Reviews

Review by Eric_Love all reviews by Eric_Love

It\'s not the first time I\'ve seen a space invader game in hi-res but with very lo-res enemies. The balance is good; something which can\'t be taken for granted in rapidly produced games. I was wearing out out my left wrist pressing the Ctrl (fire) and I decided to check whether I could change the code to make it automatic, but I came across many pleas not to be a code cheat (which I usually do with impunity). The enemy graphics are best 300 pixels you could ask for :).

Scores: Overall None Artistical None Technical None Genre None

Review by gcsaba2 all reviews by gcsaba2

Space Pixels by Krax is a parody of Space Invaders. But I wouldn\'t call it a parody, since it\'s basically the same as the original game, with some added elements of a troll\'s shop where you can upgrade your weapons or buy lives. Just like in the original game, you are a space ship and you shoot at incoming monsters, which also know how to fire back sometimes.

This is one of the games I would call complete. I hadn\'t found any bugs and the game didn\'t crash. It had sounds, which mean a lot for a game. What thrilled me was that the game starts with a robotic voice saying \'space pixels\'. This is a very easy thing to implement; yet it adds a special flavor to the game right at its start. As you progress through the game, you gather more money, you buy better weapons from the troll, and you also start unlocking hidden stuff, which is actually background music. There are 13 background melodies, and this makes the game somewhat more enjoyable, cause as you progress farther you can listen to different stuff, not the same melody over and over.

This review may be short, but I really have nothing more to add. The game is complete, and it can be fun playing in 5 minute breaks during work or study.

Scores: Overall 4 Artistical 4 Technical 4 Genre 2

Review by Thanatos all reviews by Thanatos

Not a bad game. I\'m not too good at it though, but it can hold my attention. I usually die from gazing at the enemy, and not paying enough attention to the enemy fire bombarding my ship.

The unlocking of music was a unique idea, and adds value to the game. I have a few favorites that I like (Castlevania / Ghouls) that seem to go well with the game. Still need to unlock the others.

The troll, however, seems to not be part of the game --- the shop keeper might as well be an elf, pigeon, etc. I also guess that the enemy ships\' offset is a sine wave, although this isn\'t too apparent.

Overall, it gets fairly repetative, and is more a clone of the original. (The title sound effect caused me to jump out of my seat as well.) The graphics aren\'t complicated (in part to parody the original, I guess), but, while the enemies are quite pixelated, you are finely drawn. Go figure. The choice of using control for fire (over space bar, which rotates music) seemed odd to me as a player.

Scores: Overall 3 Artistical 3 Technical 3 Genre 4