Orbital Bullet Review (Nintendo Switch OLED)

by Jim Smale · November 21, 2022

For our Orbital Bullet Review, we play a fast-paced 360° action-platformer with rogue-lite elements, where all actions take place in a circular pattern. Fight your way through a variety of procedural planets and use body modifications, crafting upgrades, and heavy weaponry.

Orbital Bullet Review Pros:

Brilliant pixel art graphics.
1.4GB download size.
Own in-game achievements.
Roguelike shooter gameplay.
Opening and ongoing tutorial.
Can rebind controls.
The game plays out on a circular set of levels with you being able to go up and down levels.
3 save slots.
Levels randomize every run.
Credits can be collected and spent at ships during a run.
Enemy health bars show.
Handy jump-to-next-level button prompts can appear and be used.
Perks are run-based only.
EXP bar shows.
Level up and get a skill point to put in the upgrade station upgrade tree.
You build the skill tree by selecting one of the two options available to you.
Gun drops will pop up stats and show green and red stats.
Boss battle encounters.
After beating a boss you can pick the next planet.
Excellent soundtrack.
Simple enough controls with a handy dodge and double jump arsenal.
You can carry two weapons and instantly swap between them.
Handy heal stations.
Very addictive.
Strong platforming game.
Random scenarios can happen like finishing a level within a time limit or hidden locked chests.
Overall huge skill tree that is used to unlock permanent unlocks by you putting the blue credits into them.
Combo counter.
Upgrade weapons to have them randomly spawn at that upgrade level.
Blueprints unlock new weapons and items.
A lot of things are going on and it’s such a deep game.