After Wave Downfall Review (Xbox Series S)
For this, After Wave Downfall Review we play an arcade shooter where the player battles against monsters, and completes various missions with a cool battleship. Deathrix invaded the world and released a mysterious meteorite causing a great flood. Players can upgrade their ships for better performance to fight the most brutal enemies.
After Wave Downfall Review Pros:
- Nice graphics.
- 624.6MB download size.
- 1000 Gamerscore.
- Shmup gameplay.
- Opening tutorial.
- The game plays out on a river bed and enemies come onto the screen and you shoot them.
- Combo counter.
- Pick up power for your big bomb attack, skill attacks recharge over time.
- Big boss battles.
- The collection menu will show all encountered enemies and locations.
- Local leaderboards.
- Single player and Co-op modes. (local)
- Story mode supports Co-op.
- Four game modes – Story, arcade, practice, and extra mode.
- Three difficulties.
- Stars will drop from enemies and these add to your score.
- The game is very much a run-based game, one life and that’s it but you can just reload your save.
- You can see your health in your ship/character.
- Unlock new characters.
- Resources can be earned in-game and then spent at the end of a level.
- Upgrade your stats and abilities.
After Wave Downfall Review Cons:
- Cannot rebind controls.
- No online leaderboards.
- Co-op is local only.
- No health pick-ups, well there are but they are so far apart it’s almost nonexistent.
- The levels are very long.
- Repetitive.
- The camera goes all over the place.
- Hard to see enemy projectiles.
- Not sure why they did the whole one life thing.
- Small play area.
- Feels basic.
- You have to unlock the difficulties.
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After Wave Downfall:
Developer: 7 Raven studios
Publisher: 7 Raven studios
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- Graphics - 7/107/10
- Sound - 6/106/10
- Accessibility - 7/107/10
- Length - 7/107/10
- Fun Factor - 7/107/10
Summary
After wave Downfall is a Shmup that plays on a river, enemies can come in from all angles and you collect stars to score points and power cells to recharge your special attack. That is it in a nutshell and it sounds plain and to be honest, it is very plain, there is nothing new or unique in the shooter, I had a lot of frustration with it as the play area you have is small, the enemy projectiles are not clear and easily blend into the background, power-ups are not fantastic, unlocking new characters takes ages and overall it’s more frustrating than satisfying. I just couldn’t get into it, the levels were too long for a quick session, the gameplay was flat and unappealing and I gave up on collecting stars after the first level because who cares about my score? After Wave Downfall started off OK, it soon grew too frustrating and slow.
