That’s not the sort of game this is at all. It’s more the case that the focus is on excitement, and it does so without understating it with subdued tones, gradual pacing, or ambient music. That description could just as easily find root in describing classic SEGA, and it’s here, to the mood of that long-extinct console that this speedy twin-stick shooter takes us to. It isn’t that it’s a shadow of an older game, but somewhere amongst the characteristics that blend a blur of colour with catchy music, this feels like a descendant of that time. Paradoxically, it also invokes the feel of 90s PC arcade games. There’s a taste of Time Soldiers, Dyna Blaster and Star Control purely in terms of flavour, while the gameplay and style are completely distinct from any of those. Everything moves at a relentless speed – there’s no slow boil here – the metal is pushed down as fast and as hard as it’ll go, keeping the pace high until either the level is through, or you are. There’s enemies everywhere, flashing left and right, and all the while your heart pounds in your chest while you make sense of frantic action played out in vibrant colour. Seconds after pressing start, you’re past the menu and watching a cutscene that gives all the premise that the game needs. A splash of colour declares the title and an upbeat track that’s unmistakably gamey begins to play. A logo renders on the screen while a voice reads out the name of the company.
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