Solstice Chronicles: MIA

I'm pretty dissapointed. The RPG elements are very shallow. 4 classes each with 3 skill treets. But I think 2 of the 3 are identical for every class. No stats. Itemization is very very shallow. At least half of the weapons were either not fun or not good. I felt like I had very little incentive to kill enemies. They very rarely drop items, and each level will spawn an infinite number of enemies; So there is almost no incentive to kill them unless not doing so would result in my death. There is no incentive to explore without anything interesting to find. The flying drones abilities are very difficult to get used to. This one is probably just me but ended up trying to avoid that aspect of the game altogether unless I couldnt avoid it. Each level is basically just a race to the end. No significant objectives, rarely any bosses that need killing.

I'll start out with the cons, so you are left with the good at the end and don't feel like this game is really bad, because it's not. It is a really fun game after you play it for about 3 hours. Cons: -Controls are a little clunky and take a bit to get used to. -You can die by your own nades and proximity mines -Sometimes the continuous enemy spawns can get annoying -Ammo runs out quick if you don't use it sparingly. (I suggest leveling up your melee and using it for lower level enemies so you save your ammo for larger, more difficult enemies) -No multiplayer Co-op. (At least, I don't see any options for this as of now) In the middle: -Linear progression -Guns are just right as far as power, but you can only carry two at a time. Pros: -Story mode is good and wholesome fun. Characters are intriguing and you have your own personal flying robot by your side at all times. What's not to love about that? -Need a little strategy with how to use your main skills as it will determine what th...

Game runs and plays like a dream. Lovely explosions, a variety of enemies to murder, gore, etc. It just feels like what i'd hoped red solstice could have been, but without as much tactical stuff (I preferred the tactical stuff but no gamepad support kills it for me, best to use pinnacle as xpadder doesn't allow for switching button maps) Pros: Lovely story/ environments, crazy things. Fun dialog, but most importantly you shoot shit till it dies (or most likely you die) COUCH COOP! Love it. Online could happen but we have shared screen with lots of profiles. Cons: EDIT Devs have been working like hell to make this game worth playing, and it's becoming amazing. If you like the top down shooters, some RPG elements, and devs that care, buy this now. GREAT couch coop, becoming better than helldivers.

nice array of weapons and decent variety of different monsters to shoot, blow up and set on fire yet a certain "something" is missing as i kill monsters in this game. the cathartic "feedback" feeling of shooting monsters is severely lacking in this game and just made it boring and unsatisfying overall. it would probably be alleviated if it had online coop but that is a moot point since the game did not get enough financial backing for that feature. i rather give the game a middle thumb but i cannot... get it if goes under 10 but right now it does not feel like it was worth 20 bucks. Hell, The Red Solstice is a better game all around and i got that game before early access really caught on on steam...

This is a game I really wanted to love. The genre of high quality top-down shooters is underserved, and when I saw this I picked it up immediately. Unfortunately, while the gameplay is decent, the game doesn't seem finished and I ran into numerous bugs (not the kind you shoot!) and technical problems that ultimately made the experience frustrating. First, the good parts: The core gameplay is solid - shooting and melee are satisfying, if a bit clunky, and there are enough enemy types to keep things interesting. The use of the drone is pretty cool but takes some experimentation to figure out (the game is short on explanation). Resources are limited, so you have to weigh your options carefully. "Do I shoot this group or use a grenade or bash through them to save ammo?" Enemies usually just keep coming (the spawn mechanics are a bit hard to understand), so you either keep moving or spend a lot of time bashing/wasting ammo. The guns are fun though, and theres enough variety to let you expe...

Fun game, but pitifully short in content, i only managed to get 10 hours from the campaign after replaying it 3 times with slightly different classes used

Was looking for an alternative to Helldivers and didn't pay attention that no online coop was present. Nevertheless, SC: MIA is a really good twinstick shooter. The story is simple but the small cutscenes are funny and well realized. The amount of weapon and abilites is great and can prepare different strategies and way to play it. The survival on the other end, is for now some kind of buggy if you're not following the order in the right way, but so far quite good, even with the lack of ammo available, you have to handle your abilities properly. I'll play again, have to try the other classes and then wait for SC: Survivors with online coop ... The devs are still active and available via their Discord servers, which is also pretty cool.

Better game than i was expected. (Definitely better than my neighbours Red Solstice) This is game with solid foundation and diferent mechanics that stand different than ''just another twin stick shooter'') Pro : +Threat management in this game is one of a kind ; its the mechanics that set it apart from another twin stick shooter, +Good graphics because this is unreal4 so it just make sense.. +Good amount of level and length. +Screwing around with variety of buildable trap is fun just be carefull not to overextend. Cons : -Everytime you starting a level it always began with small amount of ammo ; all of your previous ammo and powerups are gone. The amount is too small so you have to resort in your drone scout mode(potentially summon two big baddies with tonnes of health) -Dont rely on checkpoint : if you died and respawn at checkpoint all of your weapon progress is gone and unsaved. Treat it like a bit- roguelike just startover the level. -Backtracking certain objectives is a pain in t...

I was looking forward for this game, but it was a huge disapointment. The leveling system and controls (although it could use some improvement, no matter what i choose the character doesn't look in the direction where the mouse is, just when shooting or aiming) are good. But the gameplay is hectic at best. The infinite spawning, fast enemies make it feel like it wants to be a bullet hell, but the finite ammo wants to be a survival game, and the no-map (there is no minimap or map at all) points to exploration, and this is why it fails at every ascpect. At one point the enemy horde wave made me so frustrated and angry I just Alt+F4-d out. And there is no online co-op, like in the predecessor, and even if you play co-op it is 2 player only and on the same screen. I was realy hoping that this would be a good top-down shooter (and not a bullet hell, but the same survival tactics as in The Red Solstice, but with twin stick controls), but it is not, and at this development state I cannot rec...

DON'T GET THIS GAME UNLESS ITS ON SALE! Otherwise, as much as I wish I could recommend this game, BECAUSE I HAVE HAD FUN, there are still bugs that just simply are unacceptable and really need to be addressed before I can, in good conscious, recommend this game. This game has been out for a long while now, and there are still game breaking bugs. Too many times have I gone through a survival mission, only to encounter something that prevents any more progression forward, and then you're just screwed. If you die in survival without extracting or getting completing all the objectives, you lose all progression. No experience gained, not even partial credit. Nadda. Zippo. So the player is ultimately punished, through both time and effort, for the developers mistakes. This game also really needed to have online co-op play, and it DEFINITELY needed more than two player co-op. My understanding is their next game in the series will have these feature, so honestly, I highly recommend waiting ...