Rogue Aces Deluxe Review (Steam)

Rogue Aces Deluxe – the definitive 2D aerial combat roguelike. Explosive single player balletic chaos with sophisticated flight controls. With 1-4 player Dogfight Deathmatch modes and unlockable bonus games. Fly with panache and maintain your mustache!

Pros:

• Nice bright cartoon graphics.
• 392MB Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Graphics-fullscreen preferred monitor, blood, resolution, and console text.
• Opening the tutorial section with optional advanced training. Can be replayed in the menu and has a separate entry for each type of in-game action.
• Controller support.
• Can be played with just the keyboard or just a mouse and of course just a controller.
• Edit button layout option.
• A roguelike with you having 3 lives then it’s game over.
• Training ground- Practice area.
• Two pilots- One Male and One female.
• Shoot em up gameplay.
• Upgrades-random drops after a mission usually.
• Campaign- Missions randomize and levels randomize.
• Day/night cycle.
• Earn EXP and level up to unlock a random upgrade chance when starting a new game.
• Clear UI showing fuel, How much fuel needed to get home, Ammo, and score.
• Map and icons on the screen.
• After each mission you Dock back at the ship.
• Multiplayer-2-4 local support. Settings- game mode, add bots, and set the timer.
• Damage- You take damage and go on fire until you eventually crash, Land at your base to repair.
• Has a Luftraser vibe to it all.
• A lot to blow up from enemies to buildings and ammo dumps and boats.
• Landing is done automatically and refuel your plane but also resets your score multiplier. You can manually land by controlling your speed and this will keep your score multiplier.
• Weapons- Cannons, Rockets, and bombs.
• Unlock new game modes by playing the campaign.
• Easy to play.
• Hard to put down.
• Parachute-you can eject at anytime, press B to pull your chute and throw grenades as you control your Descent.
• Plane- press left on the d pad to see plane damage and depending what part is damaged determines what’s knackered so wings mean less control etc.
• Fun.
• Online leaderboards.
• Indicator key-on the pause menu you get an icon breakdown.
• Throttle- If you are feeling more advanced you can control throttle consumption/power with the right stick and run the risk of stalling.
• Take over bases by destroying all enemies present and use it to reload and repair. The enemy can actually take the bases back.
• Three campaign types- Normal, Frontline, and veteran.
• Boss battles.

Cons:

• Slow progress pace.
• No easy way to just keep playing after game over instead you have to go through all the menu buttons.
• Have to unlock modes.
• Little variety.
• Cannot have multiple campaigns even if different campaigns.
• Missions will repeat.
• Multiplayer is local only.