Zenodeath

I can't say the game is bad, but there are so many better shooters that go on sale, I can't recommend this unless someone wants another mediocre shooter that offers nothing innovative or interesting and gets tedious quickly. At least it was just $5+ tax and I've had bad food at restaurants that cost me more money.

Zenodeath is the final game in the Zeno series and the developer's experience shows. High quality indie shmups like this are a real delight! The game includes shmup sections and top down run 'n' gun sections. The game is much longer than average as a result, which can be daunting when doing full runs, but the added variety means it really doesn't feel its length when you're in the moment. As someone who is new to the second type of gameplay I was sceptical, but I'm glad I have it a chance. The scoring system revolves around chaining enemies, collecting medals and strategic use of bombs for big bullet cancels, which is more than enough to keep you on your toes, and to make going after the many point-based extends rewarding. The soundtrack is, as expected, excellent and while the visuals still lack some of the flair of bigger-name releases (more animation in bosses would be the single biggest improvement) the vision of the game is successfully executed, with the story of the invasio...

My favorite STG's that no one knows about. Amazing mix of shmup alternating with run n' gun. The run n' gun sections play like a mix of Fixeight and Contra III (top down). Total play through clocks in @ 1 hr but never outstays its welcome. Normal and Hard difficulties. Excellent medal based scoring system and jamming OST. Online leaderboards included. It's just an all around amazing effort by the devs. 11/10

From the little I've played I can safely say this is the most enjoyable entry on the Zeno series, sure the art direction has never been Grybanser's forte outside of Super XYX, but the visibility issues from the previous entries are almost completely gone, controls are tight, music is good, the on ground levels add a very good amount of variation from the typical shmup action and they reintroduced Jet Buster's scoring which was already really fun. If you want to play a Zeno game definitively skip the other ones and jump directly into this one, it's worth every penny.

Tough shmup with run n gun sections that remind me of thunder force II a tad bit. Lovely game to follow up Super XYX

Outstanding shoot 'em up 10/10

Really cool shmup, probably the best in the Zeno series for sure! I also was pleasantly surprised about the top down ground sections, those were really fun. It should get it's own game. It took a minute to get used to the controls on those but no big deal. Awesome soundtrack, colorful pixel art, 2 difficulty settings, and customizable bullet colors are a huge plus too.

Interesting shmup but not without some flaws. There are 2 kinds of levels, vertical classic shmups and topdown run n gun levels. Both with pros and cons. The music is ok and probablt the best of the series. the controls are precise and spot on. It has modern convinineces like autofire button, focus button and small hitbox. The graphics are below average, but still an improvment over the other games in the series. The excessive color palette and bad drawing affect a bit the bullet visibility and is not suited for long playing sessions (my eyes start to hurt with that brightness). Those issues are most notable in the run n gun levels where is hard to distinguish areas where you can walk from areas of the background making travel worst than it should be. , but eventually you will get used after a few plays. The audio is good. Now about the 2 styles of levels. The vertical shmup is fun. It is a classic shooter of early 90´s with simple but fast bullet patterns.a bit generic, but solid...

Zenodeath is a combination shoot 'em up and top down run 'n gun alternating between the two genres. It does an adequate job with both. Though, I think the shmup is better while the run 'n gun is a tad easier. Zenodeath the shmup is about as basic as the genre gets. Which as someone that likes basic STGs, is no bad thing in itself. The player has the choice of pilot which changes some aspects like shot type. The player has a main shot, and a secondary shot type with slower movement and limited bullet canceling/invisibility frames bombs. I actually like the pace of the this game, as it the bullets are aren't so fast that it's an exercise in memorization of positioning. But not so slow that ones reflexes aren't tested a bit. Many of the enemy attacks are well-trod in the world of shmups. So, if the player has mastered them in other games, it would take long to solve them here either. Which can be an issue, but I personally like having some of my skills transfer well to other ...