If possible, and if you’re really willing to, try to grab a copy for those retro consoles as it will feel right at home there. If not, I hope you have a PS Vita. This game supports cross buy and it’s slightly more enjoyable as a portable experience, mostly due to its short duration and smaller screen size.
Fast Striker
NG:DEV.TEAM · Oct 16, 2018
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FAST STRIKER is a 2D arcade shooting game with emphasis on scoring. You can choose between 3 game modes with different scoring systems. This game features six stages of excellent 2D arcade game play with over 40 unique enemy types, super smooth 3D scrolling backgrounds, huge CGI bosses.
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- 5.0With only six stages to play through, there’s also too little to bother with. As someone who hase fallen so deeply in love with the genre, whose itch for a new brilliant shmup has been left unscratched for years, I can’t help but feel disappointed – especially because of how promising NG:DEV.TEAM seem to be. Alas, Fast Striker isn’t what it should have been.
- Lacking many of the features we’ve come to expect from modern shmups, Fast Striker isn’t quite the out of this world shooter die-hards may have been hoping for. But its challenging boss battles, wealth of difficulty modes, and clever scoring systems should keep even the most jaded fans of the genre coming back for a few more loops. It’s just a shame staple features like online leaderboards or cooperative play are nowhere to be found, as they would have really helped round out the package. Still, if you’re looking for a quick and dirty bullet hell fix, Fast Striker will certainly scratch that itch.
- 5.0In review, Fast Striker is a difficult, but scrappy homage to the shoot ‘em ups of old. Its Neo Geo graphics, while nostalgic, don’t particularly stand out, and use an ugly palette of colours. The lack of additional gameplay features, especially powerups is its most egregious sin, but the experience is still an enjoyable one, if only for ten minutes at a time.
- 7.0Fast Striker is solid all round. It has four modes of ever-increasing challenge and complexity. Novices are able to get a feel for the game, while Maniacs can push their skills to the limit. The shields are an interesting idea. Under the right circumstances, they are a satisfying means of escape, yet they can also be a crutch. If they are always being exhausted, it's proof that the player needs more practice. Overcoming the impossible is what STGs are all about, and this title clearly understands that mantra.
- 7.5A fast, furious and fun shoot ‘em up that brings some interesting gameplay changes into its different modes. Doesn’t do anything groundbreaking but plays like a dream and looks and sounds exactly as you remember shmups do!
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