Shoot 1UP Reviews

It's a great little game for the price, even if the art is terrible and the makes the whole thing feel a little messy. It can be quite difficult to tell what is going on because of this, and it would be infuriating if the game was difficult. Thankfully, it's incredibly easy. Incredibly cheap and some quick fun, so worth a pop if you want to try a shmup but maybe find them a little difficult.

Okay. I paid a dollar for this. And... I ALMOST asked for a refund. Almost. Not because the game is particularly bad... But because I won the normal difficulty campaign on the first try. Let me be clear. I'm NOT as young as I used to be. The only way I win most modern console games is by sheer persistence. And modern games are not as challenging as they used to be. I know what I'm talking about. I was there. So, lets just say I have no hope of ever beating a "Souls" game no matter how much I like them. So, If I'm beating this shmup in one try, even on the normal ie middle of three, difficulty. Then something is a bit shy in the challenge department. Again, I know what shmups should be like, I was there when they were invented. And, being as I cut my teeth on real arcade games I;'m guessing I've gotten my dollars worth. But keep the less than challenging nature in m,ind when purchasing. Especially of not on sale. I can not legitimately recommend this game for this one reason. BUT. If you were they type to throw 4 quarters down on 10 minutes on one game back in the day, then I suppose you could do worse. Don't spend 16 of them.

Vertical shooter with a fantasy space theme. Interesting powerup system where you collect ships to get stronger and sacrifice them for protection. Nice graphics and decent sound. Original concept. [i]Listed on the [url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/40858110-Shoot-%2527em-up-Database/]Shoot 'em up Database[/url][/i]

Got this on sale for a few bucks, not like it needed a sale but it did bring the game to my attention. I love shoot em ups and this is no different. I've finished it twice but I don't think I'll be back though. I did enjoy every minute, though.

I bought this game just to blow up a fembot with nice gun tits. 8/10 wish the gun tits were completed for the full booba experience.

Quite possibly one of the best shoot-em-up games in history. This game has a unique gameplay twist where you can keep stacking on more and more ships with every 1UP you get. You can easily have 30 ships under your control. Using the left and right triggers you can expand your ships to take up a larger area on the screen or you can compress them down to the size of a single ship. You might not think there would be any reason to expand them but the weapons change a bit once you spread them out, making it very handy in some cases but increasing danger by giving yourself a larger area to get hit. I've never seen a shmup where the direction will change from moving upwards, to sideways, to backwards, constantly throughout the levels. You often have a choice of which direction to go as well. Not only is this mechanic unique, it's also exectuted perfectly. Truly a benchmark for the genre. They could have made it a bit longer though. I was able to beat the entire game (on normal difficulty) on my first playthrough in 20 minutes. There were quite a few stages and there is even another game mode where you do not have extra ships, just a single one where you can continuously keep upgrading it over time (but you can only get hit once for each stage or you lose that progress). This mode is more difficult but adds to the replayability factor. The Steam leaderboards work well too so even if you were a master of the game, you can keep replaying it to get as high on the leaderboard as possible. I also loved to see the inclusion of the almost-naked girls everywhere in that one level and the boss battle with the giant girl who shoots you from her nipples. Although it sort of throws the atmosphere off, it is still tastefully implemented. I can't wait to try some co-op with a friend. A must-have for any shmup fan!

A game spawned from developers enamored with the idea of a SHMUP, but having no idea what it actually takes to make one. There is one fairly novel idea and the rest is flaccid, low-effort sludge. Some of the mistakes are so elementary it's insane. Floating score items can get enormous and drop in quantity, blocking out a large percentage of the screen. That's a terrible idea, but at least enemy bullets are rendered above them so they don't obscure the battlefield. However, the enemies themselves do not receive the same accommodation. Totally baffling. Don't even bother at a discount.

I love this game! it stretches to 2560x1080 perfectly in full screen. Its a really nice trip back to the arcade, I am only a casual gamer, and on easy its actually easy to finish. at 3.29CAD, its a steal! worked perfectly right out of the box, most ports dont sadly. the game is fun and the levels are interesting, hope to see more from Mommy's Best Games!

Perhaps the Shmup is a more difficult genre to produce than one would think judging by the amount of Indie dross so categorized, but - THANKFULLY - here's finally one worthy of the moniker. Worthy [i]and[/i] robust - with branching paths to different challenges. Worthy, robust, [i]and[/i] innovative - with a multi-ship "gimmick" that actually works and enables new layers of strategy. As typical for the genre, Shoot 1Up is not overly long, but it is quite replayable and brilliantly fun.

[h1] You lose ship, you get ship, you lose sheep, you get sheep... Too many sheep! You balance how much your ships are dispersed for stronger attack also contracting them together to avoid getting hit. I find this kind of gameplay to be rather daunting than entertaining. [/h1]