Tri-Star

As a shmup I find it fairly average but it has some neat ideas of bosses and a lot of ship variation which means idea exploring. But as a roguelite it's a big failure of a game if you can't provide fun choices. Tri-Star lets you choose 3 ships to play with, and you rotate them in-between waves or if one ship gets destroyed. You play normal mode and unlock some harder modes (Score Attack and Ace Mode) by getting up to a relevant wave. (Wave 5 for Score Attack, 15 for Ace). The game is infinite. But it has a defined end at Wave 10. Then the game loops again with slightly remixed enemy placements, slightly more dangerous attacks and more enemy health. And if you get to Wave 20 I think this just gets repeated infinitely with no additional changes. Each loop takes roughly from 40 to 60 minutes or even more depending on your bad luck. Between every wave, you get to choose a random perk out of 3 (if you don't have 3 already) and you get to upgrade your ship via buying stat upgrades and up to 2 modules. Score Attack reduces you to a single ship and you only get to choose perks, no upgrades nor modules. Ace Mode has you start like if you had already looped, otherwise same as normal. he…

A solid shmup with good action, plenty of unlockables and a consistent challenge. The dev has been releasing regular updates with more content and features, and each one has made the game better and better.

Addicting and fun as hell. This isn't a walk in the park point farm for you to play and feel good about yourself, you will WORK for everything you get in this game. There's unlockable content and achievements to strive for all the while making it your top priority to get to the furthest wave possible. Whether you're gaming casually or plan on putting in real hours to this game, I feel it's a great edition to anyone's library.

Fun and cute game to hyper fixate on. If you enjoy(ed) space invaders, galaga and the likes you'd probably like this one as well. Also, my ADHD is vibing with the music a bit too hard *chefs kiss*.

Fun game, lots of replay-ability

If you are up for a challenge than this game is for you Tri-Star was my introduction to the "bullet hell" genre and it is unforgiving to newcomers. What makes it difficult is the fact that after you die, your ship changes and so does its play-style/strategy. It makes it to where you aren't allowed to navigate your ship through a level based off memory since depending where you die, the next ship will make you approach waves of enemies differently. Depending how much of a challenge you want will very how much you will enjoy this game. If you are looking for something more casual like space invaders or galaga then I would stay away from this game. Like I said this game is for those who want a challenge.