RUINER

It feels like a mash of different games like, Hotline Miami, Hyper Light Drifter, Superhot and Transistor.

[COMBAT]

Tough but fair and expect to die a lot. The way combat starts is, it's just you moving onto an area, get locked in a room of death and fight hordes of enemies until you can proceed to the next area. Simple but nice, although some people might find it repetitive but for me, it wasn't a problem.

[WEAPONS]

There is a lot of weapon variety (from what I've seen atleast) that have different stats and abilities, like plasma rifles, shotguns, assault rifles, pistols and melee weapons. My personal favourite is the Metal Pipe but it might change in the future. (You can also use a Katana which is a godsend for weeaboos :^^)

[ABILITIES]

There are a lot of abilities and you can re-spec them anytime for free. This sets up for different kinds of playstyles and combinations. I also liked the way you can plan your dashes by holding the RMB button.

[CONTROLS]

Controls are a tad hard since it's a top-down shooter. You have to press the button depending on the way that your character faces, f.e. if Puppy is looking right and you're supposed to go along a corridor, you have to press D to move forward. If Puppy faces north, you'll have to press W to move forward. This takes some time to get used to. A problem I had with the movement was the dashing, you dash using RMB and WASD. It would be nice if you could use your mouse to dash (not talking about the dash planning).

[GRAPHICS, EFFECTS, SOUND and MUSIC]

Superb graphics and colour palette for a cyber-punk era game. I really liked the random texts that pop up on the screen randomly, "KILL YOU" "HELLO DARKNESS" "WE WERE NEVER FRIENDS" "YOU'RE BEING PLAYED". On the other hand, the music choice for the game did a good job on catching the cyber-punk feeling. Sounds were pretty good too.

Verdict

I give Transistor Light Miami a 9/10, masterpiece.

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