Pineapple Smash Crew

Crazy game. Awesome and hectic top-down shooty action. Bright colours, a good sense of humour and an utterly fantastic chiptune soundtrack from Syphus, this is not one to miss. Levels are randomly generated, and get larger as you progress. Lots of unlockable 'grenades' with all kind of effects from standard explosions, to healing and teleportation. Adjusting your approach on the fly based on what grenades you have is great fun. It's kind of a shame the controller support is only sorta-implemented though.

Developed by lone designer Rich Edwards with music created by legendary chiptune artist Syphus, Pineapple Smash Crew is a fast paced tactical blast-em-up! PSC features tight squad formation shooting, aliens, robots, zombies and grenades- loads and loads of grenades! Level up and choose wisely from an assortment of devastating grenade-launched weaponry... PSC's unique modern-retro flavour will take you back to the classics of old then smash you back into the present with a 'ka-boom!'

Just when I thought I had enough of twin stick shooters, along comes Pineapple Smash Crew. Is it any good ? Yes. Yes, it is. Is it the best one so far ? No. It's an indie game with a cute, retro look. And since it's an indie game, you can't really compare it to the bigger (retail) titles, qualitywise. That doesn't mean it isn't any good though. So, like practically all twin stick shooters, you just run around with your crew and kill enemies and objects. Destroying stuff will earn you XP, credits and grenades, which you can use to eventually upgrade your grenades or buy reinforcements when necessary. Grenades are actually an important part of the game. Almost every enemy leaves behind a random grenade. These range from healing grenades to missile grenades, and they're fun to use and the key to success as the missions get increasingly harder. Missions are randomly generated, maps as well. But the designs are so similar that it's hardly noticeable. It will keep you coming back though. ...

Controls and play style are similar to the classic "Cannon Fodder". The game relies on random level design to keep things interesting, but the level randomizer just isn't up to the task -- by the time you finish a campaign, you will feel like you've replayed the same level several times over, rearranged slightly. All levels are subject to a time limit, which is more annoying than invigorating. The RPG elements (equipment, levelling) help somewhat, but they don't have sufficient influence to significantly change gameplay, nor are there enough options to keep things interesting.

I am not sure why this game has so many positive reviews. It doesn't quite feel finished. It is highly repetive and does not seem to have much variety. The moment to moment gameplay consistes of an isometric view squad based shooter, where you can pick up usable items, such as grenades, shields, health, and other, and you go around randomly generated levels shooting stuff and avoiding having your squad members killed. You can buy heads and thing but so far I haven't seen any items you can purchase upgrades for. As of right now this feels like a beta, not a finished product.

This game is great. Completely underated in my opinion. It has everything you need for a good arcade game: Top-down perspective, guns, and explosions. You know what else has explosions? America. You know what rhymes with America? Pineapple Smash Crew. Buy this to support America.

This game has a pretty good soundtrack, although only one is my favorite. It's featured in the game's trailer. The game itself is simple and fun, but I wish that in some capacity that it were more difficult, or that like the Giantbomb.com crew, there were more default weapons besides the regular gun. The grenades are fun, but sometimes the delay in tossing more than one makes it feel like doing combos, as the trailer suggests, doesn't quite work out? It still works. It's just that this game can be so fast-paced that you'd expect to be able to toss out all four grenades in a pinch. The visuals are cool. The SFX are pleasing. The game itself though.. It's good to pick up once in a while. It needs more boss types, sadly. I doubt I'll pick it up after they add achievements since I've never been one for hunting them too much, unlike in the game Bastion, where the narrator will often reward you for 100%-ing various portions of the game with a new piece of dialogue.

So Pineapple Smash Crew, Believe it or not this is actually one of the first games i picked up on this platform, it just happened to pass by one day and after seeing the neo-retro artstyle my compulsive little gamer brain had decided to buy it before my parents' bank account could ever object. But enough personal exposition. What's the game like i hear you ask. Well in terms of gameplay it stays true to that retro feel i mentioned earlier. Though i don't see that as a bad thing (and i'm never wrong), the mechanics that are here feel more polished because of it. The roguelike crew-management mechanics are a nice touch too and incentivise you to actually think and strategize rather than going in guns a blazing, though there is still more than enough opportunity for that don't worry. Closely tied to this aforementioned strategising is the grenade mechanic. In the game each of your soldiers can carry a grenade, these 'nades come in many different types with each having their own unique ...

Sad to see they didn’t continue to develop this. It is a fun game. Co-op would be a lot of fun. Especially on the cough with friends. You might get an hour or 2 of fun out of this but once you have finished your first ship you have seen pretty much everything the game has to offer. You just repeat the process over and over again.

This game will mostly appeal to fans of 8-bit designs and twin-stick shooters, as it's a well-made game fusing those two things. The game is colorful and loud, with frantic twin-stick, top-down shooter controls (i.e. left stick moves your squad around with aiming/ shooting taking place via where right stick is aimed.) Fans of retro chiptune style music will find some enjoyment from this soundtrack, as hefty explosions fill the rooms from the various weapons you throw out to annihilate the enemies including screen-filling grenades and various missiles and turrets. What bothers me about this game the most is that it seems like you are more often a victim of friendly fire and exploding barrels more than the minimal attacks from enemies, making for a somewhat clumsy feeling level of player interactivity. I think this is somewhat intentional with the game, however.. as you seem to be making a mad dash through the levels to complete the various objectives before a timer/"radiation" begins ...