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Physical Layer

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66%Game Brain Score
gameplay, music
story, graphics
100% User Score Based on 17 reviews

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Physical Layer is a single player action game. It was developed by RaStar Studio and was released on March 15, 2023. It received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players.

Agent, we have an emergency. The enemy has activated the launch codes for a massive EMP weapon. Your orders are to gather the abort codes that are scattered throughout each of the enemy’s bases. This will be a solo infiltration mission. Good luck. Battle it out as a special agent disguised as a high school girl in this top-down shooter. A variety of terrain types and enemies await you in each sta…

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100%
Audience ScoreBased on 17 reviews
gameplay5 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions
  • The game features fun and unique mechanics, such as the ability to reverse bullets and use environmental objects strategically.
  • It has a cute and stylish presentation with adorable character designs and a clean user interface.
  • The difficulty curve is well-balanced, making it accessible for newcomers while still providing a challenge for experienced players.
  • The game is relatively short, with most content being completed in around 4 hours.
  • Some gameplay elements, like enemy targeting and the physical push mechanic, could use improvements for better responsiveness.
  • The plot is minimal and lacks depth, which may leave players wanting more narrative closure.
  • gameplay
    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The gameplay is engaging and enjoyable, featuring fun gunplay and unique mechanics like a slide dash, physical push, and reverse polarity, reminiscent of Ikaruga. Players appreciate the variety of enemies and bosses, though some minor balancing issues exist. Overall, it offers a thrilling experience, especially for those new to bullet hell games, with satisfying interactions and environmental manipulation.

    • “Fun gunplay with some unique mechanics I've never seen in a video game before.”
    • “You'll face a wide variety of enemies and bosses, but you have access to three abilities: a slide dash for dodging, a physical push that lets you push boxes around, and most importantly, a reverse polarity mechanic (a la Ikaruga).”
    • “The gameplay is very thrilling once you get accustomed to utilizing special powers while shooting and dodging.”
  • story
    4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The story is generally viewed as a standard action plot, lacking depth and complexity, primarily serving as a backdrop for gameplay. Players must collect six abort codes throughout the chapters, which adds a mission-driven structure to the experience, while the ability to unlock various weapons introduces some variety in gameplay.

    • “Oh, and the plot is just there, which is par for the course in typical action plots.”
    • “You must acquire six abort codes across each chapter to complete your mission.”
    • “Along with those special powers, you can also unlock 12 weapons after several missions which adds variety to the way you tackle different situations.”
  • graphics
    3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game features cute and stylish graphics that are visually appealing, though players may need to adjust the settings to medium quality to achieve a smooth 60 fps on lower-end hardware.

    • “This game has cute and stylish graphics.”
    • “I could run this on my laptop at 60 fps assuming I turn down the quality of the graphics in the settings to medium.”
  • replayability
    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The game offers good replayability through its various difficulty levels, which not only challenge players but also reward them with unlockable costumes for their characters. This encourages players to revisit the game to experience the higher settings.

    • “The difficulty levels add significant replayability to the game.”
    • “The difficulty settings enhance replayability, as the higher levels allow you to unlock costumes for your character, which is always a nice touch.”
    • “The difficulty levels add some replayability to the game.”
    • “The difficulty settings also add replayability since the higher settings allow you to unlock costumes for your character, which is always nice.”
  • music
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    The music is described as neat, complementing the game well, and is enhanced by the main character's cute voice, adding to the overall charm.

    • “The music is neat, and the main character has a cute voice to go along with it.”
  • grinding
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    Players note that grinding is largely unnecessary for most skins, with only one requiring significant effort to obtain.

    • “You'll skip out on grinding for all but one of the skins this way.”
  • stability
    1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative

    While users report no glitches, the game struggles with stability, consistently running below 60 FPS at 1080p on capable hardware like the RX 6750 XT and Ryzen 7600, which is unexpected given its relatively simple graphics.

    • “No glitches, but for a game that is fairly simple in detail, I was surprised at a consistent framerate below 60 at 1080p on an RX 6750 XT and Ryzen 7600.”
    • “No glitches, but for a game that is fairly simple in detail, I was surprised by a consistent framerate below 60 at 1080p on a RX 6750 XT and Ryzen 7600.”
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Physical Layer is a action game.

Physical Layer is available on PC and Windows.

Physical Layer was released on March 15, 2023.

Physical Layer was developed by RaStar Studio.

Physical Layer has received overwhelmingly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its story.

Physical Layer is a single player game.

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