COMPLETE: Polygoneer
Jun. 15th, 2019 08:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kjorteoI picked this up on a free weekend giveaway deal. As of when this post was written, you can get it for 100% off, so like, why not, right?
Polygoneer can best be described as "What if Super Hexagon were Ikaruga, yet somehow not as hard as either of its influences." You're a turret in the center of the screen. Polygons fly at you from all sides. Arrow keys rotate the direction you're facing and Z, X, and C shoot green, blue, and red bullets, respectively. Blow up the polygons by hitting them with a matching-colored shot. Last as long as you can before one gets through and you die.
Surviving for at least 30 seconds in any given difficulty level "stage" unlocks the next one, with the exception of a final "HELL" mode which requires 60 seconds in all other stages. This is where the "yet somehow not as hard as its influences" kicks in; yes, I could hear every Super Hexagon player I know groaning and responding with "ahaha NOPE" from all the way over here, but I promise that surviving 60 seconds is a lot more doable here. I mean, it's still tricky, but it's not "eating the sun" impossible.
HELL gets rid of the color mechanic entirely. Instead, it has you fending off shapes that accept being hit with anything, but that come at you with much, much higher speed and frequency. After getting 60-80 seconds or so on all other stages, my current best is around 45 in HELL.
Anyway, this is all kind of neat and fun. Maybe I'll call those stats good enough, or maybe I'll go back to try for 60 seconds in HELL (to complete the set) or for some of those Achievements I missed. Not a huge priority, but it's nice to know it's there if I ever feel like it. Much like you would expect from "Hexaruga but more humanly possible," the game has a very quick in-and-out way of getting back in the action between tries, and there's something about dying to an easily correctable stupid mistake at 57 seconds in that makes you want to try again because you know you can do better. Polygoneer is an intense, addictive and fun 'just-one-more-round' score chaser, with all due apologies to Nickervision Studios for stealing that line.
Fair warning: HELL's stage background and general aesthetic can best be described as "The banned Porygon episode," so maybe don't play this game if you're affected by that.
Polygoneer can best be described as "What if Super Hexagon were Ikaruga, yet somehow not as hard as either of its influences." You're a turret in the center of the screen. Polygons fly at you from all sides. Arrow keys rotate the direction you're facing and Z, X, and C shoot green, blue, and red bullets, respectively. Blow up the polygons by hitting them with a matching-colored shot. Last as long as you can before one gets through and you die.
Surviving for at least 30 seconds in any given difficulty level "stage" unlocks the next one, with the exception of a final "HELL" mode which requires 60 seconds in all other stages. This is where the "yet somehow not as hard as its influences" kicks in; yes, I could hear every Super Hexagon player I know groaning and responding with "ahaha NOPE" from all the way over here, but I promise that surviving 60 seconds is a lot more doable here. I mean, it's still tricky, but it's not "eating the sun" impossible.
HELL gets rid of the color mechanic entirely. Instead, it has you fending off shapes that accept being hit with anything, but that come at you with much, much higher speed and frequency. After getting 60-80 seconds or so on all other stages, my current best is around 45 in HELL.
Anyway, this is all kind of neat and fun. Maybe I'll call those stats good enough, or maybe I'll go back to try for 60 seconds in HELL (to complete the set) or for some of those Achievements I missed. Not a huge priority, but it's nice to know it's there if I ever feel like it. Much like you would expect from "Hexaruga but more humanly possible," the game has a very quick in-and-out way of getting back in the action between tries, and there's something about dying to an easily correctable stupid mistake at 57 seconds in that makes you want to try again because you know you can do better. Polygoneer is an intense, addictive and fun 'just-one-more-round' score chaser, with all due apologies to Nickervision Studios for stealing that line.
Fair warning: HELL's stage background and general aesthetic can best be described as "The banned Porygon episode," so maybe don't play this game if you're affected by that.