Starr Mazer: DSP

The gameplay itself is fluid, you learn quickly how to play and what to do . there's no hiccups or confusion as you progress and any sort of significant shift or change in either scenery or enemy formation is broadcast by voiced lines.

Despite the negatives, the game is still tremendous fun due to the great soundstrack and sound design, the varied ships and weapons, the cool enemies that work really well and the unique way of buying lives and ships.

The graphics are colorful and bright, with the stages showing some variation (night/day) between runs.

I have a non-Xbox controller that isn't compatible with XInput, but it works great with other indie games such as Freedom Planet and Jamestown.

This is important because you can pull two pieces of Carbomite together to make a bigger piece of Carbomite for a bigger boost to the upgrades of weapons and a bigger score.

In my personal opinion, the level of difficulty is spot-on and well balanced, especially for an early access game.