Laserpitium Review (PlayStation 5)

by Jim Smale · Published May 31, 2023 · Updated May 24, 2023

For this Laserpitium Review, we enter the world where it is 2357, and leaders of the galaxy S-08G signed a peace and cooperation treaty. In order to optimize the management of goods, the control of military forces, and the well-being of the population, the computer program EVA was created on the artificial planet HELOS. A few years later, the EVA program’s governance caused social unrest across the galaxy. Military forces, now fully automated, directly attacked any attempt at rebellion.

Laserpitium Review Pros:

Nice graphics.
864.8MB download size.
Platinum trophy.
You get the PlayStation 4 and the PlayStation 5 versions of the game.
Shmup gameplay.
Game settings – lives with shots, lives with bonus, lives with end level, background title, training mode, same ship, weapon starting, infinite lives, and infinite energy.
The auditorium allows you to listen to sound effects and the soundtrack.
Training mode.
Five game difficulties – very easy, easy, normal, hard, and extreme.
Two ways to play the campaign – classic (shorter and progress level by level) and full (longer and you progress every 10 levels).
Local two-player support.
Three ships and three ship color choices.
2D side scroller view.
Enemies can come from any side of the screen.
You can move anywhere on the screen.
Collect colored power-ups for weapons.
First and secondary weapon types.
Items like cups and gems provide bonus scores.
Simple easy-to-learn controls.
Decent soundtrack.
Big boss battles.
After a level, you get to choose from two routes each time.
The opening title screen of a level shows the boss’s weak spot.
Environmental hazards like cave-ins where you need to quickly get past.
Fast respawns.
The levels auto-scroll and all that changes is the pace of the scroll.
Uses 3 hits then you lose a life system.
Earn extra lives from your score.
Arcade presentation.
End of a run breakdown showing score, lives lost, bonus points, Weapons collected, and energy collected.
Local leaderboard showing top scores and the ship used.

Laserpitium Review Cons:

You have to unlock the game setting entries. Simple done on most of them but so simple it’s a case of why bother.
No online Co-op.
You unlock the training mode AFTER finishing the game.
Only local leaderboards.
Cannot rebind controls.
The ship choices are just cosmetic.
The foreground art obscures your view.
No warning on enemies appearing so you get no heads up of direction.
The environmental hazards just happen and you hardly ever have enough time to dodge them.
Difficult but in a cheap way.
No real difference in the weapons.
Enemies all act and look the same.
Doesn’t use a name entry for the leaderboards.

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