X-Force Genesis

X-Force Genesis is a Unity based 2D retro vertical scrolling bullet hell/shoot 'em up built using a lot of stock Unity assets (but the developer for some reason failed to credit the asset pack developers that did most of the work for this game... that's not okay). It's a fairly simple and straightforward bullet hell/shmup with an upgrade system and a sci-fi/spaceship theme... it's been done a million times before and this one is nothing special. From a technical perspective, the game doesn't meet basic minimum requirements that most PC gamers expect as standard. There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customise the graphics settings. There's no way for gamers to ensure this is running at the native resolution of their displays... there's no guarantee this game will look right on any PC as a result of this hamfisted design decision. There's no way for gamers to try improve the low quality graphics. Bewilderingly, the game doesn't include proper audio controls, so you can't turn off the annoying background music, you'll need to alt+tab out and stop the music using the Windows sound mixer. This is obviously not okay and it's unclear why the developers chos…

Only five short levels.

First played on Switch. Liked for mostly silly reasons. Steam version was more revealing. For a shmup that can't really decide what kind it is, even plowing through with your Forces (expectation, I think) is difficult due strange balance, or lack of. Shield power-up abuse is a blessing, since it takes a moment to dissipate and is upgradeable, but keep in mind that like your ship, and any truly old retro shmup, takes damage upon the slightest kiss. Ofc, if you don't mind grinding the handful of stages available, though clearing tasks opens access to higher difficulties and better payouts, it will take fewer rounds to max out energy or develop a working payload. Mind you, in flight P-ups can still be hard to tell, but they're usually useful. Still, far more issues present: (1) Preset controls, keyboard only (gamepad if lucky). WASD for movement, arrows for drones /bomb. Mouse would be real handy, dunno why not. Pads can be switched with the right Steam tools and I recommend this. (2) Glitches, even game breaking ones (screen freeze), can be caused by looping the whole screen or summoning drones at the wrong time. (3) Overcrowding /slapdash. Looking well enough, despite the nice as…

Space fun yahoo

I don't like it, so I say Nay

Game is a lot of fun. Weapons are pretty dope. Boss music is also dope. hopefully more DLC is on the way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSGLY-50AIw&t=234s