Zako Slayer

[h1]Before I played Zako Slayer, I had a small pp, no friends, no gf, depression, and no life. These things havent changed, but the game is pretty good[/h1]

"Zako Slayer" is one of literally thousands of retro 2D platformers infesting Steam and lowering the average quality of all video games everywhere... and I'm not kidding. Searching for "platformers" on the Steam store page yields over 17,000 results! Is this one of the best of those? Absolutely not. This abandoned Early Access train wreck may have been well intentioned, but the developer simply didn't bother finishing this badly concieved (and even more badly implemented) platformer about a female super soldier trying to escape from an invaded base after losing her memory, with the objective of breaking through enemies and escaping, which involves some of the worst attempts at making a platformer anyone on Steam has ever seen. Needless to say it was a huge failure. Platforming is an old, mostly dead genre, and this lacklustre experience, while it doesn't have an upfront cost, isn't saving the genre... it's no surprise this failed to capture any attention from gamers in the era of immersive 3D gaming. The developers abandoned this 2 years and 12 months ago. It will never be completed. This unfinished game is just polluting Steam and making it harder for gamers to find genui…

[h1] Feedback, aye?[/h1] Idk where to begin, I gave this game quite a stress test, and it needs a lot of work. Namely it needs work with its framerate and function. It's a Megaman clone, but to be worthy of being a Megaman clone a game must have a bit more polish than this. One major issue and bonus I notice is the deviation in bullet fire from enemies. That's good, but it doesn't make sense to have such clunky cover if enemies can shoot over and hit you in the head. I do however like when the game gives you NPC's to help, useful NPC's are an underrated blessing in video games. There needs to be more NPC's that can handle their own ♥♥♥♥. Then, and only then do I feel the need to babysit NPC's so that they can continue being useful. Impressive that you were able to get NPC's to follow through screen changes. If this gets more updates, I'll change my review to a recommended.