Flowing Lights stands out from other arcade shooters because of its puzzle element and tactical gameplay. The game itself is, unfortunately, not revolutionary. If we didn’t have this spruced-up gameplay loop and (online) leaderboards, the game would be very mediocre. This is in part because of the game’s very bland visuals. Luckily, the sound design balances the scales in the favor of the game again. Even though the game gets repetitive after a while, it can still be fun to play in short bursts, or as a score-beater for those wanting to satisfy their competitive nature.
Flowing Lights
gFaUmNe · May 7, 2021
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Flowing Lights is an Arcade Puzzle Shooter. Each combat is a puzzle that will challenge your reflexes and tickle your neurons. Improve with each try, improve until the perfect run, there is always a smarter way to win!
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- Overall, I did enjoy my time with Flowing Lights. I think it’s cool how the developers combined puzzles and arcade shooters into one, but I felt as though there could have been a bit more meat on its bones.
- 5.0Despite some eye-catchingly colourful visuals, Flowing Lights is unlikely to keep you around for long. Too many niggles in the moment to moment gameplay mean that any fun we might be having is quickly undone by frustrating failure.
- 7.5Flowing Lights executes its novel take on the shmup genre successfully for the most part. It provides an engaging and addictive merging of puzzler and shooter, and the addition of online rankings serves to add replayability and longevity. While it doesn’t reinvent the wheel, what it does provide is a solid arcade experience with a satisfying gameplay loop.
- 7.0Flowing Lights is a unique title that takes the arcade shooter in a new direction. The mixture of puzzles and bullet-bending gravity helps to freshen an aging genre by adding a layer of strategy. Although the title is marred with unimaginative aesthetics, the ingenuity soaked within the gameplay will communicate with fans of retro titles.
- 8.0Flowing Lights is a game that demands planning in advance; these aren’t simply run and gun levels, they are puzzles that need to be solved. And it is having to adapt this mentality that makes Flowing Lights such a unique and fun experience. Bullet hell fanatics will appreciate a very competent arcade shooter, likewise puzzle fans will enjoy something unusual. Everyone else will be pleasantly surprised.
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