Written past times James Nicolay
Title: Lichtspeer: Double Speer Edition
Developer: Lichthund
Publisher: Crunching Koalas
Genre: Action Adventure, Arcade
Price: $14.99
Also Available On: PSV, Steam, PS4
From the get upwardly of the game itself, y'all volition know that the developers are trying to lure y'all amongst approximately wunderbar German linguistic communication shtick to distract y'all from the uncomplicated gameplay. Lichtspeer seems similar Angry Birds peppered amongst adult, geeky German linguistic communication humor, yet it’s slow to alternative upwardly in addition to play. While the game entertains inwards the outset few minutes, the challenge ramps upwardly besides immediately—achtung! You volition leave of absence a lot.
In the game, y'all command a hero (or heroine) gifted past times a bored god amongst the Lichtspeer (German give-and-take play for lite in addition to spear, I think). The gameplay mechanic is simple: it’s trajectory javelin throw. In a apartment degree platform, y'all are at the left business office of the phase (for virtually of the game levels—sometimes the platform becomes inclined), in addition to the diverse enemies march to your direction. You defeat them past times controlling the projectile of the pike amongst your L stick, in addition to thus y'all burn downward amongst either the ZR or H5N1 button. Eventually y'all unlock (or buy farther abilities amongst your points called LSD (naturally, it’s Licht Standard Denomination—lol), in addition to these larn crucial inwards defeating the game equally approximately abilities multiply your spears equally they fall, plough over y'all a temporary shield, or fifty-fifty skewer your enemies amongst Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation spears. The challenge, though, is that these abilities receive got lengthy cool-down periods, which add together farther strategy to the game.
The fine art blueprint of the stages in addition to the enemies expect pretty in addition to odd. In the early on stages, the attackers are uncomplicated zombie-like characters, only eventually, running zombies, giants, shielded soldiers, flight dogs, bombing walruses, jumping piranhas, weird creatures carrying bombs, in addition to many other quirky creatures march, run, fly, jump to your management in addition to y'all receive got to correctly aim your Lichtspeer to defeat them. Some of them tin live on defeated amongst striking on whatsoever trunk part, a few tin entirely live on defeated amongst caput shots—making every aim y'all brand crucial to defeating each level. The game also amps the difficulty past times giving y'all penalization every fourth dimension y'all immature lady your target 3 times inwards a row. The god volition scream NEIN! in addition to y'all volition live on frozen momentarily. If enemies accomplish you, they volition maim, behead, dig upwardly your entrails, cutting your trunk into half, electrocute you, etc. It’s fun.
I actually enjoyed the boss levels—they’re ridiculously hard, only defeating them feels rewarding. If they’re withal non besides hard for a thespian looking for to a greater extent than challenge, there’s a Rage-Quit fashion that eliminates the checkpoints inwards the game.
Admittedly, the game tin experience a flake brainless in addition to repetitive, only the challenge lonely is plenty for the thespian to move through the game—and, of course, the wicked sense of humor is spot on.
While at that topographic point are entirely thirteen levels to live on unlocked, the game could accept at to the lowest degree 3 hours to finish, generally because y'all volition definitely leave of absence a lot inwards the game. But the customizable might of your Lichtspeer makes a 2nd playthrough interesting enough.
Lichtspeer is a practiced distraction from playing AAA games. There were times when I felt that the game would move good if ported to iOS equally touchscreen I recall volition live on plenty to arrive move in addition to interesting. Though I withal applaud the developers for making the game withal amusing, pretty, quirky, in addition to fun.
RATING: 3.5/5
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