Reviews for Epsilon Strain

[Murky42]

Mediocre at best

The game is is easy always has the same song playing only has slight atmosphere.
enemies are pretty dull game is very boring even at sector two.IF you want to improve you should get make mods mixable and less powerful so tactics are instead of the easy pick of one mod that is better then all of the rest.make it so you unlock stuff in the shop at every new sector and difficulty you move up to.More different powerups and less health pickups.and i think slower ammo regen but also have it during times that its not depleted.

soybeansoft responds:

Wow.. those are great ideas.. taking notes on these and hope to improve for the next one :).. Thanks!

[frozz]

nice graphics

nice graphics and animation. Congratz for being frontpage

[pedalpusher]

Too easy.

I just completed the game without dying once by just running around the edge of the rooms with causes ALL the opponents to herd into one giant pin cushion. A great shame really since the other aspects of the game where quite good, although I feel the game could have benifited froma greater complexity in weapon customisation (no thats not spelt wrong in England we don't like the letter "z").

Try introduction stationary opponents to make the game more challenging.

7/10

soybeansoft responds:

Thanks for the review and idea for stationary opponents.. taking note on this :)

[ASKDodge]

Enjoyable and very well presented game

I really enjoyed this, it reminded me of the good old days of Smash TV and Gauntlet on the old arcade machines when I was younger.

It plays really well and the smoothness of the control system does really help, especially when you get to the later levels. The thing that kept me playing was the implementation of the weapons shop and upgrades system which, much like your other game Sentinels of Mijil, give a good feeling of continuous achievement as you strive to get that next upgrade (I get the feeling that Dead Space may have figured as a source of inspiration?).

In any case, the only real fault that I see within the game are the repetitive environments and rather drab level design, but given the Shoot-em-up arcade machine feel of the game as a whole, this doesn't really affect the overall enjoyment of the game.

Right, quick conclusion then:-
Good Points - Gameplay, Concept, Implementation and making me feel like a kid in an arcade again.
Bad Points - Drab Level Design, Repetitive..er..ness and, while I think about it, no big bosses.

Score - 8/10

soybeansoft responds:

Thanks for the review and kind words :). Yes, we've detected the repetitiveness but didn't have any other working idea to overcome that (was beyond our current design doc, and feature creep is bad for your health! :D).. so never thought the game would bring so much attention :). Glad you liked it and thanks for playing :).

[Kenxeus]

Great game but

Bugs ruins its potential.
Next time you make a game get a lot of people to play it and test it so they can find bugs so you can fix it.
this game is really great but the bugs did not let it achieve its true potential.

FOR THOSE OF YOU WITH PROBLEMS.

If game freeze close game open new window not tab and play again and game would not freeze.

To beat poison Monster before you can get level 3 armor.
Do this Enter room shoot once and enter fast to the door again do that a lot till most poison monster dead if you do it fast enough you will not give them time enough time to shoot poison it helps a lot if you have pulse IV with X chip.
X chip is one of the stronger chips in game and you get it early.