Legacy of the Elder Star

Hardcore shmup with movement mechanic I haven't seen anywhere else. This game is hard hard hard (to me at least) which is awesome. Lots of replay-ability, there is a ton of point/achievement hunting, unlocking new load outs, things like that. I haven't unlocked them all yet, but can't wait to. If you are a shmups fan you will need this period. See you on the leaderboards!

Makes the genre very accessible by allowing for unlimited continues and modified game speed at the cost of score. You can even boost the game speed up to make it harder and increase the score multiplier. The varied enemy patterns from run to run makes the game more about adapting to situations rather than wrote memorization that is common in most shmups. The controls are tight and feel good and there is a proper balance or risk reward throughout all your decisions.

Finished the story in 30 minutes. Then I unlocked practice mode. A bit backwards, don't you think? So here's how it works: You are the cosmonaut, basically a herodude out to kill hordes of machine enemies who share your colour scheme. You move your mouse to move around like it was the mouse pointer, left button is a standard attack, right charges your super attack when you hit/kill things with it, both buttons at the same time unleashes your super attack. You gather points and unlock in-game achievements in the 5 different stages. There are things I like - the infinite continues, the mouse moving the character (as a concept), but I really don't care about hunting points and trophies when the story and gameplay is this anemic, the soundtrack just alright and the design sort of bland (with some additional issues keeping track of the hero and shots). The stage variations are of the early arcade model - they're a different background with a different set of enemies, there's no terrain f...

This game plays as beautiful as it looks. It is a well-crafted shoot-em-up whose departures from genre norms are both intuitive and refreshing. Legacy of the Elder Star shows off all the things a modern-day shoot-em-up is capable of being.

How many fucking screens do you have to skip through during this game? Oh, and *then* the game decides to do some loading. Couldn't do that straight away, had to waste your time counting score, giving an intro for the boss screen and pissing about with a fucking progress bar filling of your score. I get it, game developer, you don't value my time. Well I don't value your shitty game.

First played this at Salt Lake Gaming Con last week. Fell in love with it then and there. The controls and gameplay are simple but function beautfully. All in all, one of my favorite Indie game of the year. Great Job.

Legacy of the Elder Star is a simple SHMUP with a very pretty art and twist in the control scheme. The beautiful art, nice effects and good music unfortunately masks a game devoid of any character in any area. It's telling that the only characteristics of the protagonist are his name and his tacked on grin, without which he would sit right at home amongst the enemy drones. The pattern continues with art which lacks most of world building background detail and most enemies have a theme of mechanical and gray. I'd really like to see more beautiful high-resolution 2d art in games, but the resolution must be filled with detail - otherwise low-res pixel art is better when I can use my imagination subconciously to fill gaps of pixels with detail. The Music is great and fits the game very well. Nothing above would really matter if the game had an interesting gameplay that challenged and surprised the player. There's a serious lack of bullet patterns in this game. Fighting becomes so predic...

I'm a casual fan of the shmup genre and this game hit just the right spot for me. There are options and modifiers to crank up the difficulty to challenge even the most skillful players, but the game remains friendly to the less skilled with continue after death options that allowed me to play through and experience all the levels at the cost of a decreased score. Every level has a scoreboard as well as various challenges that drive you to replay and improve your score, also the soundtrack is kickin'

Looks good by the the graphics and sounds but it's a very strange, awkward, clumsy and poor controled shooter. Not compatible with controllers or keyboard control because relies on a weird mouse sensibility input changed with the mouse wheel as you play the game, what? So you gotta play a shooter game using only your mouse while the keyboard input is configured by default to... take screenshots and record animated GIFs, LOL? I've just played for 5 minutes and felt some strain in my right hand, gee I ain't gonna keep playing this. What were this game developers thinking? I don't understand it...

Great 2-D shmup. The artstyle isn't my thing, but it's lovingly drawn and exudes a ton of character. Controls require only the mouse, which is cool and different for a shmup, and they're innovated upon ingeniously. The Star Dash ability essentially requires you to angrily shake your mouse all over the screen, lol. Really liked it. Recommended.