shaowebb
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On Steam for $4.99!
This is a cheap indie game that recently stole my heart made by the folks that did Satazius that I thought I'd share.
Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser is an old school side scrolling shmup that is an homage to old school robot animes from the 70's like Voltron, Mazinger, and Beast King Go Lion. Small titles like shmups usually don't get threads made for them unless they are something legendary like Ikaruga or something, but occassionally you just run into something indie that is unique and fun enough you want to share.
In this game, instead of grabbing powerups you can combine your giant flying robot with the ships of your team mates to turn into different versions of Vulkaiser. Vulkaiser has his own lifebar and so do each of his team mate's ships so be careful because not only can Vulkaiser die, but so can his team mates when you combine with them! Get shot down when combined and thats it for ever seeing that team mate or that form of Vulkaiser again but dont worry too much about getting hit in your giant robot...the little dot under his arm is the only vulnerable spot on him and it blinks to show you where your hurtbox is to allow for very precision dodging. Also your team mate's ships along with Vulkaiser heal a bit after each stage.
Also every run is a 1cc...there are no continues. However the life bar on Vulkaiser plus the extra lifebars for those of his team mates off set this. You can hold the shot for auto fire and to fill your charge meter. Once charge attacks are full let go of shot to unleash a special attack that is different depending on the form of Vullkaiser you are using at the time. You also have good old fashioned bombs since its a shmup
Only complaint is that steam achievements pop up blocking some of the screen, but those are one and done so they go away and stop bugging you in like a run or so.
Basically the game is a really fun homage to oldschool gaming and giant robot shows of the 70's. Its got a lot of character, fun power ups similar to Raiden, and even its own theme song akin to those of the shows its based on.
If you like shmups or are just a fan of these sorts of things then I'd say you'd enjoy it. Its got several difficulties for any level of player.
Check out the fun Trailer theme.
