Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
It's at its lowest recorded price, $11.19.
- Audio: 56 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 48 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 42 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Combat: 5 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 221 player reviews · updated 6 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 189 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
The soundtrack and sound design are also top notch.
That I've already succeeded getting more people to play through the story than I ever did with Crimzon Clover's fantastic novice mode since its release a decade ago, and them coming out more receptive to STGs, is enough for me to say POLYGON BIRD's first outing is worth your support and playtime.
Gameplay wise it reminds a little of the aforementioned shmups, Radiant Silvergun especially, and it also really reminds me of the obscure Alltynex from the FMTowns as the ship in that game had both a sword and a very similar looking homing missiles special weapon, with green trails even.
The team released a conventional shmup with undeniable crossover appeal and their inexperience catering to specialists is more fixable and less urgent than the reverse of wrapping a compelling fictional world in alluring audio and visuals.
Really fun shmup with a gorgeous art style and unique sword mechanic (play with a controller that has joysticks for the optimal sword swinging experience).
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Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 4 sampled reviews and is not shown.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $11.19 (−20%). That's the lowest price we've ever recorded.
The data behind the verdict
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We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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