Wild Dogs

Another home run from this 3 person dev team. If you enjoyed Savage Halloween or Biolab Wars be sure to check this game out. And there's so much variety too. Yes there's the run n gun stages but there's also a vertical shmup stage, a horizontal shmup stage, a motorcycle stage, a boss fight that reminded me of King of the Monsters for the neogeo, hell even a NES battletoads turbo tunnel stage (with checkpoints). Yes the game is kinda hard but the caveat is that you get 5 hits per life and 3 continues as well as a save file so you don't have to restart at the very beginning every single time. Just stick with the homing gun, you'll be fine. Achievements are fun and a straightforward 100%, just beat the game. A few small gripes like the stages are really long with I think 3 or 4 mini bosses per stage is a bit much. Would've preferred just more numbered stages but thankfully at the end of each scene is a checkpoint so it's really not that bad. Another thing is the enemy bullet speed is too fast for my taste (think Contra III snes hard mode). And finally, while there's multiple color modes to select from which is great, there's no actual colorized version. Not a huge deal though.…

Ok lets get one thing really straight: am I enjoying this game? Yes. it is pretty darn good. So why the down thumb? Because Steam doesn't ask the question if I like it or not, but if I would recommend it. There are a few reasons why I wouldn't. Its a great GB style Contra clone..so if you just care about that then sure..why not? Here come the reasons why I say no overall: First the levels can drag. I am through the second boss, and also have achievements for beating the first 9 mini bosses. So that means 4-5 mini bosses per level. And the way the continues work...you could get to the last boss and die, then have to do them all over again. I grew up on NES, and I get that frustration level. But we didn't know better back then. Now this formula feels a little too archaic. Next is the color combination. I get that it is mimicking the GB. But no matter what color pattern you choose, it is still hard to see some of the shots. A big majority of my hits on the first level were because I didn't even know there were shots on the screen. And the mech in the 2nd level seems to have a weird hit box. Half my hits in it looked like they shouldn't have hit. Now for the big one: it is one play…

I want to love this game for its retro feel and look. I want to love it for its varied stages going from a run and gun to a side scrolling shooter. I hate it for its overly long levels and its insane difficulty spike ala Battletoads, be warned

This does the run and gun style of game justice. A short lil contra like that isn’t brutally hard. Big recommend.

What the dog doin'?

I got hooked with this developers run & gun games after playing thru Savage Halloween, then BioLab, and now Wild Dogs. All 3 are excellent, but Savage Halloween is my favourite with Wild Dogs being a close 2nd. Great run & gun action, tight controls, great pixel graphics and chip-tune music. Challenging gameplay but certainly doable. There are so many bosses, most of which are huge, fill a large part of the screen, and are awesome to look at and fight. Definately are great addition to the Run & Gun genre. Keep up the good work!!!