Review: Solar Shifter EX (Xbox One)

Warp into action with Solar Shifter EX. Man your ship and dive into fierce combat situations in space and over beautiful and distant planet surfaces. Solar Shifter EX is a sci-fi shoot ’em up with the unique ability to ‘shift’.

Pros:

• Graphics are decent, High level of detail and ships look really good along with the explosions and level.
• Bullet hell shmup gameplay.
• Shift: Ability to shift around the screen to avoid fire and of course attack from different angles.
• Collect credits from enemies destroyed.
• Hangar: Your hub where you can buy and upgrade new guns and abilities.
• Checkpoints are scattered through the levels.
• Plenty of scren filling boss fights.
• Delete all progress option.
• 1000 Gamerscore.
• Fast frantic gameplay.
• Tutorial through out.
• Tight controls.
• Very accessible to new players.

Cons:

• Restart level is slow as it has to reload the whole level.
• The starting area is surprisingly difficult compared to the rest of the game.
• Your ship is really weak and you can take hardly any damage.
• Tutorial is not the most helpful.
• Checkpoints are far apart so expect a lot of replaying sections.
• Frustrating game to play especially as fights are happening verywhere and you are never quite sure who is eligible to be shot or who is just there for show.
• Shooting seems a bit off as sometimes your shooting straight, Next minute its angled.
• No controller layout to check buttons.
• No scores or leaderboards.
• Lacks any replayability.