Space Invaders Infinity Gene
Space Invaders Infinity Gene evolves. Every facet of the game changes over the course of the game. Heck, even the main menu grows over the course of the game. For starters, the game takes you on a Darwinian quest from the first Space Invaders game, as the first level, to its conclusion 18 stages later, with a few extra stages in the side. The first level looks just like the original game, and plays like it too. After you beat it, your ship evolves, and gains an ability. Over the course of the game, you evolve many times and gain a bunch of abilities. Thankfully, one of the first is omni-directional movement. As a result of these evolutions, the game-play gets better and becomes more intense. Your enemies also evolve. Initially, the enemies line up in columns and rows and look and move the way they did 31 years ago. After a while complex groups of enemies and bosses come after you shooting from all directions on a moving board that changes color and…… you get the point, it keeps getting crazier.
There are lots of weapons in the game and each is unique. The weapons feel different, each one requiring a different strategy to succeed. For instance your rapid shot weapon shoots only in front of you but your line weapon will track the enemies movement to an extent. While blasting away, you’ll often see UFO’s. UFO’s are the power-up carriers. Blast them and they will drop a molecule looking thing. Each weapon levels up a few times to become more powerful. Combined with the level-changing evolutions, choosing the weapon you’re best with becomes important. Actually being good with all the weapons is important.
The enemies also are varied and unique, yet all still maintain that great vintage look. Even the bosses look great. They attack in unique ways and you will have to think about how to take some of them down. The patterns which even the most basic of enemies enter and shoot get more complex. Taito even throws walls at you. Portion that you have to navigate like a canyon. Other parts are like great fields of harmless cannon fodder. Really excellent variety.
The controls of the game are pretty solid and standard. you can touch anywhere on the screen and move your finger to move your ship in that direction relative to the ship. It works nicely, You’ll get used to it pretty quick and then no think about it. The game offers easy, normal and hard mode, with the latter being unlocked after a play through on normal. The hard mode is hard. it is challenging but the game allows you to choose how many starting lives you have so its flexible in its difficulty. Because the game play is so good, the higher difficulty levels will keep you coming back for more. Also worth mentioning, the Music mode lets you play a level generated after you select a song in your library. The whole song plays through, and then starts again for a boss battle. Its so much fun that I will listen to music when I don’t normally just to play a level.
Since no game is perfect, there are a few minor issues with this game. There are times when larger enemies come swooping in and such and it looks like if you touch them you’ll die and then you don’t and there are other times when you do die. If Taito could make it more discernible what can hurt and what cant that would be better. Another thing is, I wish there were more evolutions, I had so much fun changing in this game, I was very upset when it was over and there were no more to be had. Also, some might consider it a bit short length-wise , but neither of these issues cant be fixed with an update.
Space Invaders Infinity Gene Has super slick retro-style graphics. Ever-changing game-play, keeps the game fresh throughout and will keep you engrossed. There are lots of unlockables and the Music mode alone makes this game, priced at $4.99 (USD), worth the investment. Space Invaders Infinity Gene is the clear descendant of Space Invaders from 1978, and on nearly every account does the game proud.
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Why are you not posting more review bro?
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