Aternia: Revenge

Woo, finished it after farming for the monies (being able to go back to past levels for this purpose would be nice). I had to use "Give Up" a lot to make this quicker, and I noticed that it was a bit slowly loading. Ending was a bit underwhelming - didn't the music stop or something? Some epic music and a little bit beyond "Victory!" would have been nice. Overall, though, I really liked it, as you can tell by my other comments. 4/5 and favorited. Thanks, and Godspeed.

Having regeneration (ability juice and health) as an upgrade would be nice - love me some regen. Oh, and PLEASE make the final boss (presumably final...The one whose health refills) drop bonuses. X-D It's ragequit inducing right now, because I can't farm money (well, you can, but it'd take forever) to get the last upgrade (pew pew pew - yeah, the laser). All for now. Digging the game. Give it some tweaks and it'll really be a winner.

It kinda freezes at the end of boss levels (they're a little easy, but not bad - like the music shift), and on the first level of new acts (even when you lose and have to restart, evidently), showing the Hangar - Retry screen. Love "P" for "Pause." Could also use "M" for "Mute" (not that I want to, but it's nice to have). I noticed that the later levels (all after the first act) are sometimes (always?) a bit short. Story is basic, but makes me want to finish the game, so it's a winner. Thanks for including one. Bonuses are great, but it'd be nice if they had maybe a little more variety (it's not bad, though; maybe a bullet bounce shield?), and could be upgraded (in rate of occurrence, length, and strength). Your survival is literally, at least in my case, predicated upon them, which could be kind of a bad thing, as the right bonus appearing can be all that keeps you from dying. (same)

I really like what you have so far (playing on "Normal"). Graphics, though undoubtedly considered "outdated", are cool. I dig 'em. Gameplay is pretty nice, though a bit monotonous. Music is the same way. Difficulty curve seemed well done until act two, level seven (which randomly got easy...Freaky. The only thing I did was change my ability to "Heal"). Special ability weapons are very weak, in my opinion (including the last one; there aren't enough enemies on the screen at one time for it to be that useful, and it's very short). When you continue your game, it sets your equipment back to basic, and you have to rechoose (not rebuy) them. (Continued in next post)

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If the game collects positive feedback then next chapter will be released soon, with improved gameplay and programming.