Rex Rocket

I am going to recommend this, but with some mild hesitation. First things first, it really captures the retro style, feeling a little mega man, a little Super Metroid, and a little Cave Story (I mean, you have to make it somewhat modern, right?) If this appeals to you, you are probably about sold, but just let me continue. If you are familiar with the way Capcom retreaded the NES style Mega Man series, you might be aware that it included more instant death traps than any game previously. Well, this game is filled with those things as well, and you'll be quite aware of that by the time you start getting into the depths that this game offers. Because this game is harder than any of the games I've mentioned so far. And you know what, maybe that's your thing. Frankly, I'm OK with that. The nice thing is that the game takes advantage of years of experience to know what kind of classic mistakes that old games can... Oh, what, there's a lives system? Well then. In truth, the lives ...

During the Steam Winter Sale, I happened upon this game in my discovery queue. A fan of hard platformers (Bionic Commando, Castlevania, Contra, Mega Man, Super Meat Boy), I believed it to be a good idea to go ahead and make the purchase. I've played it for a little less than an hour. The platforming is slippery, the enemies are either overpowered or in such large numbers as to be overwhelming, the jumping is floaty. Nothing that hasn't been written before. However... All of those games I had listed before shared the same difficulty curve as Rex Rocket. The only difference being, if I had died and lost a life in those other games, it was my fault. Playing the game over and over again lead to developing the techniques needed to beat the game. Platform technique memorization in a game like the first Castlevania was not only encouraged, but absolutely necessary. Point being, if you lost a life, it was your fault. Hard, but not unfair, and this type of development, getting into the game's...

I'm only a little bit into this fantastic game but I have to say it took me by surprise. I was expecting an easy little 8-bit game that I'd breeze through, what I got was a challenging game that had me cursing at my screen. This game is a very beautiful and challenging game with a retro feel to it. Full of references to the games of old, like Mario. It's can get frustrating as you will die a lot, and the enemies are always outnumbering you, plus the bosses are always stronger than you and often have enemies to fight with them. This however is just a gamplay feature, it's meant to be hard and it's meant to kill you over and over again until you learn to fight them properly or just get lucky. The game plays like the classic games of the gameboy era, with the simple run and shoot mechanics, paired with things like wall jumping and secondary weapons. Really a treat to play. I give this game a solid 9/10 and highly recommend it to anyone looking for a challenging, if nostalgic game.

This game is hard.... like really, really freaking hard. Prepare to die a billion times and shout and swear about the (frankly unfair) checkpoint system If you can get past the bosses/obstacles you feel like a god but before then you're and ant and everything else is a magnifying glass. (seriously though put in some more checkpoints I'm sick of spending 15+ minutes getting to a boss/miniboss to be killed instantly 20 times and have to spend another 15 minutes making my way to the same place)

It's basically: Metroid, Mega Man, and Cave Story. It is screen-punchingly hard, but also extremely compelling, and you'll be trying "one more time" over and over. One bad part is the lives counter (20 lives). It's always pretty easy to get back to where you were so the consequence for losing all 20 lives is pretty minimal, but it doesn't add anything to the game other than frustration. The game is too frugal with it's teleporters, so you'll traverse a long way to a boss, only to get killed (it takes a while to learn their patterns) and then you'll need to work your way back. I recommend going to your Users/[your username here]/AppData/Local/Rex Rocket/ and creating copies of the save files just after you've gotten to the Boss area. This way you'll be able to reload just before the bosses. And trust me..you'll need to. I strongly recommend using a controller as others have suggested. I also strongly recommend going to the game options to change directional control from the analog s...

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Let me preface what is going to end up a rather nit-picky and negative review by saying that I LOVE this game. It looks absolutely beautiful, the music is great, and I have had fun playing it. It does remind me a lot of the older metroid games, a very good thing. Sidescrolling metroid was the best. I will definitely be going back to finish this game if it kills my fingers. Certainly worth the money if you love platforms or happen to be a masochist. Then there's the "but..." part. The most irritating issue I have is that of the 2 and half hours I have played so far, I have spent maybe a thrid of it waiting. Waiting for a platform to move back towards me, waiting for a block that fades in, and then back out. Maybe waiting on a moving platform for the platform and the fading block to match up. That gets agonizing. In addition to that, I activated 2 of the "warp points" in the first 30, maybe 45 minutes. After that, nothing. If I get a game over, I have to run from that second warp points...

This game is suuuupppppeeerrrr fun! I like it as much as all my other favorite platformers. It's as good as NES and SNES Mega Man, Metroid, etc..... Thanks for making it :) Also, dash boots without jet pack is evil. That was ridiculous getting that. Game over-read book-game over-DON'T GET FRUSTRATED AND READ BOOK. Took a few hours lol

I picked up Rex Rocket more or less on a whim. I've always been a fan of this style of game, and I wasn't dissapointed. I love the graphics, the music is spot on, and the controls are smooth. Plus, its hard. In a good way. I could rattle on, but I think I'll just put my first impressions video here for you to watch instead: http://youtu.be/57L4ktbisaU

Great game. So excided that it has been released. IT is just like one of those classic platformers i played as a child. Great job Pixel Castle. I mean spot on. I was exciteded when this game came out in greenlight and could not wait to play it now i can.