Starlight: Eye of the Storm

I'm not really a good schmup player, but bought this game to try it out. It's quite a good experience, although trying to dodge all the bullets gets pretty hard! Its already quite well polished for an early access game. Good: - Ability to upgrade the ship to customize it to my playstyle feels good - The "drifting" mechanic seems quite novel and fun to use - Pretty immersive sound effects makes shooting the enemies quite fulfilling Not-so-good: - Could improve on some of the UI/UX choices - Pretty hard for a schmup noob like me (but luckily there's multiple lives?)

I've have been looking for a classic bullet hell type of game for a long time now and have tired some that were out already on the market but they didn't scratch my itch. Then i came across starlight which thankfully did the job. While it doesn't have a story mode it makes up with beautiful artwork, challenging enemies, an interesting progression system, and a good soundtrack. The only thing that is missing from this game is in the endless mode. If you want a classic bullet hell shooter Starlight would be the game I would recommend

This is complete garbage. Not because it's a bad game. Fundamentally its extremely fun. Too bad it literally doesn't work. I try to use the keyboard, the controls that the screen indicates that you should use in the menu to select things don't work. The mouse pointer can be used, but not to click things. Then when I plug in my controller, it works for literally everything except the X button. The annoying thing is that the X button worked just fine in the Demo when I was using my controller. I truly can't believe that I couldn't even quit the game. I was trying to exit the game from the game menu, and that didn't work either. Just didn't do anything. I have a Razer Blackwidow Elite keyboard, and it works just fine with everything else. I went to the discussions only to discover the developers have indicated that xbox controllers don't work, but only with the X button. This is honestly so stupid. The fact that I cant even use the keyboard is absurd. Tried setting controls to how I want them, but since the keys don't work in the menu properly, that was just not happening. I loved the game for the whole 5 to 10 mintes I played it, but then you just get stuck on the tutorial in the beginning because the X button doesn't work, and it FORCES you to do it. I'll be asking for a refund. I can't believe it's not early access either. Don't waste your money.

Starlight caught my eye because I wanted to play something similar to the arcade games of the 90s and I got more out of it. There was a good variety of weapon choices to customise my spaceship allowing me to explore and experiment different setups. The drifting mechanic took some time to get used to but once you get the hang of it, it adds to the dynamics of the game play. Not entirely sure how it depletes and could only feel it when the ship turns back to course. The game feels balanced in the challenge it provides and I love the visual effects that shoot em ups give. Overall a well designed and simply fun game!

Fun shooter. Feels just like old arcade bullet hell space shooters.

i havent got a lot of game play but so far i have enjoyed it, its a great game to relax and just forget about things and shoot stuff. if you want a game to play while dont want to concentrate then this game is good