Cygni: All Guns Blazing
- December 31, 2023
- KeelWorks
CYGNI: All Guns Blazing absolutely nailed it. It succeeds spectacularly in its mission to modernize the shoot 'em up genre and once again made me truly enjoy an arcade shoot 'em up game.
Get on Xbox Games StoreIt's a twin-stick vertical scrolling Shooter hybrid with a cinematic flare: An unrelenting onslaught of eye-popping visuals, ear bursting soundscapes and mind-melting action makes Cygni the vanguard for the next generation of shoot-em ups.
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Critic Reviews
Cygni: All Guns Blazing Review
KeelWorks did a great job bringing vertical-scrolling shmups up to speed with modern trends. Despite its pacing issues and overall visual clutter, Cygni delivers an intense shoot-'em-up experience.
80%CYGNI: All Guns Blazing Review - An Arcade Shooter In Cinematic Clothing
CYGNI: All Guns Blazing is an uneven experience that features great shoot-em-up elements wrapped in a bizarre cinematic focus that only seems to take away more than it gives. Particle effects can be disorienting and the story feels only partially realised. In the pursuit of cinematic excitement, it feels like the base experience has been compromised and damaged with a lack of focus across the board. If this was just a top-down shoot-em-up, I'd be far more positive here. If you can stick with it, you might find an enjoyable arcade-adjacent experience with cutting-edge presentation. Otherwise, maybe not.
55%CYGNI: All Guns Blazing Review
Cygni: All Guns Blazing is an old-school shmup in modern clothing, offering the same sort of immediate arcade fun as its genre stablemates, but with a cinematic (albeit slightly perfunctory) story and some neat high-res graphics.
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