About This Game This is not a drill! I repeat: This is not a drill! Suit up, strap in, and start blasting! Operation Zenodyne-R starts here! Zenodyne R is a new 90s-style shoot-'em-up game filled with YM2612 music and real Blast Processing action, where your reflexes and patience will be tested in their entirety! Comes with all the features you may enjoy, like: - 2 difficulty settings offering a different experience (as of v1.04) - 6 stages that keep raising the bar! - 5 unique ships with different pilots and playing styles! - Unlockables that you unlock by gaining Tech Points from clearing stages. Gain even more Tech Points by going the high road, if you are ready. Unlock ships, pilot biographies, lore, and even extra credits! - Branching paths that increase more than the difficulty! - Blast Processing bullet patterns! - A 25 track YM2612 soundtrack by Hal "HeavyViper" Binderman Controls (default, can be rebinded) Arrows - movement Z - Shot X - Bomb! Shift - Altfire! 7aa9394dea Title: Zenodyne RGenre: Action, IndieDeveloper:Team Grybanser FoxPublisher:Team Grybanser FoxFranchise:ZenodyneRelease Date: 29 May, 2016 Zenodyne R Download] [PC] I remember the war.. Hell bids you enter. Victory may come slowly, painfully... Or perhaps not at all. But seek this despair, and you will be rewarded....Zenodyne R is ruthless and unforgiving, but the satisfaction of beating cruel and heartless levels will leave you hungering for more. 9/10-Rayne. I remember the war.. Zenodyne R is one of the best indie shmups on Steam.The graphics are very well done and look exactly like they would have appeared in late-80s/early-90s. It looks like it could have been a Taoplan game!The music is the same--sounding exactly like you remember those old Genesis games from your youth sounding.The gameplay is fast and furious, but not cheap: you can usually dodge things that you see coming without having to memorize the entire game.The story actually works within the the game without getting in the way if you want to ignore it.Each level is unique with it's own visual feel and special gameplay. Unlike some other games in this genre, you will remember each level individually.The game's difficulty is hard, but fair. While the difficulty feels uneven in some areas, the way difficulty is adjusted for normal difficulty is primarily through how often extends are doled out, which allows less-experienced players to beat the game and not feel like they missed out on too much. Veteran players will find a very challenging game that mixes both modern and classic shoot 'em up elements.Branching paths provide some replay value and makes experimenting with different routes through the game feel less boring than other shmups.. This was easily a day 1 purchase for me and I wanted to wait til I've had at least 5 hours of playtime before reviewing. As someone who grew up in the 80's and 90's on cartridge based consoles, this easily brings that old feeling back: Starts out tough as nails, but as you get further in the game, the earlier stages become easier (and that was hard for me to believe at first). If you favored the type of music that the Sega Genesis punched at you, then your ears will definitely be feasted in this. There's been a slew of anime based bullet hell shmups popping up on steam lately, so this at the same time felt like a breath of fresh air.This is pretty much a straight up in your face vert shmup. There are 5 ships in total, but you start with one. There's a point system that rewards you after beating the stage boss. Those points add up and you'll eventually unlock the other ships as well as extra continue credits. This game has 5 stages, but don't let that fool you.One interesting feature this game has is that you're asked mid-stage if you want to take the harder route. I don't really feel like it makes the game harder? But there is an extra boss to fight after the main stage boss. Want tate mode? This has it.I do feel there needs to be some balance adjustments. For example, the first boss has 3 phases while the boss of stage 2 only has one. I felt it should be the other way around. Sometimes it just seems overbearing with all the activity on the screen followed by a quick moment of nothing. Again, these are brief. Enemy bullets are FAST, so you can't ever turn away, not even for a microsecond. This game defintely keeps you on your toes.I will continue playing this game even once after I've beaten it. It is definitely on my "gradually play again and again over the years" just like all the other shmups I play. I hope the dev continues to make shmups that don't follow the current trend.. The soundtrack and start up screen alone are worth it. Wait for a sale though.. Basically, My Honest Review of Zenodyne R sums up my initial feeling picking up this game for the first time and thinking I have any chance in hell of survival.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj6mztQdo8IA few downsides (for me) entering a bullet-hell game for the first time. Difficulty settings should be corectly labeled "harder" and "hardest". Only 3 continues makes it impossible to survive beyond even the narrow tunnels map. Bombs help clear bullets during boss encounters. But it's limited to only 1. Many times I confuse my bullets with pick ups with red and purple enemy bullets. Too damn much going on at once on screen at a time to focus properly.I'm sure some people train for this their entire life. But for us common folk, it would be nice with a practice mode of learning (WTF?) before getting thrown right in for failure. I'm just saying.But overall - I loved it! Reminds me of other games I bought and shall never complete because the difficulty is too high even in "normal" mode. But it's still fun to try. After breaking a few XBox controllers against the desk, floor, and walls. You come to realize - it's just a game. And getting upset because you suck can become quite costly.
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Updated: Nov 27, 2020
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