Bugs Must Die / 异星特勤队 Reviews

Such a well done retro style game that pays homage to the roots that it came from! While being able to keep the retro feel, and incorporate modern touches, it balances both old and new in the game play. Hours of fun and challenging replay, just waiting for you, as soon as you press the Start button!

I'm loving this game so far. I hope it sells more copies because the devs made a really good game. Killing bugs never felt so good.

Not a bad game. But there are a lot of bugs and balancing. The campaign is quite short. Some bugs affect the achievement of the game. It is too short a game and it takes a long time for the achievements to pass. Some things are meaningless or make others meaningless. The campaign is difficult at first but then becomes easy. It has great potential but still needs to be developed. I hope there is a second part. They could make the cart move faster. A nice discount game is good.

I'm going to keep this short, because I'm keen to play more of this, but yes, fun indeed. Enemy AI > NEEDS < work though, as the enemies will often get stuck at obstacles. So to the developers, program the enemies to maneuver better, and you'd have a 9/10 from me. But for now? 7.8/10. Glad I got it... Back to it now...

Very fun and deep old style arcade twin stick shooter. It also has a grind loop that makes you feel like your progressing nicely. Most twin sticks are for a short term play experience, this one is a much longer and deeper haul. It's Total Carnage with a helping of Diablo and Gunbird 2. Very fun if you like these style of games. A progression Twin Sticker. Don't think I've played anything quite like it.

I played/streamed the demo of this game. Later, upon release, I purchased the full version, given how much fun I had in the demo. Here are my thoughts: Pros: - Fun gameplay. Reminds old school (seasoned) gamers of the arcade days of yesteryear. - Awesome top down graphics. Colorful sprites and satisfying explosions after pulling off special attacks, melee moves and General tank shooting - Challenging difficultly. Once again, for those that enjoyed the tough games of the retro age, this is a game you’ll enjoy. - Soundtrack. The soundtrack fits each level and boss battle in the game. From upbeat and encouraging to brooding and cautious. - Upgrade systems. Upgrade all kinds of weapons, the damage %, capacity, customize load outs per vehicle used (up to three different variations) and continue to improve yourself as the levels become more and more challenging. - Tutorial. I’m putting this here because some game tutorials tend to lack some vital info, having you smash different buttons in order to reach that “so that’s how you do it!” moment. The tutorial in the game is simple, straightforward and easy to grasp. - Aiming. Whether you’re looking to take out an alien bug, a turret atop an enemy base or enemies over a wall, there’s never an issue hitting your mark. Cons: -The difficulty. Although I enjoyed the in your face challenge (aka the Cuphead difficulty), some may find themselves repeating levels minutes after they load in. There are options to take the Easy route over the Hard one. This game is definitely worth a purchase, especially if you’re nostalgic of games like Galaga or a fan of shooters and boss battles.

Fun. But darn difficult. For the price I would say yes. But only if you really enjoy twinstick shooter style games. A couple of stages are even a complete nightmare! Could do with more upgrades but I did manage to beat the game!! Check out my review on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IP4ptY2gojc I give this game an 81/100

I want to recommend this game but I really don't feel it would be right. There is a lot of good here, different vehicles, escape pods, weapons, sub-weapons, drones, upgrades, etc. However, the balance is completely insane. There are weapons and subs that you simply ALWAYS use because the others just don't provide the DPS. There is little reason to use most of the weapons because they effectively all do the same thing. Or so similar that there really isn't any point. The bugs in this game drove me insane. Took me forever to get past the cowboy boss because whatever trigger(s) are supposed to exist... don't trigger. Lots of time powerups land in lava pools and other places you can't reach. You get resources but they come at such a ridiculously imbalanced way. I made the mistake of being REALLY good at twin-stick shooters and hit a wall around map 11... bashed my skull against the wall until I realized I had to go back to Stage 5 and repeatedly grind it for resources. Then I could unlock some necessary stuff... at which point I plowed through the final 5 stages on the first try. The graphics, story, animations, music, creativity... it's all there! But this game needs several more months of polish. Why have SO MANY different weapons and subweapons when there is no Earthly way you could ever grind enough resources to upgrade them. Again... the differences in DPS between them is so WIDE it renders most of them USELESS. This game needs bug fixes, major adjustment to resource acquisition, and a UI overhaul... trying to navigate the menus is sheer insanity with a controller. Again, I would like to say yes, but I can't. Even at 90% off its pretty ho-hum. More polish and SERIOUS editing is needed by the devs before I could ever say somebody else should invest their time and money.

[b] Bugs Must Die [/b] is a bullet-hell arcade with a lot of content and several playable vehicles. It has 2 different modes that provide several hours of gameplay, although I don't see myself playing the whole thing (see the cons below). The levels in the story mode have a good variety when it comes to objectives and environments. For example, some stages require you to fight a boss or to survive several waves, while other stages actually have 10 to 20 minutes of exploration. By far the best part of the game is the amount of active abilities. It has a huge variety of sub-weapons and primary weapons, including additional abilities like a super attack, weapon modifiers and a 'melee' skill. There are 4 types of currency that can be used to upgrade weapons and your vehicle. You can improve weapon stats such as attack speed, damage and ammo. While the game has some spamming problems, the art style is very enjoyable, reminds me of classic Genesis games. Not to mention that soundtrack is pretty good, although it lacks an impact sound which could be useful for enemies that you fight off-screen. [h1] Pros: [/h1] + many stages with different objectives + many tools like sub-weapons and drons + lots of unlocks and upgrades + pretty good visuals and soundtrack + decent settings, can remap controls + achievements [h1] Cons: [/h1] - I do not like the off-screen fighting that often takes place in this game. There are many turrets that shoot a lot of bullets from 1 or 3 screen away. You can partially mitigate that by moving around blocks and using them as shields, but generally speaking you often fighting enemies that you can't see (and sometimes your gun can't shoot far enough). The game also needs a sound effect when you hit buildings. - While I can't blame a bullet-hell game for having bullets, I do think that visuals in this game are not very refined and make it hard to see. Sometimes 70% of the screen is covered with effects that tend to blind me. Also, some of the enemies have poorly balanced attacks, jumping on top of you and just spraying you with bullets, making it pretty hard to react to animation. [b] Overall Thoughts: 7/10 [/b] I was hoping for a more polished experience considering that bullet-hell games usually do not cost $12 , but overall it has more positives than negatives. It definitely has plenty of content if you can overlook its relatively small problems. [code]For more Hidden-Gems: http://store.steampowered.com/curator/31294838-Hidden-Gem-Discovery/ [/code]

A game with great potential, but so many things are done wrong in this game. Firstly, it is not a rogue-lite game, there is little "random" factors in this game. It is a grind fest, meaning you need to grind endlessly for better equipment so you stand a chance to beat some levels. Balance is horrendous, a shot-gun lose close-range to anything including machine gun and rocket launcher, so why I should pick a weapon that is weaker, with less range and flres slowly? The game itself is really not that hard for the most part, they make it hard by spawning ambushes too often so that when you make mistakes, you lose. They just cannot tell the difference between tedious and hard. Also, enemies can actually spawn right on top of you without any warning.