Nuclear Lizard Island Rampage Reviews

Exactly what I paid for, pretty addicting

This game is the most fun I’ve ever had with any $2.39* title by a long shot. If it had come out when I was in my early twenties hanging out with friends all the time, this would already have at least a dozen hours of play among us. If you still enjoy the occasional round of Katamari Damacy and Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee, then this should strike some chord for you. It’s not either of those games and doesn’t play like them, but there’s a weird kinship among them. Also it would be great if we could either customize controls and/or remove the button to immediately exit without confirmation from the primary face buttons. *$2.39 at launch sale price, $2.99 regularly

I am very sad to not recommend this game. I am always on the lookout for indie kaiju games but this was very disappointing. Negatives: The music loop was very annoying, there is a good music opening sting, but the actual loop is maddening. With no option to lower the volume for it, it would help if it was mixed better in game. The actual gameplay is more frustrating then fun. The destruction is very unsatisfying, with sometimes I am unable to tell if something is destroyed or not. I also often end up killing people when I try to pick them up, it is very inconsistent. It seems I cannot pickup the military guys for some reason. Often I try to very carefully destroy things as to not immediately kill the people that come out of it so I can eat them. Which does not always work and is not fun. The punching feels like it should be way faster, it was annoying to press punch only for nothing to happen. It is also just missing that fun factor and juice. For example I was so disappointed to learn that picking up the red barrels and throwing them would not make them explode. The levels are all very samey and bland. With the level objectives being sometimes impossible. I think killing the people is optional and gives you upgrade points? Upgrades have no description, I have no idea what upgrading "Start" does. Positives: The retro graphics are fun! Overall the game is very under cooked. Something I would expect to see on itch.io as a free web game, not a paid game on Steam. I will not refund the game, as I am curious to see if the developer listens to any feedback and updates the game. I will update the review if this does happen. UPDATE 1: The Developer has just fixed not being able to eat soldiers, and added an option to turn down music. This does improve the game! However it still needs a lot of work. It seems the project needed several more months in the oven before being ready. I would suggest either fixing up the game, or moving onto a new game, and making sure that one is finished on release. I do appreciate these changes! Side note I just noticed a glitch where the health can go into the negatives, consider clamping the health.