Sky Force Anniversary Review | Hardcore Gamer

There are as many types of shooters as there are game developers, but in broad terms they tend to fall into a couple of categories. Bullet hell is all about geometric explosions of pure pattern, challenging the player to wind their way through the insanity. Twin-stick leans towards only a little bit of firepower directed against the player but hordes of enemies constantly crowding the screen, horizontal shooters tend to fill the screen with environmental obstacles, and more classic-styled vertical shooters are more methodical. Sky Force Anniversary is from that last category, and while its enemy patterns aren't as flashy as a bullet hell shooter, there's something to be said for enemies smart enough to aim at you rather than shoot like they're suffering from diarrhea of the bullet emitter.