Neil writes: "It has to be said that the indie publishing team at Digerati are on a bit of a roll. And after dropping a ton of lovely indie experiences the way of gamers over the last few months and years, they are back once more with the launch of Black Paradox on Xbox One and Nintendo Switch, delivering intense interstellar frantic bullet-hell to the masses."
When I downloaded Black Paradox by Fantastico Studio, I was expecting a classic throwback and nothing more. The cyberpunk pixel graphics and synthwave soundtrack drew me to the game with their throwback vibes. However, even though I felt like I was playing a 1980's arcade game, what I experienced was a contemporary twist on the space shooter genre. I was never into shooters, so discovering this action-packed title opened a whole new world of gaming I didn't know could be so fun.
TGG writes: "Black Paradox is a shmup that looks great, sounds great, and plays great but doesn’t reward great."
Kieran writes: Black Paradox is a Side Scrolling Shoot-em-up massively influenced by all things ’80s, made by Fantastico Studio. The title comes from the name of your character, a time-travelling space gallivanting bounty hunter who must hunt down the seven leaders of the criminal organisation known as the Hellraisers.
The gameplay is fast and frenetic, borrowing from a lot of classic games such as R-Zone and Gradius, two powerhouses of the side-scrolling shooting nature.
Bit of info: The game seems to be missing on the PSN store, despite it coming out only a few weeks ago - it's available everywhere else though and we've asked the publisher for more info.
This looks pretty cool. It's already out for PS4