Project Starship X Review (PlayStation 4)
The Rogue-Lite shooter where you CRASH-KILL comical abominations! Pilot your spaceship as Swagthulhu in this original and wacky “Lovecraftian Parody”!
Pros:
- Excellent pixel art graphics.
- 505.1MB download size.
- Platinum trophy.
- Works on Playstation 5.
- Shmup gameplay.
- Tutorial-text based.
- Online leaderboards.
- Bouncy hypnotic Chiptune soundtrack.
- Video settings- night filter and TV effects.
- Two-player local co-op mode.
- Two initial characters-Garret (tank-like with set stats) and Gwen (agile but gets random stats every run). Unlock two new characters.
- Hud shows an animated profile pic of your character and changes as you take damage, lives, and if X maneuver is available.
- Big boss battles.
- X maneuver-allows you to pass through projectiles and obstacles unscathed. Works on a cooldown system.
- Roguelike in the way it generates a new route every game.
- You move slowly when shooting.
- A lot of story and humor thrown at you.
- Combo counter
- Really good flashy pop-ups of characters and pickups.
- Shields can be restored with pickups.
- Puts a spin on the genre by mixing it up with a rolling platform styled jumping game with Shmup mechanics.
- Coins drop and appear in levels.
- Shop-buy power-ups and shields from the shop that will randomly appear.
- Levels can have unique features like the sun will kill you but can also drag you sideways or you can drop into a bigger ship and use it.
- Decent loading times.
- Dash points that can be used without using up your X maneuver.
- A lot of bullet hell elements.
- Levels can have multiple routes on screen.
- Satisfying shooter.
- Hypnotic and addictive.
- Easy Platinum if a bit time-consuming.
Cons:
- No way to tone down a lot of the flashy effects overall as the one available is not that specific.
- Only one control layout.
- Levels repeat themselves a lot.
- A lot to take in.
- Having just text for tutorials doesn’t work that well in a game like this.
- Slight learning curve.
- You slow down when shooting.
- Only one game mode.
- No difficulties.
