Minishoot’ Adventures Review (Steam)

Rating: 7.4
Author: Jim Smale

by Jim Smale · April 10, 2024

Minishoot’ Adventures Review, Fly into a charming handcrafted world and go on an adventure that mixes up open exploration with crispy twin-stick shooter action. Fight your way from the shiny overworld to the deepest caves, improve your ship, and overcome the dungeons’ bosses to rescue your friends!

Minishoot’ Adventures Review Pros:

Beautiful cartoon graphics.
1.5GB Download size.
Steam achievements.
Full controller support and you set the buttons shown – xbox one, 360, PS4, PS5, and PS3.
Graphics settings – fullscreen, resolution, v-sync, limit fps, lens distortion, screen flashes, and screen shake.
Can remap controls for both the controller and the keyboard.
Aiming mode options – manual, assisted, and automatic.
Three game difficulties – Explorer, original, and advanced.
Accessibility options – game speed slider, invincibility, and infinite energy.
Clear easy to use menu system.
Four save slots.
Cool hand drawn art cutscenes.
Top down shooter adventure gameplay.
Cutesy game world and atmosphere.
Tutorial pop ups as you play.
Collect gems from the game world and enemies which fills your crystal and levels you up.
Levelling up gives you a crystal and you spend them on upgrades and abilities on your ship skill tree.
Health bar system with enemies dropping hearts.
Areas can get locked and you take on waves of enemies etc or deal with bigger enemies.
Even when using automatic shooting you can still manually over rude it at anytime and it will kick back in after you stop.
Collect heart fragments to complete a heart and increase your health bar.
Gems are automatically collected.
The game offers bullet hell segments and puzzles throughout.
A very bright colourful game world.
You do get the sense of adventure and can go off on your own at times.
Strong Metroidvania aspects throughout with parts of the world unaccessible until you get new abilities.
Find and take on dungeons.
Very addictive game due to the smooth controls and simplified gameplay loop.
Unlock the map and then it fills in and uncovers as you play and explore the world.
Excellent level design.
The dungeons are self contained and have many layers to them.
You can get all your crystals back and red allocate them on your skill tree.
The goal of the game is to get four skulls to open the doorway.
Secret areas to find.
You have a min hub part of the map where you can rescue other ships and they appear here and offer upgrades, or they may fill in the map with points of interest etc.
When you lose all your hearts you respawn back in the hub place.
Find shops to buy upgrades.
Big red crystals drop from bigger enemies and these are used in shops and at the ship in your hub for upgraded weapons.

Minishoot’ Adventures Review Cons:

Cannot skip all the cutscenes.
Twin stick manual shooting is not as tight as you would like making assisted or automatic the default choices.
The game takes a long time to show its intentions and what you are doing.
Hitting any water instantly has you respawning.
Never sure when your dash is refuelled.
Communication is the games biggest niggles, you get new abilities and no description on them etc.
Returning to the game is not great as you always respawn back in the hub and you have to remember what and where you were going.
You go back and forth a lot, no fast travel means a death can have you going over the same area alot.

Minishoot’ Adventures:

Official website.

Developer: SoulGame Studio – Official Website

Publisher: SoulGame Studio – Official Website

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Steam

7/10
Graphics - 7/10
7/10
Sound - 7/10
8/10
Accessibility - 8/10
7/10
Length - 7/10
8/10
Fun Factor - 8/10

7.4/10

Summary

Minishoot Adventures is a top-down shooter adventure game that offers a vibrant and cutesy game world. The game stands out with its beautiful cartoon graphics and cool hand-drawn art cutscenes. It has a 1.5GB download size and comes with Steam achievements.

The game provides full controller support with customizable buttons for Xbox One, 360, PS4, PS5, and PS3. Both the controller and the keyboard controls can be remapped according to the player’s preference. The game also offers three aiming mode options – manual, assisted, and automatic.

There are three game difficulties – Explorer, original, and advanced. The game also provides accessibility options such as a game speed slider, invincibility, and infinite energy. The menu system is clear and easy to use, and there are four save slots available.

The gameplay involves collecting gems from the game world and enemies, which fill your crystal and level you up. Leveling up rewards you with a crystal that you can spend on upgrades and abilities on your ship skill tree. The game offers bullet hell segments and puzzles throughout and has strong Metroidvania aspects with parts of the world inaccessible until you get new abilities.

The goal of the game is to get four skulls to open the doorway. There are secret areas to find and dungeons to take on. The dungeons are self-contained and have many layers to them. You can get all your crystals back and reallocate them on your skill tree.

However, the game has some drawbacks. The twin-stick manual shooting is not as tight as you would like, making assisted or automatic the default choices. The game takes a long time to show its intentions and what you are doing. Hitting any water instantly has you respawning. The game’s biggest niggles are communication, as you get new abilities with no description, and returning to the game is not great as you always respawn back in the hub and you have to remember what and where you were going. There is no fast travel, which means a death can have you going over the same area a lot. Despite these, Minishoot Adventures is a very addictive game due to the smooth controls and simplified gameplay loop.