We’ll be fully sincere – we had no thought what was happening in high down shooter Akka Arrh at first. Like…not a clue. There was motion, mild results, weird sounds – but none of it made a lick of sense to us.
This was to be anticipated from developer Jeff Minter and Llamasoft although. The person behind Tempest 2000 and Revenge of the Mutant Camels was by no means going to create one thing easy.
Even the sport’s origins aren’t easy. It’s a reimagining of an Atari coin-op arcade sport that was by no means really launched to the general public, and it’s not arduous to see why it could have been a tough promote amongst the opposite cupboards round on the time.
It’s loosely associated to many titles together with Missile Command and Robotron: 2084. You management a turret in the midst of a small platform, and should fireplace bombs at enemies who can at greatest be described as, er, obscure shapes.
As soon as one enemy explodes they create a secondary blast that slowly expands out in a round radius – with the goal being to chain these explosions collectively.
Bigger foes can’t be destroyed by your bombs although, however might be with the bullets you get each time you are taking out a minor enemy.
You’re not technically controlling the turret nevertheless, however merely the cursor that goals the bombs.
One other factor that basically confused us at first is that you just’re positioned on high of a elevate – with a basement space that resides on the backside. That is the place your well being is stored. In case you do find yourself on this part you’re allowed to unleash a brief vary rapid-fire gun.
Ranges have totally different aims and duties to finish, however Akka Arrh is finally an actual blended bag. There are occasions when it flows splendidly, and also you full an enormous nearly by no means ending combo. Then occasions the place you are feeling misplaced, a bit of bewildered, and finally annoyed.
It by no means feels as tightly designed because it ought to, and pales compared to different traditional Minter works resembling Tempest 2000.
Akka Arrh is value investigating for hardcore shooter followers in fact – it has plenty of visible enchantment and is actually one thing totally different. Everybody else might wish to contemplate if they will really deal with this eclectic neon fever dream.
