Xenoform

[h1]Xenoform[/h1] A slick and addictive little retro space flight combat simulator, Xenoform has you scouring the ravaged landscape of a low-poly retrofuture alien planet in your scrappy little VTOL fighter jet and beating back the waves of cosmic invaders. The story of a recently terraformed planet and the impending alien onslaught that threatens it is told through the letters of our protagonist pilot to his family back on Earth, as the player takes his role and struggles on the road to becoming a fierce intergalactic fighter pilot. [h1]Gameplay[/h1] Xenoform has some float-y and seemingly cumbersome form of realistic hover tank controls, they're easy enough to learn all being done with the use of the mouse but take awhile to really master. Your ship doesn't simply propel forward with the press of the button, but instead has the player tilting at specific angles to push your trajectory in the right direction. Aiming and shooting while dealing with these demanding controls is half the battle, having the player strike a skillful balance between careful navigation and drifting through the air to focus on getting those shots in. Each level is a little bite-sized open world stage o…

Excellent retro style shooter, reminding legendary Commodore/Atari/Sinclair game 'Virus' (especially fighter control scheme). Simple, well balanced, slightly addictive. Ideal for casual relax.

Great homage to Lander and Virus.

THIS GAME SUCKS. There is NO OBVIOUS way of how to make your ship move FORWARD. The ONLY "Thruster" is upward which is located on the bottom of the ship. There is NO possible way to GO ... ANYWHERE, without TILTING the ship and using the AWKWARD BOTTOM Thruster to "go upward" while yawing a given way..... And not even to mention the controls (the key maps, mouse, and gamepad) are WOEFULLY LACKING and are NOT easily discerned as to what does what. NOT EVEN THE BASIC "tutorial"-like SIMULATOR HELPS PEOPLE LEARN HOW TO FLY!!!!!!!!!! Also all of the landscape is STUPIDLY PIXELATED. HOW do you GET AWAY with releasing this HORRIBLE CLUNKY GARBAGE??? This game FEELS like GARBAGE!!! I wish i had known better what i was getting into BEFORE i paid real money for this nonsense.

Very very very bad controls.