Tastrion

Here is my play through for reference - https://youtu.be/aKXNJcm7dr4 I've actually sunk about 12 hours into this game so far, and got my first official beat today! Silky smooth analog stick controls, great world progression adventure vibes (reminds me of Life Force/Gradius as you make your way through the world). Good weapon system that will have you thinking about rapid fire, spread shot, and power rail shots for each of the situations. Insane tasty sub and main bosses with some bullet hell lite influences. Gameplay overall keeps you on your toes. Visuals remind of the joy around roaming through Super Metroid, R-Type, and Gradius. A play through is about an hour, but it will likely take a few hours to get good enough to play through it because you only get 1 continue (not a complaint, but it's fun to push against the game to beat it as opposed to credit feeding your way through it). Support the dev, support the community, making shumps is a passion that needs your support. Play it now!

Pure and brutal bullet-hell experience with boring stages and passable enemies. If you’re looking for a pure, unfiltered arcade shooter experience without any unnecessary baggage—no convoluted mechanics, no deep narrative—then this game is right up your alley. You’re given a simple premise: you’re the pilot of a special fighter, sent to a hostile planet to eradicate a deadly virus. That’s all the setup you get before you’re thrust into the action. The game consists of six grueling stages, and you have a limited number of lives with only one continue to fall back on. Once you’re out, it’s game over, and you’ll have to start from the beginning. There are two difficulty settings, but let’s be honest—both are unforgiving. This is a bullet-hell shooter in the truest sense, where survival means weaving through intricate patterns. Fortunately, for those who prefer to jump straight into the chaos, a stage select option is available. Despite its straightforward design, the game arms you with a decent selection of weapons. There’s the ion spread that fires multiple shots in a wide arc, ideal for dealing with enemies that approach from all angles; a high-powered rail gun that gets stronge…

Love the modern take of the games of the 90's Soundtrack is ace!

This is pretty good. Reminds me of Darius. I like how you get multiple weapons at the same time. I'm not so fond of how it becomes overly bullet-hell like later on. When I got to Stage 3 it felt unfair. That said, I completed the game on the second proper attempt so it's not that bad. I have not tried hard mode...

Great Visuals, fantastic music to match the action, fun bosses, been playing the demo before the game was released and was not disappointed with the final product, I still need to play MORE when time allows it but couldn't let this gem get away.

It's a sidescrolling shoot em up bullet hell.. thingy. Yeah. And uh, it's decent, aaaaaand worth a purchase. It gets harder as you progress through the stages, the stages are quite long, there is challenge to be had if that's what you're in it for. I had a blast with it, several in fact, actually, many in fact, ya know, cuz that's what you do in this game, blast stuff. Awesome BGM, nice art style, some nifty little lore at the start of the game, reminds me of arcades and 1999, whatever I could remember from back then at least. It's not exactly the most original thing you'll play, and that's ok, that's just fine, I'm confident that you'll get enjoyment out of it regardless, and stands well on its own. Ever played or seen the Gradius games? It's like that. Well worth the price paid for it.