Yay! I have yet to receive one (though I only play a couple of matches every other night or so).
I find the game enjoyable in short bursts of 2-3 matches.
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Yay! I have yet to receive one (though I only play a couple of matches every other night or so).
I find the game enjoyable in short bursts of 2-3 matches.
Sweet! Looking forward to getting one soon. Then I just need to find four other people and figure out a time. I can't remember the last time I scheduled something gaming related...
Hey there!
So are there any plans for allowing squads between PC and PS4? All my mates have it on console so trying to get a game with them at the moment is a lottery of joining and leaving games at the same time.
Seems that way. Such a shame too, Seems like a really fun and polished game.
Yeh it's a shame cause it wasnt a bad game at all.
Ah well, time to delete from my ps4 then :/
It could have been good. I like the game in theory but it has issues:
The game never really shows you how to play. In a nutshell, its shmup domination: the game. It doesn't take too long to figure this out, but being a ps plus freebie, new players dont necessarily care to learn the game themselves. They are just here because free and looking for instant gratification. So they come in, fly around aimlessly, shoot whatever, and eventually leave and probably dont come back. Not nearly enough structure to get people to stick around, unless you generally like shooters.
The game, being essentially domination, requires a lot of team work and communication. However nobody ever has mics. Usually the best you can get is someone marking a base to attack but there is no guarantee anyone will go there.
Add in the base build up mechanic and you got two types of players: attackers and collectors. With communication lacking, its not hard to see how this presents major issues. Its a delicate balance between attackers and collectors/base builders. Too much of either and you will get destroyed by an opponent that has a clue.
So most matches just end up with people doing their own thing. In domination modes this is obviously not ideal...which is a major problem because this game doesn't have any other modes.
And about that...why are there no other modes? There is no single player, no deathmatch, no team deathmatch. Just domination. Now that the community seems to have moved on, we are left with a game that will probably be unplayable sooner rather than later as it is online only.
Due to the ship upgrade mechanic, the game heavily favors long time players making it even more noob unfriendly than it already is.
The dlc is too expensive. 5 bucks for three new ships. I decided to pass as im sure many did, and in turn the player base likely dropped from an already small number.
Escape Run is still far too rare. Absolutely pointless and is not adding to the game at all. I only got this once and I think im level 20.
The idea of online only multiplayer shmup is an intriguing one and definitely has potential. However its just not executed well here.
Doctor_Thomas
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I was really just hoping for a more standard shmup, but it was not to be.
Loaded it up once, realised it was online and immediately stopped caring.
Loaded it up once, realised it was online and immediately stopped caring.