Champion Shift

I'm leaving a review because I see this game is included in the "Bullet Fest" sale. Though the game is fun, the developers themselves have said they are done with the game (due to other problems). Real shame because this game was unique and promising. If they do come back and start working on this game, I will be more then happy to change my review.

Great game singleplayer - did not try multiplayer. Unofficially abandoned.

TLDR It crashed and I was pissed I possibly lost my progress initial no. Edit: I decided to open to back up and it seems like though it crashed it still gave me my progress, so yes I do recommend this game, it is fun and different enough from others.

The survivor-like nature of it is fun. Tons of abilities and synergies. The characters are all unique as well. But there are glaring negatives. The missions per level. The driving when in shift mode. The missions are almost always the same few, and the driving (esp on keyboard) is very jank. Hold a direction key and you will see the car does not actually go straight which causes a lot of corrections and in some cases overcorrections which cause you to spin out. Just feels awkward. As a package, the game isn't entirely cohesive. But as a survivor-like it's pretty fun. I don't think I will get much more than 5-10 hours from the game. It's more of a "beat all maps and unlock all characters" type game for me.

Great game BUT I wish you could stay in car mode a bit longer. it kinda devolves into running away waiting to transform for a few seconds then repeat. I know you can build towards that but its still not enough. very fresh take def buy this!

Played it co-op with a friend and unlike other reviews, I didn't seem to run into any kind of connection issue. Hard to tell if it has been fixed or whether I got lucky. The game mechanic of turning into a car is quite bizarre. But hey, it works and it's unique enough to separate it from the crowd. It felt like they made the map too big to traverse on foot so the car was the way to make the game flow far better (and it does). I used the car as a second life bar and a way to effectively collect all the gems. There are two types of upgrade: skill tree and in game. Skill tree carries over into future runs while in game does not - it only applies to the current run. I was able to finish the game on normal without many skill tree upgrades in about 5 hours. There was plenty to unlock. There were plenty of moments where I felt I was perfectly capable of continuing without the need for in-game upgrades. So I would focus on the game play and ignore the fact that I had anywhere between 4-14 upgrades sitting there waiting for me. I hated that the game didn't stop to let you select upgrades. You had to find time while still playing the game making that part frustrating. Especially during mi…