Irradiant
- March 31, 2023
- Ev
- 11h median play time
Get on SteamSilence the shrine. Irradiant is a small score-attack action game by a solo developer, where you're faced with destroying mischievous spirits bewitching a shrine as fast as possible.
PC
Windows
Reviews
- The game features fast and fluid gameplay with nice sprite animations, making it enjoyable to play.
- It offers a challenging experience that encourages players to improve with each run, making it addictive and engaging.
- The combo system adds depth to the gameplay, requiring strategic decision-making and enhancing the overall fun.
- The game suffers from frustrating design choices, such as enemies that can kill players even when stunned and inaccurate hitboxes.
- There are significant input delays that hinder the fast-paced gameplay, leading to frustrating deaths and lost runs.
- Steam achievements are excessively difficult, with many players resorting to cheating to unlock them, which detracts from the overall experience.
- gameplay3 mentions
- 33 % positive mentions
- -33 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by its focus on precise mechanics and split-second decision-making, placing it within the hyper-demonic genre of arcade games. Players experience a steep learning curve, as evidenced by the challenge of facing bosses infrequently and the need to master their patterns despite extensive playtime.
“The game plays totally different from Hyper Demon, obviously, but I'd place it in the hyper-demonic genre of focused arcade games with airtight, deterministic mechanics leading to non black-and-white split-second decisions, comboing, and flow state.”
“Now, I could go on for multiple paragraphs on the small issues I've noticed in the gameplay, but I'll stick to the major ones.”
“...and because despite being top 1 on the leaderboard after 11 hours of gameplay, I barely met the boss 3 times, instantly got wrecked and still have to figure its pattern out.”
“The game plays totally different from Hyper Demon, obviously, but I'd place it in the hyper-demonic genre of focused arcade games with airtight, deterministic mechanics leading to non-black-and-white split-second decisions, comboing, and flow state.”
- emotional1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Players express frustration with the emotional impact of dying without engaging enemies, highlighting a significant issue that detracts from their overall experience in the game. This sense of unfairness contributes to a feeling of disconnection and disappointment.
- music1 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Users appreciate the music in the game, highlighting its suitability for enhancing the gameplay experience, particularly in relation to specific game modes like the "loli score attack."
