What ices up the game’s wings is a lack of variety: though Zeit2 definitely feels unique at first, the enemy behavior and visual fireworks are too limited. Common foes never do much more than coast by, and only so many stars-with-blue-gradient backgrounds can scroll past before your eyes glaze over. As a result, the game starts to lose its novel sheen after just a few hours, even as it offers a tantalizing glimpse of the genre’s future.
10 Shmups That Deserve More Attention
The PS4 did had a shmup as a launch game. Like everything else there are tons upon tons of shmups on PC. Check out Steam store type shmup and be amazed. Check out those browser gaming sites like kongregate it has Shmups. Is that consoles nowadays are all about cinematic action/adventure games
A look at the indie game Zeit², :a neat little entry into the world of schmups."
Is Zeit pure Zeitgeist?
Here is a snippet:
"Lack of story aside Zeit² brings a lot to the table. Numerous mechanics litter the game layered on top of the usual avoid/shoot gameplay of similar titles. Most striking among these is the time manipulation, which allows time to be fast forwarded or reversed using the trigger buttons. While the forward power is primarily used just to amass extra points (scores are higher when time is accelerated) the reverse ability introduces a great deal more and is essential to successfully navigate the game."
There are a couple much better xbox indi efforts, Score rush and Revolver 360 being fine examples.Xona is working hard at getting Duality out at some point and that looks to be something more impressive than what we have here so i would check out some of these first
Most of the indi on xbox isn't really all that inspiring but there are a few gems that truly shine