Hyperbolic Ignition

Hyperbolic Ignition is a top down shooter where you pilot a star fighter that mows down hordes of enemies. There is an absolute plethora of top down wave clearing shooters out there, so how does Hyperbolic Ignition stack up as a budget title? When you boot up the game you are treated to retro inspired looks. The game uses a bright pallet against the darkness of space, which makes it easy to differentiate between foes, bullets, and power ups. The sound feels right at home though the game features a single music track. Its not grating, but not noteworthy either. The controls, while not terrible, are mapped oddly and can take a bit to get used to. Z,x,c, and v are your weapons while you use the directional keys to move. It has an old school feel to it, but its alright and works for the game. You cannot change these controls, though you may use a controller. Gameplay wise its an Asteroids-like game. Waves of baddies come, you gotta shoot them down. Simple. Hyperbolic Ignition spices it up with a boss that spawns after a minute of two of blasting enemies. However, every stage is the same. You have a wrap-around arena with four warps at each corner. All the enemies do is pursue and fir…

As an avid fan of the old school Asteroids classic and a developer of Rock 'N Roll here on Steam myself, I was hopeful that this game would be right up my alley. It "should" be. My First Impressions Review Video: https://youtu.be/JZuyhUBoU0A Sadly, this game fails to deliver even half the fun or gameplay quality that you can find in even a 99 cent game here on Steam with Bit Blaster XL. Save yourself 90% (or 95% or whatever the savings are) and buy a much better game instead: http://store.steampowered.com/app/433950/Bit_Blaster_XL/ (Or find one of the other many much better made Asteroid type games available on Steam, most of them which cost less as well) 2/10 is my overall score, hurt mostly by a terrible value score.

really great fun to be had here.

yea this game is worth a buck, tho a fix for the ♥♥♥♥ movement controls is needed. make to more like deip,io but without the mouse and with a joystick instead or atleast a option to make the controls like that.