Vortica

The game has serious and widespread game-breaking issues that prevent progress and completion in many different ways. From spending 10 hours to get a save that crashes to desktop every time it's opened, to spending 8 hours on a new save that is softlocked because of map generation failure, this game is not in a suit…

Thought this game looked cool and it didn't disappoint. Gameplay and controls feel pretty smooth, lighting is amazing and pixel art is nice looking too. I like the variety of stages and lots of different enemies so far. Also 10/10 Synthwave soundtrack! My only gripes so far are same-ish mission objectives and also t…

This deserves an instant negative review, but that would be unfair because it is just my personal nitpick. The music and game play is fun. The Problem: When we play a game, why on earth would we want it to warp every freaking second? The screen warp effect, or whatever it is, does not contribute to the gaming experi…

I'm really enjoying this game. It has a nice balance of action, exploring, and crafting. I recommend paying attention to your load outs, I didn't do that at first. But you end up with a cache of items and mixing up your load outs can help with different maps. I also recommend taking the time to explore all areas of…

When I played the nextfest demo for Vortica, I fell in love with it immediately and put it on my "buy on release" list. Now that the release is here, I'm happy to say that Vortica has only gotten better. A wide variety of weapons and tools, rad music, well thought out mechanics, wild enemies, a good grimdark story a…

I enjoyed the first couple hours for sure. After the first boss I was finding that not only was it starting to be boring with repetitive missions, the enemies were getting far more health than what my weapons could output. Eventually I had to lean on turrets to clear what used to be simple rooms. Towards the later l…