FRCTL

Controls sluggish. No gamepad. Upgrades too rare to be helpful. Combat unsatisfying. Enemies too visually similar. The interface to select an upgrade is so simple and yet so unnecessarily confusing. You get four options. Though you have a mouse cursor, you can't actually click on them. Not that this is apparent; when you click something does happen, and eventually one does get selected, but only the one that says "LEFT CLICK". The one that says "HOLD A KEY" doesn't get selected when you hold a key, only when you hold the "A" key. Even after you figure this out, it's not clear why we don't just click on the option we want.

Finally hit 1M points but could spend more time crushing what might be the WR. My bottom left corner was filled by augments. Would definitely recommend this game but be aware that it might actually become kinda addictive. Getting a good run in is fairly easy on default game difficulty which makes it less frustrating than the famous Bonking game for instance. On the other hand, I had to get a few runs in to understand the energy concept properly even though I read the tutorial. Some augments tend to be vague and some would need more detail to differentiate one from another. The boss fight is kinda cool unless you're already invincible but I think the game could beneficiate from having new types of bosses or at least new challenges after defeating it. For the gamers : went for a ramming ship with the augment which allows to hold right click to extend the dash. Mix it with good energy augments and you get an invincible dashing ship. Peace out.

△ I love the sounds and music in this game, but the enemy's are really tough. I will try again later.

FRCTL is a tiny arcade shooter that keeps things simple and focuses almost entirely on fast action. I control a small spacecraft while geometric enemies come at me in waves, and the main goal is to survive long enough to reach the boss at 100,000 points. I like how quickly it gets going because there is very little getting in the way of the actual gameplay. I can start a run, move around, shoot things and immediately understand what I am supposed to be doing. The combo system is probably my favourite part. I am not just trying to destroy enemies as quickly as possible. I want to keep the chain going so I can build up a much higher score, which makes positioning and timing more important. The enemies also have different behaviours, so I cannot completely switch my brain off and just hold down the attack button. When I get into a good rhythm and manage to keep a combo alive for a while, the game becomes much more satisfying than the simple presentation initially suggests. I also like the upgrade system because it gives each run a little more direction. I can choose upgrades as I progress, which means I have to decide what fits the way I am playing rather than simply getting the exa…

1.6 mil score// the upgrades are bad. the combination of some remove others. the enemies are so boring theres only like 5 types and one boss. could go places if enemies and player speeds were the same. you have A bullet or A laser. you can make so MANY types of enemies. the upgrades need work.

"Its free" I want my time back.