Escape From Terror City Review (PlayStation 5)
For this Escape From Terror City Review, we play a third-person shooter inspired by run-and-gun classics but flipping the perspective behind the hero, all presented in retro low-poly graphics! Blast through enemy soldiers, mechs, and tanks in arcade-style action mixed with 3D bullet hell elements! Move your target reticle around the screen like a light shooter as you dodge projectiles and shockwaves! Can you survive and help save the city?
Escape From Terror City Review Pros:
- Nice low poly pixel art graphics.
- 177.6MB download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
- Shooter gameplay.
- Sensitivity slider for aiming.
- When in a shoot-out section you get locked in a space and must destroy everyone in order to move on.
- Simple controls, left trigger jump, right trigger shoot, and movement.
- Boss encounters complete with a health bar.
- You have a health bar and enemies can drop health.
- Checkpoints throughout.
- Platforming sections.
- The left stick is movement and the right stick is aiming your gun.
- Infinite lives.
- Some cool-level locations.
- Five stages to unlock.
- Unlock and play the hard mode of the game.
- Easy trophy list.
Escape From Terror City Review Cons:
- No tutorials.
- The aiming is sluggish and clunky.
- Timing and aiming jumps are awkward due to the fixed camera angles.
- You never pick up new weapons.
- Health drops are sparse.
- Cannot rebind controls.
- Boss battles are in cramped spaces.
- Just feels like they have chucked loads of enemies in for no other reason than to try and make the game last longer.
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Escape From Terror City:
Developer: Renegade Sector Games
Publisher: Eastasiasoft
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- Graphics - 7/107/10
- Sound - 6/106/10
- Accessibility - 6/106/10
- Length - 6/106/10
- Fun Factor - 7/107/10
Summary
Escape from Terror City is a shooter game with nice low poly pixel art graphics and a download size of 177.6MB. It has simple controls, with a left trigger for jumping and, a right trigger for shoot, and movement. The game has boss encounters, checkpoints throughout, and platforming sections. The left stick is used for movement and the right stick is used for aiming your gun.
The gameplay can be challenging, with shoot-out sections where you get locked in a space and must destroy everyone in order to move on. However, the aiming is sluggish and clunky, and timing and aiming jumps are awkward due to the fixed camera angles. Health drops are sparse and you never pick up new weapons.
Overall, Escape from Terror City has some cool-level locations and five stages to unlock. It offers an easy trophy list and the option to unlock and play the hard mode of the game. However, the controls cannot be rebound and the boss battles are in cramped spaces and not fun.
