Featherpunk Prime Review – Flamingos with a Side of Danger

<p>Plenty of games have been made with bird protagonists&colon; <em>Angry Birds&comma; Banjo Kazooie&comma; Animal Crossing <&sol;em>and the <em>Star Fox<&sol;em> series just to name a few&period; Never before have I seen a robotic flamingo take on other avian robots to save the world&period; <em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em> is a twin-stick shooter&sol;platformer hybrid created by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;superhatchgames&period;com&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener noreferrer">Super Hatch Games<&sol;a> that puts you in the role of the Cyber-Flamingo&comma; trying to save the other flamingos from the Cybirdroid Corporation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In <em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em>&comma; your brethren have been kidnapped by the evil Cybirdroid Corporation&excl; You play as Cyber-Flamingo as he traverses the tower of the Cybirdroid Corporation&comma; taking on an army of avian warbots to try and save the flamingos&period; Every time you play through <em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em>&comma; the tower’s layout is different&period; Not only that but as you traverse each floor&comma; you get a new weapon to add to your arsenal&period; Cybirdroid bosses also stand in your way on each floor and destroying them will give you incredible upgrades to enhance your skills&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112230" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112230" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-112230 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;01044121&sol;Featherpunk-2-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Featherpunk Prime&comma; Super Hatch Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112230" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em>&comma; Super Hatch Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The game plays like a standard twin-stick shooter and is designed with a gamepad in mind&period; However&comma; it has been fully equipped to be playable with mouse and keyboard as well&comma; so any variety of gamer can feel right at home with the tight controls&period; Immediately&comma; you are immersed into a cyberpunk environment with catchy techno-style music playing as you progress through the tower&period; <em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em> is no walk in the park and becomes more difficult and intense as you progress&period; The upgrades and enhancements you get can offset this to some degree&comma; and you easily become more comfortable with the controls as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is immediately clear in playing <em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em> that they have put more thought into the platforming than other games in the genre&period; There is wall clinging&comma; wall jumping&comma; dashing&comma; double &lpar;and triple&rpar; jumping&comma; and all sorts of other fun mechanics to make navigating more satisfying&period; At first&comma; only ballistics weapons are available&comma; but as you progress explosive weapons are provided to you as well&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112231" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112231" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-112231 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;01044227&sol;Featherpunk-4-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Featherpunk Prime&comma; Super Hatch Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112231" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em>&comma; Super Hatch Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Killing enemies provide Tekcells which are used to upgrade the Cyber-Flamingo&period; If you are killed in the tower&comma; you will respawn at the bottom floor&semi; however&comma; checkpoints do exist&comma; and if you unlock a checkpoint you can begin your trek up the tower from that last checkpoint&period; Death is pretty much inevitable&comma; but with the upgrade system in place&comma; most of the deaths aren’t unfair&period; This is where <em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em> becomes highly addictive&period; Every time you die it urges you to try again&comma; and as you progress&comma; there is a sense of satisfaction in place that only comes from the next hard-won victory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I can honestly only compare <em>Featherpunk Prime <&sol;em>to a more platforming-optimized&comma; better balanced <em>Rogue Legacy<&sol;em>&period; Sure <em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em> isn’t quite so frustrating as <em>Rogue Legacy<&sol;em>&comma; but it is the same sort of experience and offers the same thrill of achievement&period; Unique to <em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em>&comma; you can find data spheres which provide you with exclusive art related to each sector’s enemies&period; A small touch like this helps to add depth to a game that otherwise really doesn’t have much storyline to it&period; The storyline is there throughout <em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em> but is more used to give you a reason to go forward&comma; rather than being a measurable narrative&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;112232" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-112232" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-112232 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;09&sol;01044325&sol;Featherpunk-1-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;Featherpunk Prime&comma; Super Hatch Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-112232" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em>&comma; Super Hatch Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p><em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em> is insanely fun and addictive&comma; but there honestly isn’t much variation in gameplay &lpar;though there really doesn&&num;8217&semi;t need to be&rpar;&period; First&comma; you explore through floors of enemies&comma; attempting to reach the boss&period; Each boss at the end of each sector provides a frantic&comma; brutal fight for you to overcome&period; These are intense&comma; incredibly fun tests of your skill and testament to how well you have prepared along the way&period; I cannot express how enjoyable and satisfying the boss fights are&period; With that being said&comma; however&comma; if you are unprepared for it&comma; it can truly kill a run and make things frustratingly hard&period; This does circle back to the satisfying progression system they have in place though&comma; so you could argue that trial and error is part of the point of the game&period; There is a lack of diversity in the environments&comma; as other than changing color schemes things begin to quickly look the same&period; On top of all of that&comma; there are atrocious loading screens that sometimes can be long and annoying&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite the few issues it has&comma; if you want to dive into a fun rogue-like&comma; twin-stick shooting platformer&comma; then <em>Featherpunk Prime<&sol;em> is definitely a game that should be on your radar&period; It also lacks the adult themes of games like <em>The Binding of Isaac<&sol;em>&comma; so kids and adults can both enjoy it&period; If you like things like <em>Rogue Legacy<&sol;em>&comma; but don’t necessarily want to break your gamepad &lpar;or keyboard&rpar; in frustration then <em>Featherpunk Prime <&sol;em>is a great substitute&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>A PC Review Code for <em>Featherpunk Prime <&sol;em>was provided by Super Hatch Games for the purpose of this review<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;