Chronicle: Unit Eight

[b]This review is updated for "2.1.1-Test" (what it is titled in-game) patch.[/b] The game is still a giant grind fest. It isn't very long at all. The level up and scrap grid fools you into thinking there is more depth to the game than there really is. You have to level up to unlock a node to get access to upgrades you buy with scraps. It is imperative that you plan your path out beforehand because you can buy into the same node twice and waste a level up. Which that would not be a huge issue except for the fact that it takes several runs to level up no matter what the enemy level is. When you finally beat the game it gives you a lot of free level ups when levels are no longer desperately needed. There are also some balance issues and a lot of game breaking bugs. [table][tr][th][b][u]Positives:[/u][/b][/th][/tr] [tr][td]+Art style is good.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]+Music is decent.[/td][/tr] [tr][td]+Full controller support with nSwitch Pro controller[/td][/tr] [table][tr][th][b][u]Negativ...

I wanted to wait to review this game until I felt I could do it properly. After a full 24 hours spread throughout multiple months of playing it and seeing it grow through various stages, here is what I have to say. This game is a love letter to all the arcade classics we grew up playing. It's as if Galaga and a bullet hell had a child. Granted this game is in Beta and there are some rough parts, it is constantly updating every week for the better. Some weeks are minor overall improvements that help with the feel of the gameplay while others introduce more bosses, new enemy types, new power ups, new EVERYTHING. No matter what, this game is a solid buy. It's a game you can always come back to and feel reminiscent of your roots playing games as a kid. Overall, this is a project of love that you can feel every time you pick up the controller. Every boss has something unique to them and with a branching skill tree "GRID" you can improve your ship towards the style that you want to play. T...

This feels like a game jam game that was just immediately sold. There are tons of obvious bugs that would have been totally acceptable for a quickly produced game but that didn't get any attention. The grid upgrade system is a hard gate to the game, you basically cannot win without dying over and over to power up, and the most interesting effects barely do anything (eg, the powerup magnet system doesn't pull things to you, it just causes them to slowly drift horizontally if you're very close to them). On top of this, the grid system is gate locked by an arbitrary "ship leveling" system, which has very slow growth, but they bothered to put in daily/weekly challenges into the game to assist in this process, which I think is pretty telling of the lack of understanding of game design. And the one thing that this game could have that could save it, weapon/powerups, are extremely shallow. There are 4 variations on the basic weapon, and they all have ammo. None of them are interesting, ...

I couldn't enjoy this game. It's starts slow and boring. Elite enemies and bosses so bullet-spongey what it feels like you chipping concrete blocks with bb-gun. Upgrade tree "The Grid" may look impressive at the first glance, but it does not add anything good to gameplay. Threre is no "builds" in this game. All nodes on that tree is miniscule additions to various stats like bullet speed, damage, fire rate etc. This is the most boring and unengaging way to do system like that. It is if like POE skill tree have only minor stat nodes. Nothing there to advance or change gameplay. But if upgrade system does not provide advancement, change of pace, variety of gameplay its only function is to assist unskilled players to progress throug the game with grind. And, oh boy, the grind is what this game have in spades. At the start of each run, game take away all your unspent currency, Rogue Legacy style, making planning your upgrade route obtuse. I didn't play this game enough to comment on writi...

Boring. Repetitive. Giant Skill Tree is boring and way too similar throughout. Picture the skill tree from Path of Exile, but everything is just core stat upgrades. There's just very little game here. REFUNDED

quite a fun and challenging game glad to see a steam game actually come out of early access on steam...

Very addictive top down space shooter. Tons of upgrades to unlock.

"That looks nice, but it early-access", this review is for you. Is the game an early-access state? Yes. But that doesn't mean it aint fun. Actually, the game itself is solid, there is a nice collection of enemies, weapons, bullet types and upgrades. On top of that, it plays smoothly (with controller). Without any fuzz or boring tutorials I could jump right in. Playing a few rounds doesn't feel repetitive at all. Actually, it's hard not to play 'one more round'.

Not worth the price tag. Had the potential but it didn't seem to take advantage of that potential. If it's on a sale that puts it below $10 in price, sure, worth grabbing. But otherwise, it's not worth the price. The story mode has very little story other than some gab between the main character and the bosses she fights. While some power ups are obvious in their use, some are not. Also every weapon outside the main basic weapon you unlock is only temporary, which means that for most of the game, you'll be using the same weapon every single time. The grid to unlock the power ups was an okay idea but only the power ups that helped the core ship were permanent upgrades. Otherwise it was simply unlocking the ability for that weapon to spawn as a temporary weapon. Not sure if there'll be any updates to make changes to the game or not but I probably won't be playing it after this review.

This is a very nice galaga-arcade-like vertical shooter with nicely done animations and a very catchy soundtrack. The developers are active and fix bugs as soon as they are reproducible. You see this love in the game. It is fun right from the start, because you constantly get better. 1. You start your run 2. You will be killed 3. You come to your skill grid and boost your ship 4. Go to step one Every time you get a bit further and every time you say to yourself "just one more run".