Vertical Strike Endless Challenge

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Endless replayability, love it. Would love it even more with a bit more planes and a much wider variety of game modes, as well as plane customization.

Y'know how Gran Turismo 2 for the PSX had two separate discs, one for the 'actual' game and one for the arcade mode? If you didn't, now you do. Anyways, I mention that because Vertical Strike is the arcade mode disc equivalent of a PS2-era Ace Combat. It's not making itself out to be anything more than what it is; what you see on the store page is what you get. Anti-Air takes place in an endless stretch of Plain, Anti-Ship takes place in an endless stretch of Sea. You pick one of two planes (which are practically the same, gameplay-wise), you head out, you do your thing, and whenever you get shot down, you either go back to the hangar to restock and try again or you call it a day. It's a very plain game, pun unintended, but I feel like that works out in its favor [i]as long as you're fully aware of that,[/i] going into it. Pretty cozy for when you want that AC 'feel' straight away, stripped down to its basics. I banged out all the achievements in a little over four hours, which - combined with the fundamental entertainment of a well-done AC clone - makes the game's base asking price pretty fair. It does go on sale for like A Buck occasionally though, so if you're on the fence, I'…

English review: I recommend it, especially for the price. To be honest, this is a very simple game. In terms of graphics and presentation, it even feels older than its 2017 release date suggests. However, considering how cheap it gets on sale, that is not a big problem. I saw some reviews mentioning issues with running the game, controller support, and similar things, but personally I did not have any problems. The game ran normally for me, and I was able to play with a controller without any trouble. In fact, I think it feels much better with a controller than with keyboard and mouse. One positive point that I really liked was the achievements. I found them pretty fun, and this little game actually made me want to try other similar games. Overall, it is not a very impressive game visually, and it does feel quite dated, but it works well enough for what it is. Is it worth it? For the price, yes. On sale, I think it is worth playing. Análise em português: Recomendo, principalmente pelo preço. Sendo bem sincero, este é um jogo bem simples. Em questão de gráficos e apresentação, ele até parece ser mais antigo do que 2017, que é a data de lançamento mostrada na Steam. Mas, cons…

This game reminded me of a roguelike-ized version of Aero Fighters Assault for the N64, so I bought it. It's kinda fun, but it's just far too bare-bones - even for the $1 I paid on sale. The first bunch of waves are also very boring and samey, so it takes way too long for things to become interesting. I could forgive the lack of production value if it just gave me a burning itch to instantly restart every time I died, but sadly it doesn't. I'll be refunding this and will later likely buy the non-tech-demo version of this game the developer appears to have listed on Steam.

After launching the game a few times and trying to mess with the configuration for my PS4 controller and HOTAS, the game completely stopped launching altogether.