Brother Wings

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Brother Wings is a single player action game. It was developed by Brogames and was released on January 10, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

"Brother Wing's" is a 2D sidescrolling shoot-em-up game set in a world of ancient Chinese mythology. The player controls two brothers with different abilities, swapping between them to overcome various enemies and bosses. With beautiful pixel art and fast-paced action, players must master the unique mechanics of the game to complete the challenging levels.

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61%

Audience ScoreBased on 56 reviews

graphics4 positive mentions

music6 negative mentions

The game is easy to achieve 100% completion, making it appealing for achievement hunters.
It has a decent soundtrack that some players enjoy, despite being repetitive.
The game can provide a simple and casual gaming experience for those looking for something light-hearted.

The game suffers from a lack of variety in enemies, upgrades, and overall gameplay, making it feel repetitive and uninspired.
Technical issues such as broken leaderboards and unresponsive game modes detract from the overall experience.
The visuals and animations are poorly executed, leading to a lack of engagement and enjoyment.

graphics
14 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics of the game are criticized for relying on outdated retro pixel art, lacking customization options and resolution settings, which contributes to a low-quality visual experience. While some aspects of the art style are appreciated, particularly the aesthetic, the overall execution is deemed basic and uninspired, with specific complaints about the design of the player ship. Despite the game's enjoyable mechanics, the visuals do not elevate the experience beyond a simplistic, easily replicable design.
- “The art style is nice, although the player ship looks terrible, resembling a low poly render of a wonky MS Paint jet fighter with two swiveling turrets that seem to float in front of the wings.”
- “The visuals and user interface are appealing.”
- “It's just aesthetic, and both ships function the same way.”
- “A choice was made to use obsolete, decades-old retro pixel 'art' as a substitute for contemporary PC graphics.”
- “There's no options to change the resolution for the game or customize the graphics settings.”
- “There's no way for gamers to try to improve the low-quality graphics.”
music
12 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is generally criticized for being basic, repetitive, and uninspired, primarily consisting of a monotonous guitar loop that lacks variety. Players find the audio options limited, as the only choice is to toggle the music on or off, which can be frustrating during gameplay. Overall, while some acknowledge the soundtrack as decent, it fails to enhance the gaming experience and is often deemed poorly fitting for the game's atmosphere.
- “I relaxed for 5 minutes listening to this music, long enough to realize that I would be okay.”
- “Pretty basic shoot 'em up with very little enemy variety and fairly tedious achievements, but hey at least it's cheap and has a decent soundtrack.”
- “If you look at TwinBee, you'd notice they extended the audio to a lot of other stuff other than just providing background music.”
- “Music is really basic and boring, as are all the visuals.”
- “As is to be expected, the music is an annoying repetitive guitar loop, which would be fine except the only option for the audio is music on and off. Every game you play, the music turns back on, so if you want to play with your own music and not just turn your volume all the way down, you better not forget that, especially since there is no way back to the menu once a game starts other than killing yourself, which takes a while since you have a few frames of invulnerability after taking a hit.”
- “Also gets my reward for the worst fitting soundtrack...”
story
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is minimal, primarily revolving around a moral about perseverance and survival against odds. Players are given five lives to destroy as many ships as possible, but there is no significant narrative, level progression, or upgrade mechanics to enhance the experience. Overall, the focus is more on gameplay than on storytelling.
- “Moral of the story: you never know what life has in store for you, and if I had given up when all odds were against me, I wouldn't be where I am today.”
- “Other than this, there's no story, no level progression, no ship upgrade abilities, no weapon upgrade abilities (just the 3 different modes of missiles)... I think I covered it all.”
- “You are given 5 lives and your goal is to survive and destroy as many ships as you can.”
- “There's no story, no level progression, and no meaningful upgrades to engage with.”
monetization
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization strategy of these games is heavily criticized as exploitative, with developers accused of producing low-effort, asset-flipped titles that rely on pre-made templates and tutorials. This approach is seen as a cash grab, contributing to a perception of the games as shovelware rather than original or quality content.
- “These guys do nothing but copy premade game templates and game tutorials, fill out a few things/stamp out basic levels using the construction kit templates, slap on an asset flipped set of sprites/assets, and dump them on Steam and into cheap nasty shovelware game bundles as cash grabs.”
- “Trying to get paid for someone else's game templates and assets... at best, this is shovelware; at worst, it's a scam/cash grab.”
- “Gamemaker Studio is most commonly used to make retro pixel shovelware and cash grabs.”
grinding
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be tedious due to a lack of enemy variety and repetitive achievements, although some appreciate its affordability and decent soundtrack.
- “Pretty basic shoot 'em up with very little enemy variety and fairly tedious achievements, but hey, at least it's cheap and has a decent soundtrack.”
gameplay
2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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Players appreciate the recent updates to the gameplay in "Brother Wings," noting the developer's commitment to enhancing the player experience. The modifications have been positively received, reinforcing the game's dedication to its community.
- “During the last updates, the game has modified its gameplay, reaffirming what I said earlier: the developer really is dedicated to the players of Brother Wings.”