Over Horizon X Steel Empire Review (PlayStation 4)
Over Horizon X Steel Empire Review, Play the original Steel Empire emulated on your modern consoles! And, as a bonus, we’ve included Over Horizon in this shooter bundle, Developed by HOT-B, the previously PAL territories exclusive and Japanese-only Over Horizon is seen as a spiritual successor to Steel Empire. This underrated classic has been called one of the best 8-bit shoot ’em ups on the NES, and finally, it arrives right at your doorstep.
Over Horizon X Steel Empire Review Pros:
- Awesome 16-bit graphics.
- 85.20MB Download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Works on Playstation 5.
- Graphics settings – display, color, shader style, and scale filter.
- Five game versions in one – Over Horizon, The Steel Empire (MD), Steel Empire (GBA), The Steel Empire (MD JP), and Steel Empire (GBA JP).
- Can remap the controls.
- Steel Empire has four difficulties- Easy, Normal, Hard, and difficult.
- Each game has its own set of unique cheats which can be turned on and off individually.
- Secret or unreleased parts of the game are included like in Over Horizon playing as a samurai instead of a ship!
- Save and loadstar support.
- Full stats section.
- Simple controls for both games.
- A great collection for retrogamers and Shmup enthusiasts alike.
- Solid action.
- SHMUP gameplay.
- Fantastic animations.
- The GBA games have a Pixel persistence option that is basically Temporal anti-aliasing.
- A great little package of some solid Shmup games and the other versions you may not have seen before.
- Each game has its own set of wallpaper options.
- A wide variety of enemies and bosses.
- Each game version has two modes – a Standard and a challenge mode which affects what if any cheats and new features can be used.
- Handy game rewind button.
- In Over Horizon, you can edit your weapons.
- Both games are 2D side-scroller Shmups.
- A true nostalgia piece.
Over Horizon X Steel Empire Review Cons:
- There are no history or museum-like entries to add more to the package and help explain the history of the games.
- Not a lot of wallpaper choices.
- Music is not that great as it tends to all sound the same.
- The gameplay is very flat in Steel Empire.
- Five game versions and four of them are the same game.
- Little replayability.
- No game manuals.
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Over Horizon X Steel Empire:
Developer: InIn Gems
Publisher: Ratilikala Games
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