Reviews for Grinning Cobossus

[RickyTheFish]

Not bad, but easy

I did enjoy playing this game for a while, but I found that it was too easy. The difficulty levels didn't seem to increase the difficulty enough; while I did notice the differences between easy and hard, they weren't great enough to actually make the game any harder. Perhaps my biggest complaint is about survival mode; basically, the player goes through the boss fight over and over again, with no changes. I could do this all day if I wanted to, with one exception: the bug I ran into that ruined everything. I had finished three full run-throughs of the boss on survival mode, had a score of ~172k, and I just wanted to die so I could get the medals. When the boss loaded the first stage of the fourth run-through, I deliberately ran into him. This caused him to instantly die and progress directly to the third stage, but it glitched the game and made it impossible for me to move my ship or to close the upgrade window. I can hear the little drones shooting at me, but since I can't move my ship, I'm not getting hit by their lasers, and thus can never die. It's frustrating when I went through the fight three times in a row, only to get screwed over because of a glitch.

Anyway, the game wasn't bad other than the glitch I ran into.

Gama11 responds:

Thank you for that great feedback. I guess you're just skilled at playing shmups - I find hard mode pretty challenging myself, while easy mode is a piece of cake. Some players have a hard time beating easy mode.
Gz on beating hard mode without taking any hits!

On a side note: I'll try to fix that glitch later today. Ty for reporting it.

[Ericho]

Mostly very enjoyable

What I find to be the coolest about this is how straightforward everything is. Dude, I think I rose the score from a 3.82 to a 3.94! That's got to be some record for me! This is a good game because the graphics are good and the medals make you want to continue playing. I thought that the third form was going to be the final, but there was even a fourth! The first and fourth are really the only ones where he seems to be actively attacking you.

All the other times, it's like there's just obstacles in your way. It's also great to have so many difficulty modes to interact with. At least I'm weak enough to get through the Easy mode, but held my own until Medium's third form. The music is nice and gives the player a good sense of being in a sci-fi world. I'm glad this got front paged.

Gama11 responds:

Thx for the in-depth review and pushing the rating. :)

[Batraal]

Like it

It's fun to play, but i suck at it and I just can't pass the armor part...

Gama11 responds:

Have you upgraded your ships firerate and damage? I assume you're playing on easy?

[NightDead]

Simple but

fun and addictive.

Gama11 responds:

Great to hear. ;)

[somesoreloser]

Cut the Rope reference, yeah! :D

That was a pretty awesome game :) Well done! :D

Gama11 responds:

Thx a lot. ;) Keeps me motivated for my next game!