Max and the Book of Chaos

Put about 2 1/2 hours into the game. Here's my take. Game is designed well for what it wants to do. It's a single-screen action shooter with timed attack mechanics. The stages themselves are bite-sized and come with their own challenges. You will need decent reflexes to handle the push of enemies that will appear. The in-stage buffs provide fair boosts. The unlocks help you improve the quality of the boosts you find through spending of in-game coins you get from killing enemies and freeing your classmates. The game is simple and can be played by most audiences. There are a few quirks I've bumped into through testing. The controller centering in the game is off, it tends to bias movement to one direction over the other. Also while it supports D-stick movement, diagonal shooting is really poorly detected and you have to rely and horizontal shooting and jumping to hit everything. There's also a couple of oddities in later levels where enemies can be immune due to blocking bits on the left and right walls where they spawn (especially with flying enemies). The unlocks do give you perks, and while they are useful, they only add a small benefit to the game. It feels more like an excus…

Just because i got the game for free... it wont influence my opinion of the game Fun game reminds me of old school one screen shooters looks good and plays good also with some lost in translation humour but i think £4-5 would of been a better price if it comes on sale grab it overall 3.5/5

I cannot recommend this game due to the stange hitboxes of the enemies and the "Special Abilities" actually causing more detriment than help. The keys also were sticking a lot while I was playing (ie, the game thought I was still pushing move when I wasn't or the dodge action would activate a couple second after I pressed it) but that could maybe not be the game. I tried using my controller but it just wouldn't register in game for some reason. The art is great and the writing is silly but holy crap even on easy this game gets BRUTUALLY difficult. You can watch my livestream gameplay over on my [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qj96bp41jU&list=PL0q93Rkkmx_uifPhSS0fx6Xi9GV5V52Mx]YouTube Channel[/url]!