Escape Space

You replay the same overly simplistic levels over and over again. It's a slow boring grind and there's no pot of gold under the rainbow.

Was excited to play this and really disappointed. I could've refunded but I hope the dev actually improves this as there's a good game in it. The repetition: Once you've hit level 20, all the levels become very samey just different factions. You have to grind levels as levels don't give you anything bar harder difficulty. I got to 75 then called it a day as was so bored The grind: Even on the harder levels you only get 1000-1500 chips, so with upgrades costing 5-10k, it's tedious, especially as the levels are all the same The weapons/mods: Takes ages to get the agility mod and until then the ship is like a beached whale. Tediously slow. Also the weapons all feel samey. They need upgrades, more distinction. Looks nice, plays nice, but it's let down by repetitive grinding. Buy if it's improved or on sale

A semi-realistic horizontal shmup that becomes almost akin to a bullet hell in higher difficulty missions. Some sparse thoughts: - Having the idea of your weapon overheating but becoming more powerful before doing so is nice as an element of risk/reward in your gameplay. - Trying to balance your popularity between three different factions is also interesting at first, but it doesn't actually change much besides having better or worse prices in the shops and getting some achievements. - There are different kinds of missions (escorting, retrieving items, enemy base raid etc.) and it's good, but it becomes disappointing when you find out that every kind of missions always stays the same and only gets longer and more tedious at higher difficulty levels. - Some weapon and mod combinations (especially shotgun lasers + shield) trivialize the game's difficulty and after having bought these you'll likely never use anything else, since other more powerful lasers overheat too easily and other mods are barely useful at all. Nice retro-styled game anyway, with a good soundtrack and utilitarian but nice pixel graphics.

Really fun!!. I have been a fan of the old school classics, like Xenon 2, Swiv, R-type, and this has captured that essence and turned it into a really enjoyable game. The overheating system , took me a while to get used to , but it really is a good discipline to try and maintain the strong fire power. Fully recommended, Nice going

Easy to learn (even for me!)! The feel is really good and there's a wide variety of USEFUL customisations! So it's cool! If you like Bullet hell and old school shoot em ups but with a more modern aesthetic check it out :o (Good music by the way ) (SteamDeck Friendly)

Not usually a fan of shmups with a more mission based format. But it's really fun in Escape Space! I wish the intro to each level was faster, or a skip button.