GodisaGeek: "On paper, Hexodius may have seemed solid enough, but in practice it fails on even the simplest of tasks. The addition of the utterly pointless narrative and the run-of-the-mill gameplay just make this game unnecessary. Sure it kills some time and is, on occasion, enjoyable, but if it had dropped the dead weight it could have achieved much more. There are far better twin-stick blasters out that do everything Hexodius does only much, much better."
"Sometimes taking a trip back in time to the days of leaderboards, powerups, and an incentive to show off as you wield weapons is the breath of fresh air that the game industry needs among all the moral dilemmas, side quests, sharing buttons, and effects that cause studios to go completely bankrupt. Even though these old style games were simple in design, they had to be designed with an equal amount of care as today's blockbuster titles."
The current-generation fascination with twin stick shooters may have lived and died with Geometry Wars many years ago, but the genre existed long before the now defunct Bizarre Creations put their hand to it and will do so long after. Hexodius is a new title that shows there is much more that can be accomplished simply by looking backwards.
Hexodius is what seems to be the first game to be released by new developers Brain Slap Studio, eventually picked up for distribution by Namco Bandai. Geared off your basic dual-stick shooter, the title takes on the concept of rebuilding your own ship to fight against an evil A.I. that is trying to take over.
