Missile Dancer 2

Meh, sorry. I completed it on normal mode on my very first game and ranked 74th very first game with 3 lives left, and it's clear going by the score differences that with concentration I could quickly get up the leaderboard.. See but that's the thing, I don't care, and because of that, there is no real hook here for me. If you are going to do an afterburner clone you better be sure to do a good one. What I expect in a modern Afterburner type game are some main gun power ups. There are no shield replenish pickups, there are no gun power ups, just the same 3 types of missiles from the very first stage through the entire game. To be honest, I got bored and just wanted to get through it to see the end. Speaking of: *spoilers* after you defeat the last boss there's another, and I had put the controller down as it said mission complete already LOL, so lost a life then. There's an ending after all that, so that's nice. Graphics have their moments, the sound track is "ok". The issue is that I keep comparing it to Afterburner, and that was a really difficult game that kept you laser focused the entire time. Sure, it didn't have power ups either, but that was almost 40 years ago and it's sim…

Another banger from Terarin. This is yet another case of one of this dev's games making expert use of a satisfying lock-on missile mechanic. The big difference here is that this features a more on-rails perspective than the other games by this dev. Get this if you like shmups. Easy recommendation on sale.

This game takes me back to the 16 bit era of gaming. Quick, exciting fun. It doesn't take an hour to load or a deep story to tell. It just gets straight to the fun! Definitely recommend!

People mention the obvious with similarities to After Burner and Space Harrier, but honestly this reminded me most of Night Striker instead. It isn't 1:1 with After Burner because Vulcan is only close range and missiles are only far range which is a quirk of this game that makes it feel different without changing too much at once. It's a bit expensive but it is a cool game if you are into the sprite scaling stuff, I would say keep an eye out for a small discount.

afterburner type beat. absolute banger.

Works great on steamdeck and really scratches that old afterburner itch. Difficulty is great, even my old man reflexes can do normal and if you want harder challenges, you can. Only got a few minutes? then just hit caravan mode for a quick timed blast. Excellent fun game