Luftrausers is a tribute to arcade shooters of the past featuring retro graphics and balanced play mechanics. Games are short, brutal and action packed, customization of your Rauser gives the game a high level of replay value as you work through all the possible combinations. There is no storyline to the game, but if you enjoy chasing high scores, and short play sessions this title is worth your time.
On this week's episode of The 1099 Podcast, co-founder for indie studio Vlambeer and speaker/world traveler, Rami Ismail, joins host Josiah Renaudin to discuss the state of independent game development. Rami explains the benefits of being open to your audience, the biggest misconception the average "gamer" has about how games are made, how he deals with media criticism, the impact geography has on game design, how to predict new genre trends, and what it was like watching his mom play a video game for the first time.
Vlambeer has only two people, but he Dutch indie game maker has managed to draw outsized attention to itself during its six years of making games.
"Maybe you've noticed that a lot of indie games end up on PlayStation 4 before Xbox One, and one of the studios that has partnered with Sony time and time again has shared one of the reasons for this."
this score would have been my verdict when I first played it, but now i realize that I'm playing it at least once a week, even if it's just a couple of tries. The replay value complaint kinda goes away.