Launch into a relentless battle against a robotic horde bent on the destruction of an Orbital Power Station. Blast your way through three intense game modes with one of two selectable space fighters.
Addicting, classic shoot 'em up gameplay, built upon a uniquely modern structure, featuring beautiful 3d graphics, and a soundtrack by Audio Antics await you in Orbitron: Revolution!
Orbitron Revolution is a side scrolling shooter reminiscent of the classic arcade game Defender. The game features 3 game modes:
Guardian - Where you defend the four sections of your space station from enemies that use a drilling attack.
Countdown - Where you face wave after wave of enemies, attempting to score as many kills before he clock runs out.
Extra - Where you have to survive with 1 life as long as possible against an ever increasing number of enemies.
The graphics nice, with particularly nice detail on the Orbitron space station that the game revolves around. This is both a blessing and a curse, however, as the graphically detailed surface of Orbitron in the background can often make enemies difficult to see.
The sound is acceptable, with the standard lazer type xaps and explosions you would expect. The background music gets the job done without being intrusive or annoying.
Where Orbitron really falls down is the keyboard controls. This is where the fact that this is a port from an XBox game really shows. The game does apparently support an XBox 360 controller, but I do not have one so I had to use the keyboard instead. The keys use wasd for movement, which is fine. However the developers made an odd choice of selecting the enter key for firing the main weapon, and the back space and +/= key for special attacks. There is no option to remap these keys either, so you are stuck with them if you do not have a controller.
There is also only one two ships to choose from and one map. The ships do not seem to differ much in their basic performance or weapon. The ships do handle well, and the Orbitron map is nice, but the lack of anything more does limit the game's long term replay ability.
Still, there is some fun to be had in this flawed arcade shooter. If you liked Defender back in the arcade days this game may give you a few minutes of nostalgia. The low price makes this a good game to use those last few blue coins you have laying around if you want some cheap fun. I just hope the XBox 360 controller support is better than the keyboard setup. Three stars.
A game that takes its influences from the likes of the old classics like Defender but puts a modern slant on it. It's very fast and tough as nails but is a great little shoot em up (which I'm not normally a fan of) and a near perfect indie game. Great fun but not a game you will play for hours on end. But at the cheap price, who cares?
Classic horizontal shoot 'em up game, awesome graphics and music, if you are into this style of game it would be a nice idea to buy it, you won't regret it, also right now it's on the Indie Fort bundle in here, what could you ask more ?
A horizontal shmup. The game sports 3 modes, has two possible ships to choose from, from what i saw while playing. The graphics are excellent. And the music and voice work reminds of Wipeout. It is really good for a short gaming session. Overall, it is good, and does well what it sets out to do. Recommended for shmup fanatics.
A fun enough game if you're up for an arcade-like experience that somewhat combines Starpost and Defender/Stargate, then jams the intensity way up. Great music, and responsive controls (though no pad support so bring a friend such as Xpadder). The game looks good but is heavy even on systems substantially exceeding the requirements unless you turn off the shadows, and doing that makes everything harder to see. Your mileage may vary, but for the humble asking price I'd say it's worth picking up. Enjoy!
