Akka Arrh is a up to date re-imagining of a scrapped challenge courting again to the ‘80s. If that’s not an odd sufficient set-up to hook you, then possibly the rock-solid gameplay can do it as a substitute. Developed by Llamasoft — the workforce behind the enigmatic Polybius — Akka Arrh is a singular wave shooter that duties you with killing enemies throughout a myriad of vibrant ranges.
You management a stationary turret with an array of weapons, as wave after wave of enemies attempt to steal your life pods. The expertise is an odd mish-mash of quite a few influences. The impression of Tempest feels most overt, with its vibrant vector graphics and fight seeming a serious affect, however video games like Asteroids or Geometry Wars, or Rez really feel equally related.
The fight sees you make the most of a couple of completely different weapons, although the first is a time-delayed bomb that includes rhythm parts. The bombs explode in time to the rhythmic pounding of the digital rating, and that is what permits you to rack up main factors, although the insane colour palette makes it straightforward to lose monitor of issues. Enemies create cascades of their very own once they die, so in case you time your first bomb very well, it’s theoretically potential that you just by no means have to fireside once more for the rest of the extent. There’s nothing extra satisfying than pulling off an enormous combo. These combos are vital as twitch aiming is just not one of many sport’s sturdy fits; rotational aiming will be fairly sluggish.
Regardless of that, this can be a large space the place the title’s weird sense of humour shines via. The title of your combos will get crazier as they go, finally shedding all coherence and seemingly turning right into a string of random phrases. It’s all amusing and shines a lightweight on simply how weird this title is.
The core loop is an easy one, however it’s not as immediately addictive as most of the different video games from Atari’s prime. Whereas it’s satisfying to drag off an enormous combo, and requires a shocking diploma of technique, by the point you’ve performed via the core 50 ranges of the sport, you received’t be as anxious to dive again in as you may hope.