Solar Flux Reviews

Like Gravity Ghost, Solar Flux is a game that I was surprised to not enjoy the gameplay of. The challenge of efficiently managing inertia, limited fuel and gravity is something I'm excited by, and combining that with navigational puzzles/movement challenges is for want of a better term, my jam. My space jam, if you will. Maybe it's the way that orbits in Solar Flux are mechanically expressed as rigid states or that gravity based slingshotting isn't really possible. Maybe I just never mastered the controls. Either way, I felt like I rarely found the gameplay or puzzles rewarding. This has been interesting as it's given me some things to reflect on for the gravity/inertia based game prototype I made a while back and the way it exposes and expresses its gameplay. I don't regret playing Solar Flux, but I feel like I exist on the periphery of, if not outside its audience.

A typical game for any nerds, if there's still any out there. You visit stars, loads of stars, some levels have four suns, some underpowered and some about to blow but your machine is build to be friendly with the suns across four galaxies in hte game. The game is hard and it is funny when you lose because the ship is tough to align. It is a very very nerdy game. This game is better then Star Wars if it encourages players to be friendly towards any star across galaxies. This game prepares any future astronaut to be friends with the suns. A shame that all the suns are represented with the color of the level tier. I would of liked if the colored sun would mix together and be in one level, not divided! Also the game has good graphics.

Just a puzzler, you'll find many better free at kongregate. It has a few design flaws that make me wish I didn't pay for this. The biggest flaw - speed. No boost, no fastforward, heck even the UI moves slow in this game. This game needs accuracy if you aim for the top score, you will have to restart a lot when you miss with the thrust. Maybe it's a little thing, but it made me rage quit the game - each and every time you restart you have to stare for 1-2 seconds at rhe mission title screen. Also, a minor one here, none of the buttons have captions. I can guess what which button does, but I'd be glad to be sure what it does after I point at it, you know?

A beautiful but frusturatingly difficult iOS port. What looks to be a calm and relaxing game instead causes groans and hatred. Pick it up if you are interested in the artwork but I cannot recommend this game to anybody but sadists.

Solar flux is an incredible puzzle game. + The controls are as precise as they can get + Very clear and beautiful design + One of the best scoring systems + A lot of variety in the various challenges ; enough to prevent the game from feeling too repetitive

I completed all of the Solar Flux puzzles in just under 3 hours. If you are into breaking records and completeing all acheivements then you will be playing much longer. I would recommend buying this game if... A) You like puzzle games. B) You like outer space. C) If it is on sale for cheap. Pros - Creates a nice atmosphere of suns, planets, etc - Gameplay is smooth on either the mouse or the gamepad - Not too frustrating but more relaxing (breaking current records may get very frustrating) - Great concept for a puzzle game Cons - The music was not as atmospheric/ambient as I would have hoped for (This was corrected by turning the game music off and playing my own soundtrack) - I felt they could have expanded on the space theme. Suns, planets and black holes were great but I felt the time bombs didn't fit into the setting at all. They should have replaced them with an exploding comet or something found in outer space Overall this is one of those good little games to pick up during a Steam sale. http://youtu.be/UXrGmwY_Dw4

This game is addictive and fun if you like strategy type games, and its very nice visually too. I'd like to see more casual games like this or simillar, I'm enjoying it so far. It has a lot of levels each one a different challenge, please consider giving it a go, I did and I have enjoyed playing this little gem, I also found it Quiet relaxing too. It is a nice change from other more tedious and aggressive type games.

Not really my thing. Its "novel" control system of smushing your ship away by clicking feels simultaneously floaty and yet too-precise. They don't believe in using words for menus and such wherever possible, which means it's sometimes obnoxious to navigate things. Core gameplay is not very engaging (again, to me) because it's about delicate swoops and fast reaction times. I can definitely see where other people could have fun, and it has a nice trance-void-techno aesthetic, but if you have similar tastes to me (meaty puzzles and RPGs, keeping twitch-gaming to FPS and the like) the game is going to feel immaterial and bland. 4/10, but depending on how much you enjoy the presentation/style this could go up to 8/10. I'm not recommending, but how good it is feels way more subjective than most games.

Relaxing but frustrating puzzle game. Each level is a puzzle you have to figure out, then you have to use mouse clicking skills to actually complete the puzzle. I like the puzzle solving aspect, but I find the skill side a bit frustrating because your timing and clicking often has to be perfect, or you have to do it again, and again, and again... This can get a little tiresome if you're stuck on a particular level. Nice relaxing music though, and it looks pretty. Recommended if you like exercising your brain and don't mind honing the mouse skills to go with it.

Easy to learn, hard to master. It starts out with easy missions but they get more complex and difficult as you go. It's a pretty fun game though; it's a nice break from the shoot-'em-up games. It requires a lot of patience, but I find it very fun! Love this game! :)