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Additionally, there are a few different power-ups that you earn at the end of each level. Multiple bullet types for your gunboots include a powerful one-shot-KO laser, a spread shotgun, and a fast but slightly aimable machine gun. The opposite kind of enemies also exist, which require you to exclusively shoot them, as jumping on them damages you instead. Inside caves will either be gun pickups, which change your gun's ammo type, or shops which will allow you to exchange crystals for food items that either restore or extend your health and can bolster your ammo capacity.įalling isn't as simple as you'd expect as some enemies can be resistant to bullets and require you to jump on them instead as a way to kill them. Jump on enemies, or shoot your way out of sticky situations blast breakable blocks and break open crystal-like structures to obtain gems, the currency of the game. Enemies and barricades made out of blocks await you, but can be taken out via your handy, upgradeable gunboots. While in a free-fall towards the bottom, randomly generated levels will appear before you. It is a simple game, only utilizing the joystick (or d-pad) and a single button for both jumping and shooting. But safety is a false illusion in this game as enemies are always creeping closer towards you. Platforms, caves, and shops riddle the well, providing momentary relief from falling. Gravity is working against you as you are constantly falling. No, Downwell is a game I can only describe as an upside down bullet-hell shooter. So get any ideas of cutscenes and plot relevancy out of your mind right now. The game, like many other roguelikes, is not story focused at all.

Equipped with only your gunboots, you must defend yourself against all kinds of baddies waiting for you in the well and reach the bottom. The premise is that you are falling down a well. I've prepared a list and reviews for each of the titles I have tried in order to not only get an excuse to write for this damned blog again, but also highlight some of the best games the Vita has to offer.ĭownwell is a simple game on the surface, with some hidden mechanics that will keep you coming back for more. Some of them are fantastic time sinks with game sessions lasting anywhere from two minutes to an hour in length, but some of them are also. The gorgeous QuarterHD OLED display that the Vita 1000 boasts lets roguelikes of all qualities shine, and the impressive specs of the system allow even more complex titles to be ported to the system.īeing a genre I have a particular soft spot for, I have purchased just about every roguelike for the system.

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Even though many of these titles were released on the PC first, they just feel right being on the Vita.

Some of the indie titles released on the system belong to the 'Roguelike' genre a genre inspired by the elements of the classic PC game, Rogue. It had gone from a triple A handheld to a pocket gateway into some of the PC's finest indie games, along with some of the quirkiest Japanese titles I've ever seen (I'm looking at you, Genkai Tokki series). Along with the very affectionate support of Japanese developers, the Vita had unintentionally became something Sony never intended on it becoming.

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A massive effort on Sony's end to bring indie titles to the Vita, PS3 and eventually the PS4 turned the Vita into a cesspool of mixed-quality indie titles. Luckily though, the Vita soon became a PC gamer's best friend. Big third party developers didn't see the audience, nor the power that the Vita had, and thus didn't support it at all.

After a few attempts at creating some special titles for the system, Sony disowned the console and stopped supporting it altogether. The Vita soon became an extremely niche, abandoned console. The system received some good hits such as Gravity Rush and Persona 4: The Golden, but never any of the AAA, console-quality experiences that Sony had promised (unless you count the god awful attempts at bringing popular franchises like Resistance and Call of Duty: Black Ops to the platform). I remember when Sony first announced it as the NGP (Next Generation Portable), claiming it was as strong as the PS3 and promising triple A titles to make it a 'true home console experience on the go.' I also remember it's pitiful launch featuring a handful of gimmicky games, followed by a long drought of gamelessness. The PlayStation Vita is an unfortunate system.

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