Terra Flame

i loved that the last couple terarin games felt like compile game gear games and this new one feels like a technosoft megadrive game. such a glow up gosh. its fast and fun and great looking and it might be my fav terarin game yet!

Mais um jogo divertido do Terrarin, merece ser jogado por todos!!!!

This is one of the tougher Terarin releases. Careful! I suggest to use the charged shots whenever you can, so you'll want to stop shooting from time to time. Also the game works perfectly.

This is a tough game to review, and I wish Steam had a neutral option. I bought it mainly because I liked the sense of speed in the trailers, which reminded me of the shooter stages in Guardian Legend. Unfortunately it ended up being *too* fast, to the point where I really struggled to follow the visuals. I've been playing all sorts of shmups for decades, from River Raid to Cave games, and this one in particular stuck out as being visually hard to follow. That is not to say the game is difficult--I cleared it the first time on "Normal" with a couple of credits, and would probably 1cc clear if I played again (and I'd say I have "intermediate" skill), just visually uncomfortable and many deaths are due to this rather than any difficulty dodging the average-ish amounts of shots and enemies. You also get a very generous "defender" pickup that grants several free hits. In terms of the rest, the music is good-ish, the graphics are decent overall but could have used more creativity and variation in enemy designs and also in the color pallette, and the ship doesn't ever feel underpowered or overpowered. Things take about the right number of shots to die. Variety in the stages and bosses is lacking. The first five bosses are pretty similar in how they behave (and the first two are even the *same* boss), with the last three mixing it up more. The same could be said of the stages--the first five sort of run together, then the last three mix up the pacing a bit with interior areas, wall hazards, a boss rush, etc. The bosses were a bit underwhelming at times, and some are completely non-threatening. Bottom line: I can see that they worked hard on the game, but I personally didn't enjoy it and won't play it again, although I can easily see how some others might enjoy it more. There are some nice little touches, like a tune in one of the later stages that remixes Gradius music. So, the deciding factors in going "thumbs down" are that even overlooking the visual issues (which will vary from person to person), the lack of variety and weak bosses keep this from being a top-tier game.

Terra Flame is a loving homage to all things Thunder, whether it be Force or Gates, complete with fantastic music and super smooth and blisteringly fast action. Getting a 1 credit clear on Normal difficulty is also very doable, even if you're not an expert in the shoot 'em up genre. Sporting the wave chaining and crystal collecting scoring system you're used to from other Terarin games, such as Raging Blasters, this is yet another gem from an insanely productive developer that can't miss when it comes to making the type or strand of shoot 'em up that he knows best and, above all else, loves. If you have any kind of fondness for the horizontal scrolling shooters of the 16-bit era, you can't go wrong with Terra Flame.

Very fun and easy to get into shmup that is inspired by 16-bit classics such as Thunderforce 3 and 4. As with past Terarin games, the soundtrack is great and includes both modern synth instrumentation as well as a chiptunes option. While the "normal difficulty" is on the easy side, Expert is no cakewalk and will be a challenge for most players. I definitely recommend this game for fans of the genre!

Nice Shmup from the same person who brought Raging Blasters and Moon Dancer, but this time horizontal. 8 stages, three levels of difficulty and a caravan mode with online ranking, it's basic in graphics but fun when playing and there is a nice sense of speed and danger despite the aesthetic. You can see the inspiration from other titles, there's also some repeated bosses, and also shares the same difficulty curve where anyone with experience should be starting on Hard. Enemy placement is okay except for a few moments (mostly space colony with the robots popping up), and gets a bit silly towards the end in the space station with rockets, revenge bullets and scrolling girders a plenty. I'd also say it suffers from that 80s Shmup syndrome where recovery becomes an issue after a certain point which can ruin a run which is a shame because like the other titles there is no practice mode to be found. For whast I paid, I got my money's worth. Two tries for a Normal clear, one for a hard Clear and writing this as I capitulated to the final boss on Expert but probably one or two runs away from finishing that. I don't think the scoring system will be enough to entire me, but it's nice to see the leaderboards failry grouped together. Good game, had fun, looking forward to the next.

Un shoot 'em up horizontal que recuerda a los clásicos Thunder Force. Accesible para gente nueva en el género en su dificultad normal, pero desafiante en sus dificultades más altas. ¡Muy recomendado!