Space Invaders PC Review

Space Invaders is one of those products that with the passage of the years we all gain more and more love and respect for them. A game that marked time and that largely defined the shooter of the last decades of the twentieth century. A "ship" (because that's what they told us it was) that fired at an army of enemies formed by small cubes that floated on it. In 2008, it was decided to recover this timeless classic in an interesting modernized version that appeared for laptops (at that time the first Nintendo DS and PSP), went through 360 ... and now, in full 2018, comes to Steam . Now let us take a ride and know the magic of Space Invaders Extreme.

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Content

Space Invaders Extreme is a mix between classic forms and modern effects. Of course it has been the inspiration of many films, especially in a comic way, and the classic "martian" of the game is an institution today.
Which have the dynamic backgrounds that know how to accompany the action, effects that show how we are no longer at the beginning of the history of videogames but we are still able to play with it. Of course, all with the "Arcade" mode as a central point, and without thinking about free play. The main thing in this title is to be able to face the real hordes of enemies that sometimes will be lots of small cubes in the classic style, other times they will be great specimens (that respect that same typology) that move around the screen. And all this adorned with some improvements.

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Gameplay

The main thing we can highlight about the gameplay (the Nintendo DS and PSP) is that now overcome the game is something more accessible to overcome (not to get high scores). For example: running out of lives does not mean restarting the route we take (now we will explain this), but losing the option of the best results. Still, we're still there. In addition, now everything becomes more competitive: the game is the same, but the Arcade mode allows us to compare our scores with those of our friends, thanks to the world leaderboard.

Of course we have the system of scores that we already knew, which includes certain combos, improvements according to what "falls" on us, the possibility of unleashing chaos with a powerful blue beam that sweeps the screen and destroys everything in its path . We can get series of "low" if we chain "bugs" the same color. This adds dynamism , and the various firing modes change in a way the way we approach challenges. In this "Extreme" version, we fight bosses (which are these large versions of the classic "Martians") after the first two levels, and then we choose a "route" to overcome the title.

This is composed in total by four " paths ", all with the same result, as expected. But the difficulty is always increasing. Among the effects, the number of enemies and the devilish speed sometimes, we better hunt a good power-up to face the most difficult situations, because we will fall many times. And this, unfortunately, will only give us even more desire to continue. And is that although the mechanics is all the time the same, hooks as it alone. In addition the controls are just as good as in the original, use control or keyboard. If you cheer up, you're still faced with a good dose of vice. In addition, now we have an "E " path so that the difficulty gets out of hand. “Do you want a challenge ?”

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Technical Section

Let's talk now about the thorny technical section. The first thing is to say that we are dealing with a "modern" version of a classic, that although it was born in laptops of the past generation, is based (as expected) the Xbox 360 version in terms of effects, dynamic backgrounds and size about the elements on the screen. But let's be honest: the title is now even better, thanks in large part to the fact that today's PC is much more powerful than Microsoft's last desktop. The movements are as smooth as they are alone, and almost any PC could move it with all the ease that a 10-year-old title deserves but that now gives the best of itself.

Sound

As for the sound ... whether or not we are fans of electronics (who subscribe is half), is a section that engages a lot and we can not blame anything. In the original, only the PSP version had a different section. Here we find again a selection of synthesized songs, caneros and that invite to continue playing, along with some re-designed classic effects. One last. An unquestionable work .

Game Details

Developer----------------Taito
GULTI co., ltd. (PSP)
Backbone Entertainment (XBLA)

Publisher----------------JP: Taito
NA / EU: Square Enix

Series----------------Space Invaders

Platform----------------Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable, Xbox Live Arcade,Microsoft Windows

Genre---------------------Shooter, Action

Mode-----------------------Single-player, multiplayer

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Conclusion

Space Invaders Extreme has taken 10 years to get to PC, but it has done it with a kind of conversion that keeps what is already known in Nintendo DS, PSP and Xbox 360 but adding visual improvements and world rankings. There is not much more to say: excellent for fans or for those who want to approach the classic in the least visually "injurious" way possible.

Happy Gaming!!!