![]() You’ll die a lot, you’ll scream, you’ll want to throw your mouse across the room but you will also sit there and say to yourself “just one more run” again, again,and again. The thing to keep in mind should you decide to play this is simple enough. Much better than a lot of early access games one can find on Steam. ![]() With randomized levels you’re not going to feel the game gets repetitive so feel free to tinker to your hearts content.Īs I already pointed out the visual style of this game harks back to the golden days of arcade shooters but it should also be pointed out that the bosses and ships are very well designed with some exceptional special effects. Healer drones and a shield if you want to play defensively or attack drones and an ammo boost for a more John Rambo-esque playstyle. ![]() At the end of each run you can choose upgrades that dictate your play style on the next run. Each ship you pick has its limitations insofar as how much RAM it has for storing weapons, abilities, etc. ![]() Each ship you can control (there’s a variety to choose from) can shoot, dodge, dash and use special abilities that are unlocked in “factory” levels that you invade and shoot the faces out of. The objective of Stellar Interface is simple enough, don’t die. The menu itself is nice and simple, with visuals harking back to the golden days of the horizontal shmup but there’s options in there that no Speccy owner of the 80s could have dreamed up, like the excellent StellarNET that shows you your progress and informs you of just how much you’re going to have to do to hit 100% (LOTS, just in case you were curious). The updates hit you as soon as you see the in game menu. Of course, this being 2016, there’s more to the game than there was back in the days of 8 and 16 bits. On top of the obvious visual clues taken from R-Type, Gradius and Uridium the pounding soundtrack are almost ripped wholesale from my dim memories of my pre-teen self sat in his room in front of his Sinclair Spectrum +2 hammering away at that bloody awful keyboard and stabbing at the buttons on a competition pro 2 joystick in his later Amiga owning years. Stellar Interface has all of this and more. If you are of a certain age, there’s a visual style of horizontal shooter that evokes memories of smoky halls, bleepy music and the rattle of coins. ![]() Previews // 19th Nov 2016 - 7 years ago // By Chris Wootton Stellar Interface Preview ![]()
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