You'll only hit a Game Over screen if you run out of charge, which can lead to great, tense moments as you fling yourself right through dangerous territory to grab a battery at the last moment. Every now and then a downed enemy will drop a battery, which you need to collect to charge your power, so going too slowly will drain your battery right down.
Getting knocked down rips 10% off your total score thus far, which can be frustrating, particularly in the near-endless 'Infinity Drive' mode, where your total score can remain static or drop over a long period as knockdowns rack up. To beat a level, and to maintain a high score and thus earn a good rank, you'll want to take as few hits as possible. Getting kills in quick succession lets you build chain combos-the key to getting a high score is making sure that one of your enemies dies every 2.5 seconds, which means switching between damaging more hardy enemies and wiping out the smaller, more vulnerable baddies often. Enemies can drop power-ups, which let you speed up, give you additional firepower, or-best of all-temporarily cause all enemies to power down, letting you rack up kills. Each android comes equipped with a primary weapon and a more powerful sub-weapon, each of which is given a generously short recharge time, so it's often possible to slip right into a huge group of enemies, do enormous damage, and slip out again. Enemy bullets are generally slow-moving, and some enemies are far less dangerous than others. By the end of the campaign the onslaughts can feel unending, even though, in truth, levels only last a few minutes each.įrom the outside it looks hardcore, but one of Assault Android Cactus' strengths is how discernable and navigable the chaos is. It's a frantic experience, one where you're almost constantly beset by loads of enemies, swarming and firing shots at you. The further you go, the more enemies the game hurls at you in each level, and the more hits it takes to kill them. As before, there are 25 levels to play through, nine playable characters-five of them unlockable-and the game's focus is on chasing high scores and earning higher ranks for performance by repeating levels. Thanks to a handful of new additions and some excellent port work, this new 'plus' edition is the definitive way to experience Witch Beam's excellent twin-stick shooter.Īssault Android Cactus+ isn't a major overhaul of the original, but it's a significant iteration. It's the sort of experience that works equally at home on your TV and in your hands during a morning commute. Assault Android Cactus, first released on PC back in 2015, is a game that feels perfectly suited to the Switch.
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