That is hard
I think most guys are gonna play for scenario 2
Reviews for "Vanguard Mercenary"
Cool.
I thought it was great. But, It kinda bored me to death.
Agh, I sooo want to give this a perfect score.
Man, it hurts to give this game an 8, it really does. But there are some issues in this game that sorely bring down it's awesome points. One is the lag. I have a decent machine (1.6 GHz processor) and man oh man did this game lag. I even put everything on low just to let up and get some fast action gameplay in there, but to no avail. Things felt like they were moving so slow, the game lost it's essence of being fast-paced and felt like I was dragging a 20 lb weight across the screen with my pinky. Another issue that came up that almost drove me to insanity was the sound. I'm not sure if this just happened to me, but everytime someone tried to speak in the game, it would skip like a raped CD, I would never have been able to know what was going on if not for the text; it really hurt the flow. I just wanted to get the bad stuff out of the way before I really got into how good the game's qualities are. Your visuals are just awesome. Tons of detail can be found in this game and I'm very impressed by it. The SFX are great as well, I love what happens when you use the gun that charges up all the way to fire; that is just too cool. Awesome explosions and amazing story line; this game really does seem to have it all. The only thing I would suggest is finding a way around lag and definitely cranking up the rate of fire, it was very very slow. I would mind if the enemies were 5 times tougher, I think it would be great for the fast-paced action you're going for. Sorry if I sound nit picky, it's just those few things that really brought down what I think is probably one of the most amazingly potential original games I've ever seen. And you said yourself this was just a version, so that leaves plenty of room to fix errors anyways, right? You're off to an awesome start with this game, every aspect of it has me intrigued; hope you can get it to be more fast paced, keep up the amazing work.
NegativeONE responds:
Thanks for the comments. I don't mind the nit-picking; I take it as constructive crit. There's too much to respond to, but I took in everything you said. Thanks for the input, for sure.
fun
but one question......... HOW THE HELL DO YOU FIGHT THE BOSS?! I EMPTIED A FULL SHITLOAD O' AMMO ON IT!!!
NegativeONE responds:
Pat yourself on the back for actually reaching the boss. This version is far too hard; I'll be uploading an easier one in mid-September.
Decent game, but a few flaws
This is a very good shooter - I just have a few minor problems. The ship is too unresponsive - it takes too long to fire and aim your weapons, and the manoeuverability is poor. It's also not the easiest of games to get the hang of - the controls aren't natural but I couldn't see an easier way to set them up. It might have been better if you had an "aim up/down" rather than rotating option, whereby the weapon aims at an angle 45 degrees different to normal, like Super Metroid on the SNES for example. If those gripes are ignored, it's a great shooter - it looks and sounds brilliant and there's lots of different weapons to play with and enemies to kill. If only the game was more intuitive, it would be an all-time classic.