Blood Storm: Alien Purge

This is an educational game, in that the Dev learned a lot by making it.

Before I say anything else, I think this game has a lot of heart. Nice job dev and keep it up. I'll play your next one. It does a lot of things that a decent rail shooter should do and if you're here reading this review that's probably what you want to know. Is it good? No. Could I recommend this to literally anyone that isn't desperate to play a new rail shooter? Also no. But again, you're only here if you ARE that person. What it does well: - Dev understands rail shooters, the game does move in 'scenes'. Camera moves, locks, enemies pile in, you shoot them, camera moves, locks, enemies. You get it. It's not like Darkside Chronicles where the camera is whipping you around like crazy. - The game has a reload animation so you can't cheese reloads. So more thought went into making a modern rail shooter here than House remake. - The game has bosses and they're totally fine. There's even a cute little QTE mechanic where you have to shoot directions in sequence to dodge. This isn't overused. Reminds me of turning the wheel in Deadstorm Pirates. - An actually decent amount of enemy variety. You don't just kill those eye dudes the entire game. I was pleasantly surprised to see new enemy …

works great with retroshooter light guns and decently challenging, nice to see a new rail shooter!!!

Played this with a Sinden light gun. Works really well with it! Feels like playing an old school arcade cabinet shooter, dialogue and animations during cut scenes are cheesy, in a nostalgic way. Gives me House of the Dead and Time Crisis vibes. Played it all the way through to the end and will be doing it again to see if there are other endings. I wish there was more opportunities to get more ammo for the rifle. Felt like I only got to use it in the beginning of the game. There were a few moments in the game where a lot was going on and even with using the mouse, hit registration and crosshair movement was a little wonky. However, it doesn't stick around after you finally do clear the enemies in the moment. I had a lot of fun playing this. All in all, Definitely a good title for the light gun library!

This game is a mixed bag. Is it the the most polished of games? No, Is it the best rail shooter / light gun game? No. But what it is, is an attempt at a modern rail shooter that in my experience works well with light gun hardware (Reapers) and is actually reasonably challenging and fun to play, even in its current state. At just over £5 I think any criticism I have and a lot of what I have seen from others is baked into the price point. I hope the developer takes onboard the constructive criticisms of the game and continues to improve it. If you have light gun hardware this is worth a go. Pros - Very reasonable price for what you get - Works well with the light gun hardware I have (reapers) - reasonably challenging and fun to play Cons -General 'jank' that will hopefully improve in time Wants - It would be nice to see a bit more graphical coherency with things like the score text - Some more (graphiocal / sound) feedback on hits as the hit boxes and enemy responses can make things feel a bit 'soft' and 'floaty' (don't know how else to describe it).

Highly recommend this rail shooter that is compatible with modern lightguns sunch as my sinden. An orginal storyline that relives the arcade and console retro railshooters of the past. impressive high end graphics with great background music and effects keep me playing to finish the game and obtain the achievements. This is the future for lightguns in your living room. The dev is quick to respond to any issues and updates for better integration. Game has a lot of video, sound, controls, difficulty options and save slots. Happy to see a no crosshair option and french language added. Hopefully recoil outputs will be added very soon. Keep this genre alive by making more games like this - reload !