Whisker Squadron Survivor Review (Steam)

Whisker Squadron Survivor Review, A smooth roguelike shooter from the creators of RACE THE SUN, featuring a ragtag crew of feline pilots in a dramatic showdown against corporate-powered robots called The Swarm. Features a 3-act campaign with branching paths, epic boss fights, and a wide arsenal of characters, ships, and weapons.

Whisker Squadron Survivor Review Pros:

• Decent graphics.
• 1.17GB Download size.
• Steam achievements.
• Full controller support.
• Graphics settings – resolution, fullscreen, and graphics quality preset.
• Twitch TV integration.
• Controller aim assist option.
• Can remap controls for both the keyboard and the controller.
• Accessibility options – reduce incoming damage, disable screenshakes, and reduce game speed.
• 3 save slots.
• Space shooter gameplay.
• Opening tutorial section.
• Still art for cutscenes and character interactions.
• Boost is used when shooting and/or boosting.
• 3D game world.
• The hangar lets you pick any unlocked characters or ships and then equip main and secondary weapons.
• Health bar and shield system.
• Earn scrap from enemies and level up.
• Looks and plays a bit like a StarFox love letter.
• Each time you level up you pick one of three upgrades.
• You can see enemy health bars.
• Picking the same upgrade will improve that upgrade.
• Your route through the game is a randomized webbed map where you choose the route at every step. Each stop generally has an icon so you have some idea of what to expect.
• Piano heavy soundtrack.
• End of run breakdown.
• VP (Victory Points) are earned from runs and they unlock permanent upgrades for global, arrow ship, dagger ship, and hammer ship.
• Different environments to play in.
• Tunnel-based locations with many holes and doorways to pass through.
• Fantastic visuals and color palette.
• Once you get the controls down and feel more confident in dodging the game really opens up and scratches an arcade roguelike experience.
• You can do a spin move that gives you a shield to block projectiles.
• Encounter a shop on your journey for limited curses where you get a good and bad modifier.
• The game thankfully is not that punishing for you hitting walls and floors.
• Over time you start unlocking new weapons and items to appear in future runs.
• Unlock a combo counter and this increases how MUCH VP you earn.

Whisker Squadron Survivor Review Cons:

• The remap controls menu is clunky and not great to use.
• Quite a grind for VP so upgrades are slow.
• It makes a horrible beeping noise every time someone talks and it can be quite triggering.
• No voice work.
• The music is fine but it doesn’t feel like it fits what the game is or what you are doing.
• Shooting feels weird, it’s a bit off and not that responsive so it always feels like you are missing shots or the enemy has amazing reflexes.
• You don’t see a progress bar or anything when on a level.
• Judging shots in order to avoid damage is really hard to pull off.
• A lot of the enemies are huge bullet sponges.
• Runs feel repetitive.

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Whisker Squadron Survivor:

Official website.

Developer: Flippfly

Publisher: Flippfly

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Steam