Vulture

Vulture is an interesting combination of Tyrian and Reassembly. Shoot things, so you can gain more blocks, so you can build yourself bigger, so you can shoot more things. Weapons all have different interactions and what worked on one stage might not pull you through the next one. This leads to starting up a new ship or stripping down the old one to tweak and see if it fares any better. Vulture doesn't have realistic physics but that is a blessing. We aren't playing Kerbal Space Program here, and if I want to build my ship into a giant question mark (or something else) that's my business! If you enjoy shoot 'em ups and long to build your own behemoth ships to do so then Vulture is certainly worth a try. Overall my time with Vulture has been a pleasure. I'm a bit embarassed it has taken me this long to write up a positive review since reviews are what help Steam determine interest, and Vulture deserves more interest! Had an interview with one of the developers maybe half a year ago. Dude is still kicking around in my Discord and letting me know what kind of new shenanigans he's working on. Cubic Timeline deserves to go places. Definitely cool as can be. 11/10 would support.

A fun shoot'em up time passer for people who like to try a new approach every time they replay the game.

Nice shoot'em up. Ship creation is quite entertaining.

Do you remember Opentyrian? Or Tyrian itself? If so, you've got a great idea what you're getting into. Think: Build your own Tyrian ship. If you have no idea what I'm talking about: Vulture's a 2d SHUMP, wherein you're always flying upwards, always dodging bullets, and always shooting back to get rid of those little buggars who want you dead. The quirk here is that you get to build your own ship in any fashion you like. Want a ship of twelve laser cannons to simple leave a line of death? Sure! Two missile launchers and enough capacitors to fire faster than a Robotech Rocket Circus? Doable! As a fair warning: the game takes a bit to get into. The learning curve for making your ship work is a bit steep, and until you get some shielding blocks your ship's basically made of glass wrapped in wax paper. Luckily, you'll never be short of cash when buying copies of weapons or hull blocks to get your ship just how you like it, once the parts are unlocked. As a side not: As fun as this game is, there's a visual quirk I just can't get past without laughing. Several of the big "boss" ships start looking less like ships, and more like someone glued wings onto buildings from the old Apple 2 …

I enjoyed the classic feel of the game and the customizable ships. I really appreciate that I can play it on my dinky office pc. the broadside emmiter wouldnt flip with the mirrior tool but thats fine because I never used it haha. If you can make your way to the end you can cheese every boss with a cluster bomb, so thats a bit underwhelming but thats a choice I made and not neccesarily a flaw. I found it really hard to progress without extensive bomb usage but they are also very fun so i dont mind. I learned about this game because i met one of the devs on the bus, I just want to say this was woth buying and you are a cool team. I hope to play more of your games if you make another. Now to try and 100% this :D

Nice idea, terrible execution.