Astral Gunners

Astral Gunners feels familiar right away, but secretly surprises with clever mechanics. You choose from five different characters, each with unique shot patterns and special skills, which keeps it interesting and varied A handy plus is the ability to repeat levels in training mode, so that you can perfect that one timing or route For anyone who likes rankings and high-score hunting, the ‘System Overload’ mechanic offers extra depth Graphically it is simple, sometimes a bit too minimalistic against the background or with bullets. This occasionally results in some recognizability issues, but after a few runs you hardly notice it anymore. Musically it is very good: the heavy metal soundtrack by Sami Sati with guest guitarists gives extra energy to each stage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcaKwetanU4

I really enjoyed this game - so much so I nearly missed a flight to go on holiday trying to get the easy 1cc. It's scoring system is that compelling! The gameplay is tight, engaging, and fun - exactly what I want in a shmup. The scoring doesn't seem overly complicated, but I have barely scratched the surface of that as it is quite deep. The graphical style and presentation is good and works well with the gameplay, story and music - it's the cohesiveness of the parts that adds the cherry on top in my opinion. Nothing sticks out of place, everything seems perfectly arranged and thought through. This makes it a joy to play and I can't wait to spend more time with this game!

I am stupid. I didn't pick this up because of the logo and store thumb art. Again, I am stupid. This game is unbelievably sick, and actually looks amazing in game. The characters feel unique, control feels good, patterns are sick

This might be game of the year

Great art and style. Great music. A variety of characters with different mechanics. Fun scoring.

Good game but I just didn't click with it. There's alot of content on offer and it's well made though.