun, the Vector emulation is fantastic, and the jokes are quite funny. It's a better experience with a mouse than with a controller