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First thing's first, this is a good game. I mean, blow a whole day just to beat, good. The visuals are great and work well together, the music is quite tight, and I couldn't help but actually start memorizing the formations. I like the story, too. A little more involving than most upgrade-shooters. I like it.

The gameplay depth is where I find myself scratching my head. I find myself wanting speed up modules of some sort. All the time. Speaking of dodging, the sprite size of our spherical hero is far too large for some of the dodging required, especially in the last stage. And the pods seem a little... flimsy. I get that you're probably meant to spam the ever-loving crap out of them (9 pods max, huh?), but I'm not sure if using them is ever worth stopping the action to place them, then going back into the action and possibly having you or a pod eat a hit. Also, I learned very quick; pods + tight quarters= nope.

I could be wrong. All that could be part of the difficulty. But if I didn't say anything, you would know, so... yeah. Grain of salt. GG. Awaiting Sky Hounds 2 with baited breath. 3.5/5

the mouse control did annoy me, so i just combine holding down LMB + WSAD
buying modules and upgrades is a bit awkward (with dragging and tiny arrows for quantity)

i never used any cannon other than the straight shooter

PRO TIP:
buy only the straight shooter upgrades
- get the healing pods
- normal attack pods (form them as a shield to take hits for you)
- homing missiles
- optional: the red pods

during the last boss just spam healing pods in a shield formation

Great game, however i wish you had made it more original. As it stands almost everything but a few sprites are nearly directly taken from the old Sega game "Arrow Flash". Although that was one of my favorite games growing up i feel when you make you own game, it should be just that. Re skinning an existing game is hardly the same as making your own.

Time to spill my thoughts.. There is only one thing wrong with this game.. It is not long enough :) Great game really enjoyed it

I had a lot of fun playing this one. It totally brought me back to the golden age of 90's shmups.
The graphics were really well done and the game play flowed well, but in my humble opinion the music stole the cake. I say this because the music sets the stage for everything else, and a good soundtrack can inspire even the most weary of imaginations and keep the gamer playing.
The only two things I would like to see different with this game is the addition of medals, and of course a sequel!
Keep up the great work, and thank you for making a great updated but nostalgic shmup!