Valfaris: Mecha Therion

Already much better than the first game. The first Valfaris was NES tough platformer, did not enjoy, this one is a sidescrolling shmup with upgrades. Based dev. The only thing missing is some voice acting.

Unless you REALLY enjoy replaying your games multiple times (and this game has some incentives to do so) I wouldn't recommend this at full price. But if you take the value-proposition out of the equation, it is very fun casual shmup. It has excellent and unique visual style that combines with the extremely heavy soundtrack to create one of the most metal games out there (with the first Valfaris). The "use melee to deflect bullets and charge your guns" mechanic works surprisingly well. You have a lifebar so you don't die in one hit and you can find more health in the levels. The checkpointing is pretty merciful. There are a lot of guns, secondary guns and melee-weapons to pick from and upgrade. You'll most likely have headbanging good time for one evening with Mecha Therion.

Did you enjoy Valfaris and expected another delicious hell crawl? This is not it.
The sequel has become a side scrolling shoot 'em up. While the music is still good, it is not as great as the prequel.
Gameplay is solid but not exceptional.
Still worth a recommendation because the game is good, albeit simple and short.
There is not much replay value.
If you are on a budget, buy the prequel.

I only recommend getting this when it is on sales. It is a fun game, but as a shmups this is quite average. I think platformer game is definitely stronger as a studio.

Pros:
- Visual / art style
- Music / VFX
- Game is pretty fun & fair on most part
Cons:
- Weapon balancing
A few just straight out better / meta
- Module balancing
Same as weapon, a few just is better / meta
- Some part is very frustrating to play, especially on higher difficulty
Camera angle
Visual cluster
Amount of enemy in tight space
Have to melee in some situation
3D sometimes mess up your perception

Ive been a gamer for many years, have had just about every popular game system made. I played when polygons were new, nothing beats sprites for gaming experience. I cannot stand most AAA titles, they are not fun, cant stand the greedy microtransactions, and political agendas. I dont care about graphics so much anymore, I just want fun.
This game and first one are not the prettiest visual wise but the soundtrack really gets you into the game, fast game play, difficult but fair, and just really fun. I hope these types of games keep being made. AAA makers will probably buy out all of them, shelve the talent and push their crappy AAA games. Until that day comes please keep the indie games rolling.
To me it is the best time in gaming history, games are back to how all should be made. Great job!

way better than the first one, only problem is i don't read very fast and some times the text boxes disappear before i can finish them

This is a weird one, because I like this game despite not being too positive on the first game, and weirdly one thing I really like about this sequel is that even though it's a shmup instead of run and gun, it still feels like the first game, but in a good way? Anyway, good fun.