Zero Reflex : Black Eye Edition

[h1] Circle around the evil eye while it tries to take you down. Simple visuals. Gameplay is all about pressing left and right. Overall pretty shallow experience. [/h1]

Addictive 30-second loops.

Not for me

The 25 environments times 30 second left-right mobile-tier controls of avoiding bullets means you can beat the game in 12 min and 30 seconds. Every time you lose, you have to add 30 seconds to it because you have to play the previous level if you take three hits during those 30 seconds. Losing becomes unlikely as soon as you realize the safe spots of the particular level and where the level hazards are and what they look like. Some color choices are questionable. It would be better if the danger tiles and projectiles was color-coded with a designated color such as purple or highlighted. The psychedelic mode seems to be about having a trippy moving pattern in the background. It is okay as a simple casual game. At least it is not as annoying as Super Hexagon that people compare this one against. As a fair disclosure, I would not care about this game in the slightest unless I got it for like 10 cents from a keyshop to a record a playthrough of it. Considering it has a below-average MRRP (Manuifacturer's Recommended Retail Price),

A nice little "Avoid-em-up" where all the player can do is move clockwise or counterclockwise around the evil eye, with the objective of surviving 30 seconds before moving on to the following stage. Each stage has different obstacles and bullets, often made deliberately harder to spot among background shapes, even more if you decide to take a trip with the Psychedelic Mode. It's very simple, and mistakes are severely punished: at first you can take three hits and are sent back one level if you fail, but further modes award less resistance and push back even more. While such a mechanic certainly helps getting better, it can also easily become very annoying with the more difficult stages, also because they are always played in random order so you can never know if you may be lucky to get some easier ones in the middle, or not. Screenshots absolutely can't give the visuals justice, it may look like just random shapes and colors in those stills but they are really elegant in motion. The snakes and clock stages are among my favourites but my absolute favourite is the one with six multi-jointed legs sprouting from the eye. I wish there were more "power-ups" than just the temporary shie…

this was a good, cheap and short bullet hell. reminds me of super hexagon. good game