Hey, quick question for Pipe Dream Interactive: why? Why this? Why any of this? Galaga is basically a perfect video game, why would you do this to it? Hasbro was going to approve whatever you turned over, that much was clear, but have you no pride? Failing that, no shame?
This is a godawful Space Invaders game with a spotty Galaga coat of paint. If it wasn’t for the tractor beams and double ships it would be unrecognizable as Galaga. It’s a horizontal scroller for some reason so you can’t see all the enemies at once, there’s a mild amount of sprite jitter only when it can do the most harm, the technicolor background jpgs look like shit and are so visually busy that they make it hard to see the bullets, and every time you finish a wave it does a stop/start transition that makes the whole thing just feel awful.
It’s not even satisfying once you adapt to how rickety it is! If you get a double ship it’s a breeze, if you’re down to a single it’s a Sisyphus reenactment on crutches, and either way you’re going to want to fling yourself down that hill. There’s just no fun to be had here beyond poking fun at its ugly-ass menus and stage transitions. I’m sorry I said Backloggd users don’t actually play games, alright? Y’all got this right on the money, this sucks ass.
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