About This Game Q-YO BlasterIs a horizontal Shoot 'Em Up , with peculiar characters, strange enemies, bullets, many bullets and many explosions. Enter the miniature world and stop the threat.Enjoy the rudeness with weapons, special powers and help from mystical beings.Q-YO Blaster has a nice 2d environment with detailed pixel art scenarios, varied enemies section, stages, powers, improvements and many more!10 stages with animated backgrounds and high detailCharacters by classLocal Co-opArcade modeWeapons and PerksSuper Special PowersVariety of enemies and confrontations against great bossesDifficulty levelsCRT mode 7aa9394dea Title: Q-YO BlasterGenre: Action, Adventure, IndieDeveloper:Team Robot Black HatPublisher:Team Robot Black HatRelease Date: 15 Jan, 2018 Q-YO Blaster Password qyo blaster Q-YO Blaster is a horizontal scrolling shooter that I would recommend. It is not without flaws, but I was very pleasantly surprised with it overall and think it is a good value even at full price. The biggest positive is the graphical style of the game. I found it to be both very original yet also very campy. It's kind of on the level of something like Infinos Gaiden where it seems like it could have come out of an alternate universe, rather than someone making it in 2018, because the various elements are so organic to the time period while also managing to be original. At the same time the game seems to mimic the visual style of Cuphead overtly, especially with the glove hand guns. This didn't bother me because it's more surrealist than Cuphead, which is more locked to the 1920s-1930s, especially with its minimal techno soundtrack. This effect peaks at the beginning of stage 7 with cartoon mushrooms and the environment seeming to bounce to the beat in that distinctive Steamboat Willy manner, although I may have just been imagining it. This is a great aesthetic juxtaposition that I wish was explored more and to a greater extent with more stark and driving beats that never degraded to soundscapes but just had solid minimal techno beats. This type of music has a really pleasing effect when combined with that 1930s cartoon bouncing effect, and the game captures that, although not perfectly. The game is also much more pixelated than Cuphead's smooth outlines. It is decidedly more amateurish than Cuphead in the graphics department for sure, but the creativity of the designs and overall feeling throughout was very enjoyable and the two are very different despite some surface similarities, both are great in different ways.None of this would matter much if the gameplay was bad and fortunately the game is fairly good as a shooter. It's not going to set the world on fire in this respect, but I found it to be competent and enjoyable. If you 1cc Dodonpachi you'll probably be able to find plenty of things to roll your eyes at, but then you'll also probably be able to find things that are surprisingly redeemable about it. There are some minor things that could be better, the biggest of which is variation among playable character types. The surface level variation is nice but it seems like it would have been not much extra work to add in a few different default shot patterns instead of all the characters just being reskins. There are 3 classes of characters based on their secondary triggered shots, it would have been nice to have at least that many different primary shot patterns. I also think that the game's primary hook mechanic, a bullet clear that creates medals for a super, is very serviceable, but not balanced as best as it could be. I would have liked to see the charge meter build faster (and maybe from something other than just specific powerup drops) with more enemy and bullet volume on screen to compensate for the increased frequency of the cycle occurring. It is actually a very enjoyable mechanic, not that it's groundbreaking, but it doesn't seem like you get to do it quite often enough. More supers or dedicated supers to characters also would have been preferable. Lastly, the between stage powerup mechanic could have been implemented in a way that is more interesting. As it stands, it seems kind of like a pointless addition. These are minor complaints though, the core gameplay is very enjoyable. For the price you should pick this up as a fan of the genre or even just if you like surrealist pixel art. It is surprisingly competent, very fun to play, and a unique package that I would consider a hidden gem.. ProNice to playMany characters to choose fromCon Difficult. A very fun lil' shmup for a pretty small price. I paid $1.27 for it on sale and it's def worth that. Had I known how much enjoyment I'd get I would have def paid the $3.99 though. grabbed it at 85% off (59 cents) because i was bored conclusionhidden gem(if you like this genre)much fun <3. I love it, surprised this game isn't very popular. I wish I bought it earlier, I'll recommend it to anyone who's into this type of game.. It's a good game...just weird as hell.
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