![]() It’s very basic, but to include one at all is nice. Now when I say story, don’t expect a masterpiece of story telling or some mind bending twists, as it won’t deliver that. The campaign is interesting because your choices impact the story. We do get a fair few options in Curved Space, one of which is a campaign. It didn’t bother me in the slightest, but felt worth a mention.Īnother requirement for an arcade game is to have a few modes at least, thus allowing you to mix up the gameplay. I sense it could be jarring for some players. It’s brief and I think it’s in part due to how the maps are designed and when the camera transitions to another angle. The camera at times can appear to sway and not follow you correctly. This doesn’t relate to the movement itself, but becomes more noticeable when you’re making sharper movements or going off the edge of the map. I feel I need to mention the camera here. This mixes well with the combat for when you’re needing to avoid enemy bullets and go over the edge to the other side of map. The movement in a game like this also needs to be smooth but quick, and Curved Space delivers! It’s a fun little ship that you can move with ease so it never feels sluggish. This is the same for multiple boss fights, so it brings an element of replayability and customisation as well. The reward will be upgrades for your ship and it will drop a few of them, however you choose one and one only. Another nice feature in Curved Space is how you’re rewarded from taking down the boss at the end of each stage. You get to use it frequently which is good and also needed in fairness due to how many spiders you may have on the screen at one time. This is charged up as you’re killing the spiders. We also have an over drive system which gives your weapons extra damage whilst making you very powerful. ![]() This gives the gameplay a further mix up. This is where the lash also comes in handy as they may need to be powered and to do this you will lash enemies together and then attach them to the beacon. Some levels will also have power beacons in them. It’s also a ton of fun to use! Dashing is also key and you can chain enough together to get yourself out of trouble quickly. This allows you to link enemies together and becomes key part of the gameplay. Turning all the spiders to smoky crisp as they surround you is also a pretty sight in this as the flamethrower covers quite a large area so helpful in a pinch! A tool you also have at your disposable is a lash. My favourites so far are the flamethrower and pulse rifle type blaster. The weapons in Curved Space are very varied which allows it to stay fresh and the weapon drops through the game are regular, so you do get to change your weapon load up through a mission, depending on what weapon drops from the spiders. ![]() A game like this is only fun providing its shooting mechanics are solid and it plays well. There are a fair few more too, but I won’t reveal all as some of it should be a surprise! There are big ones too, maybe not so good for people who don’t like spiders. We then get the bigger ones that have armour on and you need to do more damage. We have spiders that will just run at you for a nibble, others will run at you only to explode near you if you shoot them. Turns out I worried for nothing as the enemy variation here is good. I had one concern with this from the start and I wondered if the enemies wouldn’t be varied with them being based on spiders. Great news if you hate spiders as you will be killing hundreds, or should I say thousands of them! Get revenge on your eight legged invaders. Here we have a twin stick shooter set in space on platforms that are, as the names suggests, curved allowing you to go over the map in any way possible. It is fun and gives that feeling of just one more go. Curved Space is the first one I have played in a while and it’s not disappointing. I’m sure we all remember twin stick shooters – depending on your age that is! They have become a rare genre type in the past few decades which is a shame as they can be a lot of fun.
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