Minishoot Adventures
Probably the best game I've played so far this year. Minishoot Adventures is basically Zelda: A Link to the Past, except you and all the enemies are spaceships, and the game is a bullet hell. It's incredibly well polished, well designed, a good length, and great fun throughout. There's an overworld map where you unlock new areas and find map parts, there are dungeons with combat rooms, keys and bosses, new powers, lots of upgrades, lots of special skills to find, races and lots of secrets. Highly recommended - especially on the Steam Deck.
Pros
- Great controls
- Big variety of enemies
- Combat challenges are varied and make clever use of mechanics
- Lots of upgrades
- Super powers
- Great level of difficulty, and difficulty curve as you unlock new abilities
- Multiple options for people who prefer the game easier or harder
- Somehow, full of Zelda references even though everything is a spaceship
- Tons of secrets to find
- Lots of content
- Really polished
- The sound effects are excellent. Combat is full of tinkly glass as enemies break into pieces
- The world map is well designed. As you progress, there are shortcuts back to the center and by the end, you can get back from anywhere very quickly
Cons
- Weird apostrophe in the title
- The written sections are either badly translated, or just deliberately very vague. You can safely ignore the whole story though
- Lags a little on Steam Deck when there's a lot going on - which it shouldn't for such simple graphics