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Soldner-X: Himmelssturmer
Released On: Dec 4, 2008
63
5.7
All Platforms
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
63
18% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
73% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
63
18% Positive
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
73% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
9% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Soldner-X is definitely a very hard game, but it offers enough features and gameplay mechanics that help make it more manageable to keep the game feeling more challenging than frustrating and cheap to be worth the $10 price tag.
Despite the challenge Söldner-X can be an extremely enjoyable and addictive shooter when all is said and done. The poor design decisions do certainly take away some of the luster from this game. However, even after throwing your controller in sheer frustration and disgust there is still enough here to keep gamers coming back for more (if only just as a pastime between playing more major titles).
With Soldner-X Himmelsturmer, SideQuest Studios and Play-Asia have delivered a solid shmup that checks off all of the basic requirements, but if you simply need a shmup fix that takes advantage of your PS3, it really isn't a bad deal as long as your patience can hold it together.
After a few hours the only thing keeping you coming back will be a furious determination to beat the sodding game, rather than actually approaching enjoyment. [Mar 2009, p.105]
Although it's always competent, Söldner-X rarely revels in its own arsenal, and the result is a game where shooting things never feels like a particularly big deal.
It's never very exciting thanks to limp weapons, largely generic baddies (giant space-wasps excluded), and boring bosses. Great name, though. [Mar 2009, p.75]
Söldner-X tries to mimic Japanese shooter sensibilities, but in execution, it takes on the trappings of the worst so-called "Euroshmups": stages that don't seem to have had a lot of thought (or maybe too much thought) put into their design, and an art style that's mostly, well, art rather than eye candy to compliment the action.
User Score
Mixed or Average
Based on 7 User Ratings
5.7
14% Positive
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57% Mixed
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29% Negative
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User Score
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Based on 7 User Ratings
5.7
14% Positive
1 Rating
1 Rating
57% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
29% Negative
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
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Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- PC
- PlayStation 3
Initial Release Date: Dec 4, 2008
Developer:
- SideQuest Studios
Publisher: EastAsiaSoft
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