Megaton Rainfall
"Megaton Rainfall' is a first-person superhero game. A global alien invasion is taking place and you must face it – alone. Chase massive destruction devices at supersonic speeds around an Earth that's as large as the real thing and populated with semi-procedurally generated cities. Then finish off the alien devices with your lethal energy blasts. Just be careful to avoid human casualties! You are so powerful, you'll leave a trail of collapsed buildings if you miss your targets! Feel unprecedented freedom of movement as you fly through buildings, break the sound barrier, and accelerate to extraordinary speeds. Then rise above the atmosphere, circumnavigate the Earth in seconds, and get ready for your next battle. 'Megaton Rainfall' is the ultimate superhero experience!"
Steam User 11
This is the closet game of being Superman .If they were to remake this game with the graphics they got today this would problay nbe the best super hero game on the market.
Steam User 9
I played Megaton Rainfall a while ago, when the game was exposed by Nerdcubed (check out their channel), and the game left an impression on me.
And a few years later, I've come back, and I'm ready to review.
This game captures something that I wasn't expecting from a Superhero game: existential horror. The game directly tells you that there is nothing in the universe except for Earth, and then goes and gives you the tools to go see for yourself. Flying though a solar system, a galaxy and even between galaxies, there's this pit of terror that...well there's nothing. It's all meaningless, except for Earth. And the only thing stopping Earth from being destroyed...is you. It's a perfect premise for a game about saving the world, and not worrying about the fact planets are procedural.
But what about the moment to moment gameplay?
Well, I enjoy it! This game is about making you feel so powerful that you can be reckless, and you'll need to hit shots precisely or you'll be killing more civilians than the intruders with fantastic feeling destruction. That being said, combat can feel clunky and like you're sitting and waiting, rather than fighting. It would be nice to see some more dynamic combat than "hit red/yellow".
And then the intruders run, so you chase after them, ascending among the atmosphere, and the music *hits*.
I'm someone that is very emotionally feeling when it comes to music, and the music in this game elevates it. There beautiful sections between combat, or in certain missions, or at the end of missions, and they just hit different in this game.
Flying over the Earth, mentally preparing for the next fight, it's something I've not really experienced in many other games.
It does everything it can to solidify this idea that you are the only hope for humanity, so get ready.
The story itself, like others have said, is weird, and coming back I still don't feel like I have a full grasp on aspects. I haven't found extras hidden among the galaxy, so perhaps there is some clarification there. Needless to say, this is a story that has some interpretation about what it means, which also feels very suited to this game's ideas of existentialism.
Overall, this experience is 100% worth your time, even if that time is very short (the game is quite small just going through the main campaign). Perhaps based on that, you could wait for a deal, but I think this game is still worth the asking price.
Steam User 5
Definitely worth getting if it's on a good sale. Took me 4 hours to complete the campaign give it take. Amazing combat and gorgeous destruction. Make you feel like a true super human. Basically the lives you save act as your health bar. It's insanely hard to fully protect them as the powers it gives you sometimes do more damage than the aliens. Wishing the freeplay mode let you add in enemies or removed the hard reset that occurs when you use the megaton blast directly at the earth. It would be awesome to see a freeplay mode with an endless onslaught of enemies with no penalties and no civilian health bar. Or a villain mode where the idea is to destroy.
9/10 - lacks some content that could easily give it an 11/10
Steam User 7
this game is amazing, even though i got it yesterday. The only improvement to be made is that there is no requirements to go to free mode, and i wish there was a toggle for casualties to not be an issue. so it isn't as stressful.
Steam User 34
You play as a giant naked space Jesus who can fire atom bombs at alien butt plugs.
If THAT doesn't get your attention, nothing will.
Like others have said it's more of a tech demo/sandbox than a game. Gameplay is arcadey at best and kinda frustrating to be honest but a couple of hours of fun nonetheless.
Where it really shines is the procedural generation. You can walk the streets of New York complete with buildings, cars, pedestrians and even famous landmarks (although very low poly) to the rings of Saturn in mere moments and even beyond our galaxy.
Don't pay full price, I got it on sale for 4 quid.
TLDR - Blasted London with a nuclear weapon and improved the place.
6/10 Sandbox
Steam User 19
Step 1: Install villain mod
Step 2: Become the ultimate god, cause chaos, and kill everyone
Profit
Or just explore space, I mean the amount of content is technically unlimited since you can literally fly in space forever.
Steam User 2
I didn't know about this game at all. Quite old, and it does show its age. However is quite enjoyable. Flying around is pretty cool and destroying buildings is super satisfying. It's a thumb up for me! Here's my full impressions: