Sky Force Reloaded

Grindy but fun
I think they overcooked this a bit compared to Sky Force Anniversary. The core gameplay is still great - pretty much the same, which is good - and time spent with this one is quite enjoyable. They tried to extend the progression system adding many more weapon levels, plane variants, passive skills, etc which on premise sounds great, but in practice it's a grindfest.

Gameplay
8/10 (6/10 including the grind factor)


Aesthetic & GFX
7/10


Music & SFX
5/10


Time Played
18hrs

Final Score: 6/10

Hi, SFR is one of the best modern "shrumps" out there.
Nice sci fi shooter, great for relative casuals (hell, my GF rules in the game i was surprised). Great for HC fans too on highest difficulty.
Lovely upgrade system due stars you collect. At start you are barely useful with weak cannon, with upgrades you got rockets, stronger cannons and one time upgrades ideal for nuking bosses.
It has decent local multiplayer for two people. It would be great, if more could be available as GF has two daughers and one likes the game a lot. Though, i get the balance of difficulty could be messed up.
I really like the graphics, optimalization as the game runs on the low end machines as well.
Audio is nice too. I prefer extreme music, but the electronic soundtrack here is decent and quite nice actually for relax.
We play the game with wireless xbox one and some cabled cheap oem one. No issues.
Great game and a must buy even if you are not a fan of the genre.

One of the most addictive and satisfying games of this kind I have ever played! Perfectly thought out mechanics and rouge-like gameplay idea is a blast. It's hard to tear yourself away because of the "one more turn" syndrome which is very strong! The game is a hidden gem, almost perfect!

The best shmup I've ever played, it has it all. Great graphics, great sounddesign and music, wonderful levels and enemies, great difficulty spike to gradually challenge you more and more. An upgradable skilltree for missiles, maingun, winggun, laser, powerbomb etc. There are 4 difficulties on each stage, you finish all the 4 tasks on each stage to unlock the next difficulty. So the 4 ones are, kill 70% of the enemies, kill 100% of the enemies, rescue all survivors and stay untouched.
Some mention that the game is grindy and that might be so quite early on but I still completed upgrading my whole ship way before I was tired of the game and I still come back to it. I have levels left to complete on nightmare difficulty which is very hard but it's super rewarding game on higher levels. It start out slow and that's the point, that way you feel your power later on, think Diablo 2, you start as this little nerd smacking 1 monster at a time to just melting stuff on your screen later on.
Have fun, highly recommended and like I said one of the best if not the best shmup, the only other game comparable is Skyforce anniversary. They are 2 must buy shmups, way more fun and engaging than all the asian psychadelic ones. This is more like an old school 1942, 1943 but with modern graphics.

Good bullet hell shooter game, the grind for upgrades takes a while but not that long, and is infinitely many times better than the mobile grind (waiting after updates and waiting for planes??? who designed that, homescape??) Get it in the sky force bundle with Sky force anniversary, a slightly older yet similarly compelling game with a much shorter grind

This game is worth buying, it is really fun to play and it never gets boring.
It gets harder and harder until eventually even when your ship is fully upgraded you really have to sweat and use powerups. It's really fun upgrading your ship and getting better and better at the game and unlocking new levels.
I would really recommend this game.

Solid 4 star shmup . The inclusion of 'must play' multiplayer events really pisses me off.
No, I don't have anyone to play with.