Really Big Sky is a twinstick shooter through and through. You will die, and you will do so often, quoting the narrator "We're giving you this really nice ship, and we're not expecting it back".
The game looks great, its bright and flashy but not so much so that it blinds you constantly (though the flashing lights and glowing doesn't help when things get hectic). The gameplay is simple, you are flying a ship, and you shoot things, what and why? who knows, what you do know is that their out to get you, and your lasers better do a good job of stopping them!
You have a three tools at your disposal, your lasers, drill and spin attack. The lasers being the only upgradeable of the trio, making them bigger and faster every time you die using the (star) points you rack up killing enemies. The drill is used to burrow through planets that may come flying your way, forget going round em, just drill right through, they contain bonuses, from laser speed ups to multipliers and even bombs to avoid. The spin attack destroys anything and everything, but you can only use it three times total.
I can't say im good at this game, I can't even say im "ok" at it. It is fairly challenging, but there are many modes out there for you to take a swing at, from classic, arcade, peaceful (for you softcore twinstick shooter people like me), nightmare and many more to suit your fancy. A newly released retro mode places what appears to be a filter (or replaces sprites) that turn everything retro esq, though the game doesn't look all to retro while in that mode, its a nice touch.
The gameplay is quite simple, various enemies fly at you and you blow them up. There are various kinds, from the simple yellow things that swarm at you to massive bosses that ensure you know what the term "bullet hell" means. There are tones of enemies to fight, and when you though you saw them all, they throw dinosaurs at you. (No im not going to tell you, play the game!)
The levels appear to be randomly generated and this paired with the amazing soundtrack just adds hours to the replayability of this game (you wouldent want to keep dying to crappy techno now would you? ). Music? Check, Gameplay? Check, Co-op? Yep, there's even co-op, unfortunately I did not have a spare controller to take a shot at it but who doesn't like co-op? If only it was online co-op, if only.
The only bad thing I have to say about this game, is that it does a fairly bad job of explaining it self past the tutorial. It does have a "Library" where all the enemies you have seen are listed. But heres the issue, it has no pictures or sprites, just a name and description. I had to sit down and search the descriptions for the thing that killed me, so I would know what to do next time round, not fun at all. There also seems to be a weird event, where the colours invert and the music goes odd. I have no idea what this is about, and from my best match, I would say that it was a black hole, but ill never the sure because the library is essentially useless.
Apart from that, the game is well made, gameplay is fun, music is awesome and has quite a bit of replayability if your into your twinstick shooters. It is a great little indie title that I would say is worth the price.
You can find the game on Steam.
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