Review: Earth Atlantis (Steam)
Earth Atlantis is a side-scrolling shooter with an original “Monster-Hunting” gameplay. Search and hunt down dreadful sea monsters and explore the post-apocalyptic underwater world.
Pros:
- Gorgeous Victorian drawing graphics.
- 513MB Download size.
- How to play section.
- Steam achievements.
- Best records- Separate quest and hunter mode tables.
- Three difficulties- Easy, Normal and hard.
- Controller support.
- Four ships- Each unique stats and shot style.
- 2D shmup gameplay.
- 3D feeling thanks to the animated detailed backgrounds.
- One life, Not roguelike as you can start from checkpoints and don’t lose progress.
- Power-ups and drops come from defeated enemies and boxes. You upgrade your guns to increase fire rate and spread.
- Health pickups.
- Checkpoints.
- Pick up and play due to easy controls and simple gameplay.
- Nice aquatic soundtrack.
- Minimap can be turned on and off. Shows boss locations and pickups.
- Speedrun mentality.
- Defeat a boss to expand the world.
- Multiple routes and hidden areas.
- Has a boss rush kind of feel, It’s so important to kill bosses that the smaller enemies only really serve you as a way to upgrade weapons and get healthy.
- Clever level design.
- Bosses are very cool and each one is unique and huge!
- 41 targets in total.
Cons:
- No online leaderboards.
- Screen tearing and a constant slowdown in built up action.
- The map is not very clear or easy to read.
- Can be hard to see where to go or which parts of the structures you can pass through.
- Drops are random so RNG can be harsh.
- Enemies just keep spawning and when you get a tight level it can be really tough.
- Bosses are a clear difficulty spike.
- A slow starter, Building guns up and adding new attacks is slow.
- Hard to see enemies on the walls and floor.
- Music does begin to drone on.
