Neon Sundown

So hard. Once you get going it is so fun. would recommend. I got this on sale for $1 and I think it should have been $10. love.

My issue is with the basically 'silent' ending of the game development. I understand moving on to other projects but to release an experimental then just abandon without posting anything more than a note in the discussions isn't the way to do it.

The game has three meta-currencies that drop randomly from mid-tier and higher enemies. The upgrades in battle don't appear to be weighted at all towards either your chosen ship or your build. I had to mute the music because even at the lowest level in the options, it was still much too loud (and not good enough that it warranted me going into the volume mixer to fiddle with it). They use the visual style (neon shapes) as an excuse for them not to have detail on your ships or most of the enemies. While the arenas do have some variety, it's only in the types of enemies or in restrictions to what upgrades you can pick. The win condition in all of them is the same - survive for 10 minutes. In the majority of cases, the ship upgrades do not scale well enough to keep up with the enemy waves having more and more enemies that get more and more HP. So in most cases you'll have to pick specific ships with specific upgrades to be able survived the designated time. I really wanted to like this game, but the only times I play it are after it's been long enough that I forgot just how frustrating and grindy the game is. Did I mention there are three meta-currencies?