Voidrun

[b] Voidrun [/b] is easily among the top 5% of arcade games when it comes to creativity, content and game settings. With 3 different modes, a ton of achievements, and original gameplay, you are getting a pretty good value for a relatively low price. I mean the game is just really solid, but I have some nitpicks when it comes to difficulty and enemy balancing. The thing is, most of the enemies in this game can attack and move very rapidly without telegraphing their abilities. For example, there is a ghost enemy in the game that has a nice delay and flashing before it attacks, and then there is a space ship that just shoots and flashes at the same time. You have to be very close to enemies to surround them which takes around 2-5 seconds, and yet most of them can move into any direction under 2 seconds, so sometimes your deaths can be unfair. Then there is some kind of giraffe enemy that occasionally charges from the bottom of the screen, if you are moving down at the same time, there is ...

Cautiously recommend but only if you're a hardcore fan of arcade pixel games. My playtime is due to having left the game idle - actual time played ~5hrs and it was okay. Pros - Unique reinvention of oldschool Qix mechanic and a good microgame in its own right - lots of inventive enemy designs and some fresh twists. Slick retro style. Awesome dark theme and some nice angsty chiptunes. 3 game modes with some minor unlockables, though imo I only recommend Adventure Mode (somewhat hidden beneath the other two) and mostly enjoyed it. There's a lot to love about the core mechanic once you get the right combination of powerups so as to make the game speed up a bit and flow well. Cons - With the 'default' ship and no upgrades, the flow doesn't escalate well and most stages finish in an anticlimactic 'mop up' of the last straggling enemy which turns a fun activity into a slow drag. Some frustrating readability issues arise from the visual busy-ness + intricate dodging mechanics - the fact...

The game looks great and the concept is definitely interesting. But some combination of the core mechanics and enemy design just leads to extremely tedious and frustrating gameplay. Would not recommend.

Alright, maybe I haven't played this enough to fully appreciate it, but Voidrun kinda isnt all that great. The overall gameplay is good in concept but you tend to be pretty underpowered at the start of each stage. Enemies can sometimes be totally fair and have cool mechanics, but others just randomly evade your attacks without a consistent way to trap them, or hit you point blank with unreactable projectiles. The hitstop effect whenever you pick up a powerup or defeat an enemy also sometimes leads to getting distracted and then hit by an attack as soon as it ends. Bosses can sometimes be cool, but can also take an annoying amount of time to beat due to similar evasiveness and unfair attacks. The classic mode is neat but extremely difficult, the arcade mode is kinda bad since you only get one life for the entire thing, and the adventure mode is probably the best one, but the balancing is all over the place, and the system of "sacrifice your ability to fight to get minor upgrades" isnt v...

-Enemies should less sensitive for your presence and move on their track. Like gal's panic. -Limitation on 'line' is not good difficulty control method -Why there is time stop effect after every kill. it's annoying.

It has a unique premise with good execution. The art and music are really well done.

Love the art style and music, and plenty of variation to the interesting game play mechanics. Great arcade game!

Completely Unfair.

The simple, random nature of each run keeps it feeling new. After a roulette of a few perks youre presented with a varying selection of planets to conquer, each with their own amazing soundtrack, crazy enemy types and environments to either destroy or use to your advantage. Encasing aliens in a nullifying ring of void balls takes some skill, a little patience and yeah, a lot of balls. Voidrun would have been a black hole for quarters back in the day

somehow confusing for beginners, a lot of trial and errors. but a neat idea executed well enough to be very fun.