![]() In far too many shooters the weapons you use are what you pick up during the level, you will default to what you collect regardless of whether you want to or not. ![]() You basically build your ship based on the armor and weaponry you accumulate. From here it’s all about the scrap you pick up throughout the levels. Of course, if you want something light and nippy or something a bit in between, the game caters to that as well. I went with the big, slow bullet sponge that is the Sentinel. You start with a choice of three basic ship classes. In Drifting Lands, the two go hand-in-hand in the most marvelous way.ĭrifting Lands is a hugely customizable game. Way too often in games of this type, the story comes second to the action. You’ll realize quite quickly that some of your leaders probably aren’t all they’re cracked up to be. ![]() All I’m willing to say is that if you give the game a chance, you’ll be wanting to know exactly whose side you’re on. There’s quite a bit of intrigue going on, which is why I’m enforcing my “no spoilers” policy. You’re a pilot defending the Ark – basically a big floating battle cruiser – from enemy forces. With this awesomely pleasant surprise out of the way, what other nice things can I say about this title? Well lets start with the story. This is a game that doesn’t have it in for you from the moment you load it up. It’s got nothing to do with this game being too easy rather, instead of having a difficulty spike big enough to impale a baby elephant, Drifting Lands has a difficulty curve. I’ve realized – now that I’m quite a lot more than a few levels into the story – that I’m still alive, still enjoying it and actually doing pretty well, thank you very much. This could well be the game that has actually changed my mind about the entire genre. I have a tendency of playing the first few levels, getting blown to bits far more often than I should and giving up in annoyance that my fingers won’t do what my brain is telling them to, which is why Drifting Lands caught me by surprise. The thing is, I’m just impressively bad at them. I can see that it’s all meant to be fun, frantic and heart pounding. Actually, I’ve never been a big fan of the bullet hell genre period. I’ve never been a big fan of side scrolling shooters.
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