Game Review: Shoot 1UP

Posted August 28th, 2012, 08:08:51 . 1 Comment . Via: WMPoweruser

Challenge yourself in this hectic arcade shooter.

Overall Score: 3/5

The gameplay is good, but lasting value could use some improvement in my opinion.

Gameplay: 4/5

In this crazy arcade shooter you control up to 30 ships at once… that’s right! You’ve got to focus on dodging bullets and killing enemies all while expanding and shrinking your fleet of ships to avoid incoming enemies. It definitely challenges your skills and is pretty unique and exciting! However, there’s a flaw in the game: You can’t simply tap on the screen to use the shield (even though that’s what you’re supposed to do). If you’re moving your ship and you tap on the screen, it does nothing. That’s unfortunate, because releasing the screen and then tapping can cost you a life. Nevertheless, the gameplay is real fun and engaging. There’s also a great variety of enemies and bosses.

Presentation: 3/5

The visuals look good overall. The music and sound effects go real well with the game. However, you have to sit through a tutorial every single time you try to play the game, which wastes ~30 seconds and becomes really annoying.

Lasting Value: 3/5

Shoot 1Up doesn’t have any levels… it takes the classic game approach and forces you to play through the entire campaign without ever losing, otherwise you start from the beginning again. I personally think that it is a bad style for a mobile game, since people often just want to pick up their phone and play for 10 minutes while waiting for a haircut for example. The quickplay mode sends you through the same enemies and bosses too… so it gets boring real quick. You can change your difficulty levels and actually adjust the speed of the game which is neat, but it simply ought to have levels in my opinion.QRCode

 

Title: Shoot 1UP
Price: $2.99
Publisher: Microsoft Studios




  • MommysBestGames

    Hi, thanks for the review!

    I wanted to point out a few things mentioned in the review:

    When you use “QuickStart”, it will say “Hold your finger for tutorial”. So if you hold your finger (like in the video), the tutorial will run again. If you *don’t* hold your finger down, the tutorial will not start.

    QuickStart will start the game quickly, keeping your old settings (speed, difficulty, game mode, ship), and jump straight to the action.

    Also, if you use the Back button the phone, the game will preserve whereever you are, and store that information. For instance, if you play to level 2 (like in the video), and then press Back and go about your business (use the phone, etc), you can launch the game again from the games hub, and the game will pick right up in level 2 where you quit.

    Shoot 1UP does use the old “arcade” format of starting from the beginning, but in a sense you can save your progress (for your current playthrough), by Backing out (don’t use the Exit in that case).

    Thanks for pointing out that Shield issue. I think that’s a good point (to let you tap, while dragging). I’ll look at fixing that for the first update.

    While there are several difficulties to make the game harder (higher settings, faster gameplay speeds) as mentioned in the video, there are also difficulties to slow the game down and make it easier. “Chilled” mode is just what it sounds like.. you get to take it easy.

    Also, the “Speed Tilt” mode is original, in that it saves progress (after each level you beat) and you get to control the gameplay speed by tilting the phone.

    Again, thanks for the review, and I’ll look at making some adjustments in the future!
    -Nathan

    http://www.mommysbestgames.com/shoot1up.html

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