Spaceship Looter
- March 29, 2017
- Luxorix
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Reviews
- The game features beautiful graphics and a unique art style that many players appreciate.
- It offers a challenging experience that rewards perseverance and skill development.
- The developer provides excellent customer support, actively addressing player concerns and improving the game.
- The game suffers from a lack of content, including limited weapon variety and repetitive gameplay.
- Controls can be unresponsive and difficult to manage, especially with gamepad configurations.
- Many players find the difficulty curve frustrating, with early levels being disproportionately hard and little sense of progression.
- gameplay28 mentions
- 43 % positive mentions
- 43 % neutral mentions
- 14 % negative mentions
The gameplay has received mixed reviews, with many players finding the character mechanics and upgrades to be underwhelming and lacking impact, even at maximum levels. While the game features enjoyable elements like environmental damage and intuitive controls, it is often compared unfavorably to more engaging titles in the rogue-like shooter genre, leading to a perception of mediocrity in its overall mechanics and playstyle. Despite some fun moments, the gameplay is generally seen as lacking depth and innovation.
“On a bright side, the game can offer you a few fun mechanics (like different types of environmental damage), simple and intuitive controls, awesome pixel art, and nice level design.”
“I liked the gameplay, plot, and music of this game.”
“Gameplay is fun for a while.”
“The mechanics of the game, however, are just not interesting.”
“Nearly all of the fundamental mechanics are done in a way that is just poorly thought out and not intriguing in any way to interact with.”
“- bad controller mechanics”
- graphics10 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 40 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The graphics of the game are widely praised for their beautiful and clean art style, with many players appreciating the crisp visuals that enhance gameplay clarity. However, opinions on the art style are subjective, as not everyone may resonate with it. Overall, while the graphics are a strong point, some players feel the gameplay lacks depth compared to similar titles.
“It has beautiful graphics in my eyes, not everyone is a fan of that kind of art style, but it looks really good!”
“The graphics of Spaceship Looter are clean, crisp, and not once are you left wondering what hit you, or if your shot connected with the enemy.”
“- great art style”
- story4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 50 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The story of the game is well-received, with players appreciating its engaging plot and the integration of gameplay elements that allow for strategic choices in combat and loadout preparation. The overall experience is enhanced by the accompanying music, contributing to a cohesive narrative atmosphere.
“I liked the gameplay, plot, and music of this game.”
- music4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The music in the game is highly praised, featuring an excellent soundtrack that energizes players for combat, complemented by clear and functional sound effects. Overall, it enhances the gameplay and plot experience.
“The sound effects are functional and clear, while the game also has an excellent soundtrack that gets the blood pumping for the fight ahead.”
- grinding2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Players find the grinding aspect of the game to be time-consuming and tedious, as it requires significant effort to progress through each biome of levels. This slow progression can detract from the overall enjoyment of the game.
“It takes a noticeable amount of time grinding through each biome of levels to reach the next one, making progression slow and even more tedious.”
- character development2 mentions
- 0 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 100 % negative mentions
Character development in the game has been criticized for being lackluster, with players noting that the designs are simplistic and unappealing, resembling mere squares. Additionally, the overall experience is described as glitchy and repetitive, detracting from any potential growth or depth in the characters.
“Glitchy, not fun, gets really repetitive, character designs are awful, literally just squares.”
