Pocket Gamer: Gene Effect is a challenging and often annoying experience, but it's worth sticking with and offers a gripping sci-fi storyline which is unique on the Google Play market.
When we set out to compile this, list it raised a few questions about just what “independent” means in the Android world. On a console, there’s usually a pretty clear distinction between the latest blockbuster release, and the smaller outsider productions, but the Android world is one of digital downloads and smaller budgets, where most released are created outside of the usual publisher system.
Great picks. I wonder if I'll be able to playay of these games on my new Ouya?
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Fans of arcade-style shooters such as R-Type, DoDonPachi Resurrection, and Shogun: Bullet Hell Shooter will tell you that futuristic spacecraft are faster than a Ford Escort with go-faster stripes, and move with the kind of grace that would put the Red Arrows to shame.
Gene Effect is not a clear homage to any one particular game, but after five minutes of play, you know exactly where and when its developers are coming from. Whether intentional or not, it’s clear that the developers still hold a lot of love for the European computer games of the early ‘90s. Classics like Exile, Paradroid, and Thrust all leave trace influences, and while the result isn’t close to any of these games, it clearly remembers them fondly.
