DreadStar: The Quest for Revenge

Well worth the 10 bucks if you like this genre. Classic graphics and gameplay, with some fun weapons to try out. Though you end up spending the vast majority of your time on the first mission building up cash and a few levels. Mission 2 is a small difficulty spike, but thereafter the missions kind of fall one after another. They feel rather short from 3 through the final mission. I love these type of games, but the things I miss that Tyrian had were the secrets and the excitement of powering up your weapons. Also, each playthrough felt a little different. Here there’s no visual difference between your level 1 weapon and level 10 weapon. Nor, by and large, is there a necessity to search for secrets by making sure to destroy everything. So it becomes a sort of flat experience with nothing to do with your money by the end. Nevertheless, fun enough for $10

Dreadstar is an RPG+shmup hybrid. Isolated from each other, both the shmup and RPG gameplay are a bit on the simpler side when you compare it to the more focused games in both genres. However, as a combination of the two Dreadstar ends up nailing the formula. There are plenty of RPG shmups out there, and nearly all of them absolutely suck, and after playing through Dreadstar I'm honestly amazed so many RPG shmups suck because Dreadstar makes the marriage of these two genres feel so natural. The shooting gameplay is basically what you'd expect from the Genesis/Turbo-grafx era of shmups. Less about littering the screens with bullet hell and more about twitch reaction dodges. The RPG side of the gameplay has two elements to it: XP and equipment. Even if you fail to complete a level, you're always gaining XP which can help ease the frustration often present when learning the patterns in a new shmup. If you do manage to complete a level, you get a huge reward of gems which you can use to buy equipment for your ship. Nearly every aspect is customizable: weapons, shields, specials, ship size, speed, etc. Most of the replay value comes from experimenting with different builds, and while I've only cleared the game on normal I'm already positive that you'll need a variety of builds at your disposal to handle the variety in levels as you play on harder difficulties. Overall, the most dedicated shmup enthusiasts might not care for this game. But that's not who it's made for. This is a game for players who could never really get into the abstract sort of scoring gameplay that shmups have evolved into over the years. It's a game more for the strategic-minded players who appreciate the fundamentals of shmup gameplay.

30 Jahre keine Shmups gespielt: Mein Gott, ist das Spiel schwer und gut! Die Musik ist fantastisch! Mir gefällt auch sehr, dass man das jeweilige Raumschiff mit Upgrades verbessern kann, und somit ein Progressionssystem hat. Und denkt daran: Immer regelmäßig reparieren! Für Eindrücke könnt ihr euch mein Let's Play anschauen. Ich spiele es "blind": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZnv5lqKays&list=PL1dSSASvFWwCuPZrvid4mui8qc6FL62dk&index=1

The game looks, feels, and sounds basic, and progress is an absolute slog. "Oh, you beat the first stage and made *some* money? Well, you have to repair your ship, so maybe you can afford a new weapon after your next run."

Fun old school style game. Controls occasionally freeze on first ship, but that might be intentional by designers of game so it is more fun to upgrade ship later. Is rather short, but that is kind of the point.

One of the most fun Shoot'em up on a PC you can play , This is RPG Shoot'em with many various of levels and enemy. upgrade your ship buy weapons and shields and other stuffs. The graphics and the music and the gameplay is perfect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gunnyKyVtII&t=145s

Good game

Le jeu m'a replongé dans l'univers des années 90 mais avec un rythme et un gameplay beaucoup plus moderne. L'animation est fluide et au top. Au niveau jouabilité, l'utilisation d'une manette avec la configuration des différentes armes permet de progresser tout en veillant à ne pas se trouver en surcharge. Les boss rappellent également l'univers des shoot them'up et des beat them'all mais le plus c'est l'intégration d'éléments RPG permettant de configurer et d'améliorer son vaisseau et son armement. Et il le faut pour progresser dans les niveaux. Les graphismes sont soignés et les sons sont bien appropriés. La dissociation du niveau sonore et des effets intégrée est un plus. Bref c'est un excellent achat qui permet de bien se défouler tout en ayant le sourire !