GIGABUSTER

Gigabuster is a very pretty game, with a lot of imagination and thought put into its visuals, and with a decent enough story. Unfortunately, that's about where my praise for it ends. The level and enemy design all assume a level of polish and responsiveness the controls simply do not possess, rendering the entire game a frustrating exercise in being struck by attacks you saw coming and responded to properly, and being dropped into hazards you were actively avoiding when you acted fractions of a second outside the mandated window. And for the nail in the coffin, I literally cannot finish the game because of a consistent glitch that completely breaks the controls and UI in the penultimate level. This glitch persists through reinstallation, and I honestly can't bring myself to play through the game again to see if a new save file fixes it. A saddening disappointment for a clear passion project.

Been playing this game again now that it works on steam deck and the game feel is amazing! Super fluid and satisfying core gameplay loop.

[h2]An excellent execution that suffers from lack of polish[/h2] Did I enjoy the game? [b]Yes!!!![/b] Yet Steam asks me would I *recommend* this game to others: [b]No!!!![/b] Throughout my play I often put myself behind the hypothetical shoulder of he or she who would pick up the controller for this one and I steel myself to give advice that which would dodge the game's many setbacks and idiosyncrasies "Yeah, you need to sort of press UP separately from movement" "Relax when you're on the wall and think about unsticking manually" "... Yeah it's a pretty stupid mechanic; just rush through" (bonus: "Yes, those have a hitbox.") It's hard to follow in the steps of knee-high clunky 'n blue boots with a Rockman-like when the inspirational predecessor just set the bar so, so high. I preferred X over Metroid because Metroid felt too clunky to control. It made it unfun! I was spoiled on the smoothest platformer-shooter on the market, and now I look for it everywhere. Giga Buster (Hard Mode) got fun when I had collected enough HP UP's to tank each level's most annoying obstacles or else charge toward mobs with much less fear and coming out with far less damage than if I al…

Fun and stylish action platformer that lets you zoom through levels at top speed blasting foes like Mega Man X. Clearly a labor of love that is full of beautiful art and creatively themed levels. Bosses can be a bit easy if you make full use of IC tanks, but I opted not to and got exactly the right amount of challenge out of it. There are plenty of fun upgrades to play with, even if you don't scour every level. Controls very smoothly, though the player's hurtbox feels a little large. I got hit by some things I feel I shouldn't have - but again, the challenge level felt just right, so I can't complain too much. There are a few minor glitches, generally with the UI requiring extra button presses to behave properly. (For example, some cutscenes end with a black screen - and stay there until you press the A button, despite there being no prompt.) But these don't really get in the way of the fun. The outstanding visuals can be double edged sword when you are wailing on smaller enemies with more subtle attack tells. The flashy hitsparks can completely obscure what that enemy is doing. Sound effects are sometimes lacking in punch, but the music is solid. Overall, recommended for Mega Ma…

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I was specting a megaman x, im getting a megaman x. Its enough for me