Super Smash Asteroids

[h3]RANKING:[/h3] [table] [tr] [td] [h3][strike]AVOID | LACKING[/strike] | [b]MAYBE[/b] | [strike]WORTHWHILE | COMPELLING | UNMISSABLE [/strike] [/h3] [/td] [/tr] [/table] [h3]SYNOPSIS:[/h3] [table] [tr] [th][b]ASSESSMENT:[/b][/th] [/tr] [tr] [td] Super Smash Asteroids (SSA) is a work-in-progress. A promising action roguelike built around a rotational form of Asteroids. It's retro style comes from well-defined pixel graphics and a genuinely nostalgic soundtrack. Gameplay already contains a fair amount of ships, weapons, power-ups and permanent upgrades. Runs tend to become bullet hell-like in nature, enemy wave generation needs more work, along with amping up and varying boss fights more. SSA already demonstrates some solid foundations that currently merits a [b]MAYBE[/b]. If it continues on its current trajectory, it is sure to rank higher. [/td] [/tr] [/table] [table] [tr] [td][b]STATUS:[/b][/td] [td]Just beyond the Alpha stage, it has plenty of features and already is a lot of fun. Will be in Early Access for 6+ mths. UPDATE: No progress to 2025. Could well be abandoned [/td] [/tr] [tr] [td][b]APPEAL:[/b][/td] [td]For fans of top-down arcade games, who enjoy bullet hell game…

Wow, what a unique gameplay! rogue-like endless survival like Vampire Survivors, but it has so many new aspects and twists that it stands out gloriously! - In good space manner the ship has a shield, so that the core health doesn't get depleted when hit, but only the shield. So you can only take core damage when you're hit too much during a short time interval. No health potions anywhere, but shield buffs exist. This is an interesting new twist! - It gets super fast-paced and intense! Dodging bullets at a later time of the run requires not blinking! - Veeery good enemy design! Every enemy is unique in gameplay and how to deal with it. There are enemies, fast-coming-in, tracking-you-kamikaze-style, distance-sniper, top-down-predict-your-movement-beamers, and more. It's a pleasure to watch out for everything and conquer the challenge! - Unfortunately these good design elements get more irrelevant the longer you can survive. You get super powerful and shoot projectiles like a machinegun in all directions and don't need to (and can't) care for aiming. Meanwhile enemies spawn at such a high rate, that they manage to shoot their projectiles on you before they die. So later this game i…

Music * A+ _ Abit hard to play and do air guitar riffs at same time. But I like the challange. Game* Funny memes everywhere. Allthough Wood in the space might be an untested idea and could be a major breakthrough in reaching the limits of cosmos :D Game is slow at start wich gives you time to get the feel of how to move and stuff. after some +firerate +movement aso upgrades this gave is a nice challange. I mean a Real challange. * Item upgrades. Alot of cool options, combos, +luck. This is alot of fun. Very old school arcade feel with music and gameplay. Highly recommend people to give this a try.

Well, while this game is not exceptional in any way it does give a bit of optimism that even simple things that we have done many times before can still be fun in their own way. It looks like this game was made by someone who has talent and potential for growth but still isn't very experienced. I applaud being able to release it and taking care of all aspects of the game (art, music, etc). It's unfortunate that the upgrades are not interesting or balanced, the gameplay is still rough around the edges, and things get repetitive quickly. It just doesn't hold up against the endless competition on Steam. Also, as of now the game is not being updated, so what you see is what you get it seems (shouldn't stop you from trying it).

This developer cares more about their game than any other I have played. I did a two hour sponsored stream and the .4 update has a majority of the feedback in it with more to come. Great arcade style game with a bright future. https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1924248285