Vortex (2015)

this game COULD be fun, but i will never know ... it's in my library but i cannot play it ... it's a multiplayer game, but it doesn't support online multiplayer; it's a couch-sharing multiplayer game, without possibility to run bots or whatsoever; you just can't try the game by yourself... so that brings me to my conclusion;... this game is NOT GOOD. The multiplayer part is bad too because it's lacking basic functions like a serverbrowser... the game is just not finished; it's a demo for something that might be a cool multiplayer game...

Vortex is a ripoff of Spacewar! from 1962. The developers added colour and a few different weapon types. Unfortunately we have a plethora of shortcomings. Fixed controls, multiplayer only (no single player/AI modes), lazy vector graphics (it's 2018 guys), no online multiplayer. 56 years of video game development since SpaceWar! was made in 1962, and this is the best these guys could come up with. Jesus wept. You can play games like this for free in web browsers in flash, and they have more features. Can't recommend this to anyone, especially not for $5.

I dislike

I love local co-op but I just don't get this game. The two stick controls are the worst I've seen for a long time. There are no instructions of any substance and i get that were creating things in the other players screen but other than that wouldn't have the foggiest of what to do. It's like multiple people playing the same game at different times on the same screen. Plus it looks like one of those unity demos someone has brewed up on a weekend as a pet project and sounds like has added some royalty free track to the background ... Could be good but fails to reach its potential.

Tags: Combat Arena & Smashbroesque Additional Tags: Delete Local Content & Remove from Library TLDR: Clunky design. One screen combat arena split in two with portals on each arena to allow gunfire to reach other half. The problem is that the action is too indirect. You have to shoot through a portal to hit the other player who plays on an entirely different board than you. The controls are not all that good and feel clunky. Too hard to aim and shoot at foes making just spamming fire in a spray and pray approach much more effective. The felt felt overall pretty cheap too with lacking audiovisuals and a certain barebones feel to it. Removed for declutter.

Visually, it reminds me of the old Astroids game, with extra stuff added, I'd be willing to try. I got this from a bundle awhile back, and just now getting to it. Yes, classic games are still cool to play. However, in this day of age, games should not be local only, it should have online or AI option. I am unable to play, as I do not have controllers, nor do I have a second person I can play games with.