Crazy Steam Bros 2

EDIT: A shmup needs excellent and precise controls, otherwise any and all potential for fun has been wasted. Keep reading for more detailed reasons why this game has failed, even at it's low price point. First off, I should mention that this is a sequel to Crazy Steam Bros. which you can find and play for free over on Kongregate. It's a simple yet fun horizontal shoot'em up, or shmup, that has a number of interesting weapons and enemies to keep fans of the genre occupied. It's not quite like your typical bullet hell shooter, but the games style is what sets it apart from the pack. I enjoyed the original, although us players were stuck using just the keyboard and there were very few additional options to choose from or adjust in game. Crazy Steam Bros. 2 feels a bit like the original and looks slightly sharper. In fact, the graphics are quite charming given the era that the game is supposed to take place in. The visuals won't blow you away but they work quite well for the th...

[b] Target Audience: [/b] [I] None [/i] [b] Summary: [/b] Absolutely not. This game has so many fundamental problems with it, it doesn't deserve your time. I try to match people to the game and the genre type, and go with its strengths, but there is no match here. I'm sorry, there's too many problems with the game at a fundamental level. Yeah, it looks nice, but not only are there ridiculously bad controls that are really hard to work with, but there was bugs all over the place. Just avoid. [b]Video Review: [/b] http://youtu.be/UzMZKwijtYs [u] Lists: [/u] [b]Positives:[/b] [list] [*]The ideas? [*]The art is not bad. [/list] [b]Negatives:[/b] [list] [*] Controls are floaty and abysmal because of it. Needed precision is unobtainable. It makes the game literally unplayable. [*]Obvious Mobile Design game is obvious. [*]Does not save options like audio levels. [*]Game can exit with one single button push without prompting with escape key. [*]QA did not exist. Bugs all over the plac...

The game isn't really that bad. Don't get the two angry reviewers down there. it's actually pretty nice, for the price. (3 bucks) Yes controls lack of precision in "little" moves. Other than that , graphics are pretty cool. Animations are polished. Bosses looks great. And the gameplay have some interesting features (limited Pup usage, downgrading score when hit etc) Difficulty is hight but not impossible. bomb usage is nice. (needs good placement and practice) If you like arcade Side Scrolling shooter with nice visuals, go for it ! I mean, it's not if this game was expensive. 3 bucks worth it Aside from that, yes developers should really improve visual and handling of the GUI / menus. (make all the menus less huge on screen ?) And maybe tweak the controls and the "steam bubblign effect" on some things (like the ship iddle move, the HP cursor). Difficulty starts to be maybe a little too hight on the end of second level. - online highscores ? would be cool. - keeping poweru...

It's a really fun fly-shoot game for what it costs. it has a good amount of dufficulty, fun powerups, and cool looking enemies. 7/10.

It's an old style scrolling game with random weapons. Fun, Frustrating and frustrating_fun. The controls are limited but add to the frustrating_fun. It'll wake you up and entertain the children... an me I guess. :-)

The design and idea for steam punk is great, the control's make it a horrible decision...K to shoot for anyone wondering