Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax – Gundamn Ridiculous

<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s no secret that I am a huge anime fan&period; I have watched all kinds of anime and know a good amount of the Japanese culture&period; So it feels like <em>Stardust Galaxy Warriors<&sol;em> was made especially for someone that is into the same culture&comma; although it is a lot more basic in its references than other parodies&period; It references the most basic tropes in old style anime and games&comma; and the gameplay itself is actually really good&period; It verges right on the edge of a side scrolling arcade shooter and a bullet hell&comma; which the latter itself is also a genre very popular in Japan&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;114113" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-114113" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-114113 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;08051411&sol;Stardust-Galaxy-Warriors1-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;&lt&semi;em&gt&semi;Stardust Galaxy Warriors&colon; Stellar Climax&lt&semi;&sol;em&gt&semi;&comma; Deamloop Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-114113" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Stardust Galaxy Warriors&colon; Stellar Climax<&sol;em>&comma; Deamloop Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The game itself is very fun&semi; it has a total of 5 different mechs to play that each have their own special abilities and super abilities&period; The game seems to be designed around four players&comma; as two of the mechs are designed for support abilities and seem to be more useful with more players&period; They don&&num;8217&semi;t seem to hold up too well on single player alone&period; One of the game&&num;8217&semi;s biggest weaknesses&comma; however&comma; is that it does not have online co-operative play&period; For a game that revolves around multiplayer&comma; this is quite a blow&comma; as I never got to experience it in four player&comma; simply because I didn&&num;8217&semi;t have three other people at the ready in order to be able to play the game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The main mode is Story Mode that has New Game&plus; afterward&comma; which can be beaten in around three hours &&num;8211&semi; a good length if you keep at pace for that long&period; There is also a Gauntlet Mode that lets you fight an infinite wave of enemies and unique challenges&comma; which can keep the gameplay up after you have completed the story&period; There is a good amount of content here for the price you pay and I think it&&num;8217&semi;s very much worth it&period; The guns are varied&comma; with you being able to select a primary and secondary gun to use&period; They vary a lot as well&comma; and there is enough choice to find your own style in the two you elect to use&period; <em>Stardust Galaxy Warriors<&sol;em> leaves it up to you to decide which guns and mechs work best for your style of play&period; I personally found myself utilizing the speedy Silver Wolf mech for its dashing ability with the minigun and homing missiles&comma; simply because I felt like it was the easiest combination for me to use&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;114110" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-114110" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"wp-image-114110 size-large" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;08045311&sol;Stardust-Galaxy-Warriors-2-1024x538&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;&lt&semi;em&gt&semi;Stardust Galaxy Warriors&colon; Stellar Climax&lt&semi;&sol;em&gt&semi;&comma; Deamloop Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"525" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-114110" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Stardust Galaxy Warriors&colon; Stellar Climax<&sol;em>&comma; Deamloop Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The 3D graphics in the game are actually very well done&semi; the particle effects for shots and enemies are actually well constructed and good looking&comma; and the game looks great running in 1080p&period; The mechs look awesome&comma; even if they are pretty small in the game itself&period; Still&comma; Dreamloop Games made sure to put a lot of effort into how they look&period; The models are very detailed and the overall look is fantastic&excl; The enemies are well detailed&comma; although basic&comma; and some of the models are reused a few times&comma; which was disappointing&comma; but they still held up well for an indie developed game&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The sound in the game is quite basic&comma; but it nonetheless catchy&period; It does get repetitive after a while&comma; but that doesn&&num;8217&semi;t mean the game music was particularly bad&comma; it was competent enough&comma; but it simply didn&&num;8217&semi;t jump out at me&period; This is not a weakness of the game music itself&semi; I simply end up tuning out the music if it repeats long enough&period; So while basic&comma; the game music is good&comma; and you can even download the tracks with the game if you so choose&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;114111" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-114111" style&equals;"width&colon; 1000px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img class&equals;"size-full wp-image-114111" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2016&sol;10&sol;08045452&sol;Stardust-Galaxy-Warriors-3&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;&lt&semi;em&gt&semi;Stardust Galaxy Warriors&colon; Stellar Climax&lt&semi;&sol;em&gt&semi;&comma; Deamloop Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1000" height&equals;"563" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-114111" class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Stardust Galaxy Warriors&colon; Stellar Climax<&sol;em>&comma; Deamloop Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>The game&&num;8217&semi;s dialogue is gold&comma; and while the story itself is nothing grand&comma; the dialogue had my sides hurting&period; The game is super meta and really funny&comma; with it playing on itself with all kinds of tropes and quips&period; <em>Stardust Galaxy Warriors<&sol;em> never takes itself seriously and that&&num;8217&semi;s what makes it so endearing and funny&period; It ensures the game stands out&comma; purely because of the comedy in play and that brings the game score up for me&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>So all in all&comma; <em>Stardust Galaxy Warriors<&sol;em> is a well done arcade shooter&comma; with just enough variety and gameplay to keep you going&comma; and enough funny dialogue to keep you laughing&period; The graphics are beautiful&comma; and the game will keep you going with a fair challenge&comma; but will never feel ridiculously unfair&period; The dialogue will keep you laughing with the game&&num;8217&semi;s sheer absurdity&comma; and I was laughing until the last level&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>A PC Review Code for <em>Stardust Galaxy Warriors&colon; Stellar Climax<&sol;em> was provided by Dreamloop Games for the purpose of this review<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;