Ardein.Fall

It's, fine, i guess? There's no "end" to the game, its just an infinite high score game with a mostly dead leaderboard. You can unlock new towers to place down by spending the points you earn from each run, but all your unlocks get reset every day, probably for leaderboard balance, so you can't even have an interesting progression loop of unlocking new towers to experiment with. Only worth it if you REALLY want a high score focused game with this concept, and even then it's probably best to wait for it to be on sale for at least 5$ first.

The game has potential with some good ideas and is certainly playable. However, I can't recommend it due to my overall lack of enjoyment. The cinematic camera angle is an interesting choice, but it severely limits visibility, especially for threats from behind. The cluttered screen often leads to chaotic situations and deaths that feel unfair. Controls work best with a keyboard, but piloting a ship this way feels unnatural. The digital inputs make the ship's movements feel erratic and hard to control precisely. The game could benefit from providing more information to players. For instance, instructions on repairing the ship you're defending or explanations of how purchased turrets function would be helpful. I was unsure about the magnet turret's purpose - was it for collecting scrap or affecting enemy ships? Note it was to collect scrap. I don't mean to be overly critical. The developer should be proud of what they've accomplished with this release, and I don't regret my purchase. However, these issues significantly impacted my enjoyment of the game.

Arcade shooter, kind of like Furious Angels but anime. Visuals are nice, clean, and decipherable (blue good, red bad though it seems hinted there's friendly fire). Nothing like getting chased down by a flurry of spinning swarm of missiles, and frantically trying to shoot them down! Each wave gets progressively harder, and part of that challenge involves picking up the shards before they disappear so you can upgrade your turrets to survive longer. There's no lull between waves, so don't put your guard down. When you die you get some amount of points, and you can use those points to unlock more turret options. Music is sharp, but no variety. I might stick on another playlist. My main gripe is there's not really any context or many cues for your turrets. All of the sudden you hear one is about to die, but I never notice the enemies attacking them. Does their health slowly degrade? Furthermore there's no option to repair, you either upgrade (expensive), or refund (you only get about 25% of your costs back). If your turret dies that whole ship section is useless. Dev seems active in the discussion, so I'm confident there's going to be improvements down the pipeline.

"Space shuttle thingy dogfighting against aliens, except you feel like an anime badass who is out on their last hurrah as you soar as the last obstacle between the cruel annihilating indifference of the universe and humanity. Not going down without really ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ them up.": The arcade game.

Nice small lil game. buy on sale

It's good! Picked it up during the Summer Sale. Reminds me of Furious Angels but with some Tower Defence thrown into the mix. Very casual, fun, and easy to pick up and play.