Short Circuit
FaxLab3D · 2023 · Arena Shooter, Third-Person Shooter, Hack and Slash, Flight, PvE
PC
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About Short Circuit
Short Circuit is an experimental game made in the spirit of a classic award-winning Half-Life mod Earth's Special Forces. Players compete in arena maps set around various macro-sized electronics, playing classic game modes such as Team Death Match, Free For All, Capture The Flag or unique sports game modes such as Zap-Ball.
Short Circuit features a unique style of movement and fighting mechanics. Players are competing against each other flying around at high speeds in open macro-sized electronics-themed arena maps, trying to catch each other with melee attacks, while optionally also competing to score points by capturing flags or doing other game-mode specific tasks.
After a successful attack, player gains Charge, which can be activated at any time. And then, for a short time, players actions and properties (damage, speed, recharge rate etc.) are multiplied by the Charge Multiplier. The more charge you accumulate, the higher your Charge Multiplier is. Ever wanted to become super-saiyan? But use your Charge deliberately, its not easy to get and it drains fast!
During your fight, your actions will cost you your Power, and when your power drains, you have to recharge it, but be careful, you can't move when you're recharging and you become an easy target.
Managing to have your Power high, be faster and in a better position than your opponent, while also trying to get your Charge on, is where maneuvering tactics and split decisions come into play. Short Circuit aims to provide a unique PvP experience, with multiple factors that players will be able to master and win the fight based on their wits, instincts and reaction (or just pure luck)!
Do you have what it takes?
Short Circuit features a unique style of movement and fighting mechanics. Players are competing against each other flying around at high speeds in open macro-sized electronics-themed arena maps, trying to catch each other with melee attacks, while optionally also competing to score points by capturing flags or doing other game-mode specific tasks.
After a successful attack, player gains Charge, which can be activated at any time. And then, for a short time, players actions and properties (damage, speed, recharge rate etc.) are multiplied by the Charge Multiplier. The more charge you accumulate, the higher your Charge Multiplier is. Ever wanted to become super-saiyan? But use your Charge deliberately, its not easy to get and it drains fast!
During your fight, your actions will cost you your Power, and when your power drains, you have to recharge it, but be careful, you can't move when you're recharging and you become an easy target.
Managing to have your Power high, be faster and in a better position than your opponent, while also trying to get your Charge on, is where maneuvering tactics and split decisions come into play. Short Circuit aims to provide a unique PvP experience, with multiple factors that players will be able to master and win the fight based on their wits, instincts and reaction (or just pure luck)!
Do you have what it takes?
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
[h1]Before I played Short Circuit, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]13 found this helpful
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. John 3:164 found this helpful
"Short Circuit" is a dead PvP arena shooter with a gimmick, the arena is a giant circuitboard, and the developer couldn't work out/flip some decent assets for the player's avatars so you're just a spark. Who wants to play a dumbed down version of Counter-Strike with no guns, bomb defusing, or, you know, anything, and also you're just a spark? Nobody? Correct. The graphics in this game are passable, but could be better. And while it's vital for any game to have impressive visuals (gaming is a visual medium, after all), there's more to a game than just the graphics. To be worth a gamers time, the game must match top tier visuals with top tier gameplay, and that's not happening here. Not every "free" game really is. There's often MTX, or content locked behind DLC, or donations being requested, or any other number of things that could mislead gamers, but in this case I'm glad to say this really does appear to be a fully free game. Nothing demonstrates a developers belief in themselves and their work than giving it away without any remuneration. This is a service to themselves, and the gaming industry, and should be applauded. Of course, just because something is free, doesn…2 found this helpful
Yeaa... This was pretty boring. I'll pass1 found this helpful
Feels good man1 found this helpful
Fast, kind of recaptures that ESF quick melee type feel. But it's confusing without hit indicators or animations. I say yes, but only in the sense that you need to bring your own enemies to play with because there's very few (if any) people who still play.
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