benjamyn
26-07-2005, 14:12
This game arrived yesterday, nice little game, the visuals really look nice and show what DS is capable of, slowdown only occured once when there were 20+ enemies on screen and I fired at them and used a bomb.
There are only 8 levels which is a bit of a let down seeing as they are only 5 mins long each, but the difficulty even on normal can be high at points.
Theres the main mode and arcade mode, you unlock levels in arcade mode when you finish them in adventure mode. Also there is challenge mode where you have to finish certain levels under certain rules like 1 life or Min 350, 000 score. Which adds to the overall length of the game.
The levels consist of many enemies, collecting coins they drop and defeating the end boss. Nanostray is the sort of game you pick up for 5 mins and play a level or 2, (like most DS games).
There are only 4 different weapon types with 2 shooting types to each. One which is standard and unlimeted, one which requires energy (the meter decreases when you use it, and is refilled when you collect blue coins by destroying a wave of enemies. As well as this there is a bomb which kills all enemies on screen.
The gameplay is frantic and enemies coming from all sides shooting at you, but you notice patterns and defeating them becomes easy.
This game looks good so far, just a bit on the short side.
Screenshot: http://dsmedia.ign.com/ds/image/article/602/602770/nanostray-20050408035601887.jpg
There are only 8 levels which is a bit of a let down seeing as they are only 5 mins long each, but the difficulty even on normal can be high at points.
Theres the main mode and arcade mode, you unlock levels in arcade mode when you finish them in adventure mode. Also there is challenge mode where you have to finish certain levels under certain rules like 1 life or Min 350, 000 score. Which adds to the overall length of the game.
The levels consist of many enemies, collecting coins they drop and defeating the end boss. Nanostray is the sort of game you pick up for 5 mins and play a level or 2, (like most DS games).
There are only 4 different weapon types with 2 shooting types to each. One which is standard and unlimeted, one which requires energy (the meter decreases when you use it, and is refilled when you collect blue coins by destroying a wave of enemies. As well as this there is a bomb which kills all enemies on screen.
The gameplay is frantic and enemies coming from all sides shooting at you, but you notice patterns and defeating them becomes easy.
This game looks good so far, just a bit on the short side.
Screenshot: http://dsmedia.ign.com/ds/image/article/602/602770/nanostray-20050408035601887.jpg