MilitAnt

Militant is a really cool concept of a game, unfortunately ruined by harsh flaws. Only 45 minutes? Let me explain... To start, The game was obviously made for handheld (PS Vita) in mind. It has very high-res Pixar quality cut-scenes and then really bad texture work in the actual game. Level design really hearkens to the PS1 days, obstacles and such, it almost feels Crash Bandicoot-ish in a way. The character designs are well done, they are cool and make sense. The gameplay is more or less a 2D side-scrolling platformer with shooting elements. The thing that this game does differently is that you can shoot things in the background and they can shoot at you. The main character is pretty cool and there is a pretty cool way of upgrading your gun. Since you have 4 arms, you can switch out weapons. It's a pretty cool way of replacing the invisible backpack way of things we usually see in shooters. My first problem with the game is the process of changing resolution to 4K, the option is there but no matter how many times I tried, it would revert to 1080p or 1440p resolutions. It's frustrating to see it had to effects, as if the game was mocking me. The thing that really broke my exp…

Really bad game, I don't get why good run and gun games are so hard to find. The premise is cool, you are an ant fighting in a war against other bug species, but there are massive flaws that hold this game back from being fun. -Controls are unresponsive, you must have good controls in a game like this and this one does not. The controls feel slippery, jumping is incredibly imprecise, and the combat in general feels unresponsive. To me this is a fatal flaw and completely inexcusable. 2d controls were perfected 30 years ago, I can't see how trashy controls like this are still a thing. -Bad control scheme, the firing in this game is weird. It is like a twin stick in that the right analog stick aims, but unlike other games in this genre you don't have to constantly aim, instead you have to point the stick at an enemy and your character locks on to that enemy. While useful in fighting bosses it makes the regular combat feel clunky and awkward, a lock on button would have done the job far better. Also the lock on randomnly breaks during boss battles which means you have to re aim randomnly during the fight, so the one time the mechanic is actually useful, it barely works. -Brok…

I found this game to actually be quite fun and well made. Soundtrack fit the mood perfectly. I would love to see an RTS from these developers with the insect armies that are in this game. I do recommend this game, especially if you are interested in playing a 3D platformer. If you want to see ingame play and a longer version of my thoughts you can check out my review on YouTube.

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The game is not easy as we are used to play them nowadays, but if you like a challenger platfformer with guns get on this title. Rigth now Im speed running and planning to post a WR soon

Don't let the game's cover deceive - this isn't a children's game and the challenge goes beyond that of later Contra titles and old shooters like Lifeforce. The difficulty is manageable up until the first flying mission in which case the game becomes exponentially more difficult than anything I've ever sat through on the 8 bit NES. I can't give the game a bad rating for it's challenge but it's times like this I wish that Steam would offer a Thumb Sideways button. I've personally uninstalled and placed at the bottom of my backlog; not because the game is bad but because the game would take far too long to memorize it's patterns than I can spare while sitting on a pile of over 3k games. The same reason I don't play MMO's - you'll wind up missing out on a good ten games in the time it takes you to master this one.