And oh, right, score... Hrm...
4/5. It's alright, but the boss bug shouldn't exist, the Tyrants should have some sort of discernible strategy to getting past them (dodging the blasts at run and jump 5 is damned near impossible. I just 'zerker rushed em), but the game is good, the concept's sound, and if you don't make the sequel you're going to a special circle of hell reserved for cliffhanger ending creators, and people who commit arson.
Agh. Got to 99.5% completion, but couldn't find the last two codex entries. And the game's alright, but there was a SERIOUS bug. Whenever I fought the boss, the text would repeat itself several times, and then I'd fight the boss AGAIN. When I finished, the game would say two days had passed.
And you really need to level up the Relationship, Fortitude, Healing... hell, everything, to face the shadow boss. Again... and again...
(Stupid Character limit)(cont. from last post)
Oh, and the Cormorant being able to do damage to the player regardless of their shield level is B.S. too. (It's just about impossible to take one down before it goes for the first bombing run, BTW)
So, there's my .02$, for what it's worth. (And for the record, I didn't play the game on Easy or Medium, so my complaints may be limited to Hard mode. Regardless, they're still just as valid.)
3/5 for solid gameplay, but STAGGERINGLY bad design choices.
I'll admit, I like the game. I liked it enough to play it through to the end on hard mode, and then just enough to get the badges. But there's something that this game fails to grasp that prevents it from reaching the masses.
That thing is the difficulty. And I'm not talking the difficulty of shooting down the individual enemies, I'm talking the kind of "difficulty" that REQUIRES the player to purchase upgrades to combat it.
The point of the EMP and Nuke upgrades should be that they are a helpful item to have, but not necessary to complete the game. Unfortunately, in Vector Conflict, that is not the case. To stand any sort of chance against the enemies in the later levels, you have to use the purchased weapons.
Not, "it will help you immensely if you use the items," but "If you do not use the items there is no physically possible way you can manipulate this game to shoot down every enemy before they tear your shield apart, followed by your base" (cont. in next post)
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