Review: Code Shifter (Steam)
Characters from all the iconic Arc System Works franchises, including Guilty Gear, BlazBlue, and the River City series, all meet in a 2D pixel art side-scrolling action game!
Pros:
- 218mb download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Controller support.
- Platformer gameplay.
- 3 save slots.
- Local two players support.
- Heroes-collect them in-game and change to them at will, each has its own unique appearance, move set and even music.
- Sound is a mix of modern and Chiptune.
- Tutorial tips as you play.
- Assist-collect and charge up for an attack you summon.
- Boss battles.
- 2d perspective.
- The game takes place I. A world made of code and you are getting rid of bugs.
- Secret areas.
- Rank has given at the end of the level and give a rank. S rank gives you a new skill to equip.
- Skills-earned in-game and you can choose what to equip. These change the game up like extra health or deal more damage.
- Mini game=Colorful Fighters -supports 4 players and is plays like Super Smash, you use any unlocked character.
- Confliction-self contained little events that happen in a level.
- Excellent mix of retro and modern.
- Gameplay-you plays as a coder in the real world and deal with the office and create programs to enter the code and eliminate the bugs.
- Office-chat with coworkers, continue the story, play the mini-game, options and save.
- 3 difficulties with unlock-normal/hard/very hard.
- Unlock EX level variants.
- Unlock new costumes.
- Can replay levels.
- Constant save points.
- Each hero has an elemental effect like lightning, water, fire.
- Fighting-attacks, air attacks, and ground attack.
- Fun to play.
Cons:
- The office area is a nightmare to navigate and interact with.
- Hit detection is not very good.
- Difficulty spikes.
- It takes a while to get going.
- Jump feels like it has a delay.
- Have to pause constantly just to find out what your assist move is/does.
- Tough to get S rank.
