Utilizing a draining battery mechanic in place of lives, Assault Android Cactus challenges you to think fast and keep the bullets flying, blending the gameplay of western styled arena shooters with aspects of Japanese style bullet hell as you charge head first through transforming stages, massive boss battles and an eclectic cast of characters on the way to saving the day.

Junior Constable Cactus is outside her pay grade when she responds to a distress call and ends up stranded on a crippled space freighter under attack by its own robot workers.

Assault Android Cactus is an arcade style twin stick shooter set in a vivid sci fi universe.

Pro players who do nothing else for a living would find it boring and repetitive, glad I am not one of those “gamerz” and can enjoy some classic arcade action. Reviews weren’t the greatest at the Microsoft Store, but this isn’t a game for everyone. Even with the difficulty it has that “one more try” aspect to it.

Upper levels are fairly difficult and boss battles will take more than one try to beat, but so did Mike Tyson in Punchout, so I dont feel too bad. This game has a great difficulty curve to it. Some just completely suck and I tend to gravitate towards certain characters.

Each new character doesn’t always mean a better option. Being VERY Japanese in nature in both character design and dialog, I was waiting for an “ All your base are belong to us” moment.Vibrant colors, fast-paced action and an ever changing play field splash across your screen at a frantic pace leaving a few “what the hell just killed me” moments.Īssault Android Cactus has a variety of characters each with different weapon systems you unlock progressing through the game.

The background story consists of Junior Constable Cactus responds to a distress call and ends up stranded on a crippled space freighter under attack by its own robot workers. Since Robotron and Smash TV are some of my all-time favorites, I instantly gravitated towards it. The gameplay takes the sphincter clinching action of a bullet hell shooter and combines it with the dual stick control mechanism of the classics Robotron/Smash TV.

This game popped up on my Xbox Live membership as a free download and I was very surprised.

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