Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story

Lazy Galaxy: Rebel Story is a quite short and cute shoot'em up/bullet hell with a classic pixel graphics style, it doesn't offer much in terms of gameplay, however it is quite fun and challenging on the hardest level. [h1]Story[/h1] We are a robot, H-34-RT whose mission paremeters are to destroy the enemy race known as O'Xelg, a conquering race that has vanquished multiple other civilizations. During our Journey we meet other characters whose stories intertwined and join forces against a common enemy. [h1]Gameplay[/h1] It has all the classic mechanics of a 2D arcade space shooter, cute little spaceships that dodge a hell of bullets from all directions. During our adventure we get to meet some others pilots with different background and stories, all of them offer different skills that will help us defeat the multiple enemies we face, while we advance these friends will have conversations, banters and will share experiences that eventually will shade light on the galactic war and our main enemies. Every boss fight will end up with a new skill to pick and use, in time all these will prepare you for a harder battle ahead. The more times we finish the game the more ships will be unlocked, ships that have different characteristics. Our allies' dialogue will vary depending on whom we choose to take as companions, these sharing of experiences will unlock their multiple set of skills, all of these will make of your adventure a more diverse campaign in terms on firepower and defense. [h1]Graphics[/h1] The pixel graphic style is a trend in these kind of short, 2D shooters, it looks good and colorful and brings back memories, pretty good, especially the space level. The lack of details, but strong shiny colors is deliberate, it makes sense as an arcade shooter. [h1]Sound and Music[/h1] The music in this game is purely metal, riff after riff, fast drumming and some other calmer interludes, simple yet brutal and upbeat. In terms of sound effects, the game reminds me of the classic games of the 90's, the arcade style of the sounds and everything that brings in works for the pixel style of it. [h1]The Bad[/h1] While the game suffers from no crashes, bugs nor any other issue, I must say some of the mechanics incorporated tend to be of not much use when it comes to gameplay, this is mostly because LG:RS is a short game and with the many allies we can play with and their multiple skills to be unlocked, by the time you beat the game multiple times you still need more tries to unlock all of their perks, these are usualy pointless to have due to the repetitive nature of the game, there isn't much replay value because it lacks other modes and/or challenges. A good system if the campaign were longer. Other than that I find no other negative thing to say. [h1]Conclusion[/h1] Should you give the game a try, I'd say yes, especially with a discount, it offers a decent and fun campaign with a variety of ships, allies and perks that spice up the gameplay, while the game is quite short and lacks any other mode besides co-op, it is an example of old school shooters with pixel style are far from over.