Forces of Ether
Kaloyan Kaludov · 2024 · Open World, Action RPG, Top-Down Shooter, Action, Twin Stick Shooter
PC
3 user reviews67% · 3
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About Forces of Ether
Travel seamlessly from ground to space and back without a hitch in a truly interconnected Galaxy. Experience a one of kind top down procedurally generated open world that lets you navigate both the stars and the surfaces of planets.
Fight against numerous creatures, robots and human enemies across different environments. Learn and adapt to the fighting styles of adversaries from various planets. Then take to the skies and reach space to discover a whole new battle space against other hostile spacecraft pilots.
War over the valuable Ether is already breaking. Any small settlement across the Galaxy has the potential to expand through force and become a star spanning empire. But only if they had the support of an Etherbound to aid their armies in ground and space battles.
As you grow more powerful you will gain access to magical ethereal abilities to help you in battle. These skills paired with an arsenal of ever more powerful weapons, armor and ships will let you become a force to be reckoned with that can single-handedly take on any threat.
Throughout the story campaign you will be faced with choices that will affect your relationships with other factions as well as the ultimate Fate of the Galaxy. The various parties at play have opposing motivations and it's up to you decide which narrative to believe in.You are the Etherbound - a reluctant hero bound to the magical substance called Ether that permeates the Galaxy. Though Ether is used as a fuel source for technology, only the Etherbound can unlock the true power that lies within it. You will need all the power you can get to prevent the prophesied Collapse looming over the Galaxy. As you uncover more knowledge from the past however, the future becomes all the more uncertain as the choices you make culminate in one of the different outcomes to the fate of the Galaxy.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
I was expecting more ground action in this game, but way too much of the gameplay seems to be focused on spaceship battles that are very similar to the 2D arcade games of the 80s such as Asteroids, Moon Cresta, Sinistar, and Galaga. These sections actually ruined the game for me, This is because you are constantly required to travel in a spaceship to reach the next destination that is required to complete a quest. And every time you travel in a spaceship you are surrounded by large groups of enemy spaceships that can completely disrupt your quest by destroying you. Enemy spaceships also take numerous shots to bring down. And when your spaceship is destroyed, you are sent down to the ground on the nearest planet to face hordes and hordes of aggressive enemies who all mad rush and attach to you in large groups. If you die on the ground, you then have to keep refacing the same respawned enemies until you can finally make back to your spaceship. You are then again surrounded by enemy spaceships that can once again bring you down where you will repeat the entire process. I found this to be a very frustrating experience. You can improve your spaceship and character by collecting ether …
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