Ardein.Fall

Ardein is a good and fun mix of a top down shooter and tower defense. Daily leaderboards provide a major source of motivation and does not discourage untalented players and new arrivals as much as permanent boards. New enemy combo every day keeps the game fresh and brings unexpected surprises. You get 14 turrets for your needs of mass destruction. A single session lasts around 20 minutes max and fits right in the spot of "short and sweet". [h1]Gameplay[/h1] Likely a developer decision, Ardein doesn't have any bit of hand holding. Some stuff aren't communicated to the player at any point, nor did the game provide any hints on the so called "builds" most roguelikes seem to utilize. For those unaware: - WASD to move - Left mouse to shoot, stop shooting to charge a piercing railgun - Right mouse for a sword (the sword is not affected by jamming enemies) - Space triggers a dash - Dash within a short timeframe after getting hit for a short parry-doge effect, where your fire rate is tempo...

If you looking for interesting top down arcade shooter you definitely have to try this game (btw music 10/10).

It's, fine, i guess? There's no "end" to the game, its just an infinite high score game with a mostly dead leaderboard. You can unlock new towers to place down by spending the points you earn from each run, but all your unlocks get reset every day, probably for leaderboard balance, so you can't even have an interesting progression loop of unlocking new towers to experiment with. Only worth it if you REALLY want a high score focused game with this concept, and even then it's probably best to wait for it to be on sale for at least 5$ first.

[b]Ardein.Fall[/b] is a refreshing take on tower defense's, which tend to be a rather straight forward genre with not much room for innovation- but that's not the case for this one. [h2]Gameplay[/h2] A nice mixture between top down shooter and tower defense. You have to watch out for not only your health, but also your ships health. The ship is split into 7 segments, each with their own healthbars that you should keep a close eye on. Each segment can hold a single tower and building/upgrading towers can replenish the health of the segment. "Easy to control, hard to master"- just as the description claims. The game throws you in, and it's pretty basic enough to the point where you know what you're doing so long as you've played some other games. As you play more, more things will just naturally happen, and you'll start to discover new mechanics. One of my favorites of these mechanics is that you can aim the railgun weapon behind you, and you get extra momentum forwards; keep shooting...

I enjoy shooters but this one I can't recommend. Not much time played, but time enough to know there isn't anything to strive for. No longing for that cool upgrade, or set of things to check that awesome synergy. This game just throws you out into a play field you just really really want to zoom in/out of. Zipping around with controls that feel spongy. There is no gradient to game play to even help you develop any strategy. Your turrets get smashed out ultra fast. I tried upgrading them all one by one. They are demolished. I tried saving up and going through a couple of upgrades in one go. They get demolished. It would seem you just can't even kill enough things to get enough scrap to make them helpful before the 'boss' things arrive and smash up everything. I don't begrudge the purchase - it is not expensive, and we all need to support devs. Really wish Steam reviews had a third recommend options like 'qualified yes'

The game has potential with some good ideas and is certainly playable. However, I can't recommend it due to my overall lack of enjoyment. The cinematic camera angle is an interesting choice, but it severely limits visibility, especially for threats from behind. The cluttered screen often leads to chaotic situations and deaths that feel unfair. Controls work best with a keyboard, but piloting a ship this way feels unnatural. The digital inputs make the ship's movements feel erratic and hard to control precisely. The game could benefit from providing more information to players. For instance, instructions on repairing the ship you're defending or explanations of how purchased turrets function would be helpful. I was unsure about the magnet turret's purpose - was it for collecting scrap or affecting enemy ships? Note it was to collect scrap. I don't mean to be overly critical. The developer should be proud of what they've accomplished with this release, and I don't regret my purchase....

At this stage, the game is barely playable - weird camera movement and unclear shooting controls makes impossible to target enemies, so just shooting at random. Attack controls is too confusing - sometimes it's simple bullets, sometimes it's a beam with hard recoil... Melee attack range is not clear as well. Enemies are weird, no feedback on damage... A lot of issues, hope will be fixed with updates.

Arcade shooter, kind of like Furious Angels but anime. Visuals are nice, clean, and decipherable (blue good, red bad though it seems hinted there's friendly fire). Nothing like getting chased down by a flurry of spinning swarm of missiles, and frantically trying to shoot them down! Each wave gets progressively harder, and part of that challenge involves picking up the shards before they disappear so you can upgrade your turrets to survive longer. There's no lull between waves, so don't put your guard down. When you die you get some amount of points, and you can use those points to unlock more turret options. Music is sharp, but no variety. I might stick on another playlist. My main gripe is there's not really any context or many cues for your turrets. All of the sudden you hear one is about to die, but I never notice the enemies attacking them. Does their health slowly degrade? Furthermore there's no option to repair, you either upgrade (expensive), or refund (you only get about 2...

Pretty good for a solo-dev. Graphics and visuals are awesome. There are some things that bugged me, but hope Dev will emprove em.

Nice small lil game. buy on sale