Which also goes to say that you will never be attacked the same way twice. The gleaming yellow battleships are randomly generated, and each has its own method of attempting to eradicate you. The defining feature here is that you will never see the same boss twice. Overall, rRootage is probably the greatest freeware arcade shooter I have ever played, with the exception of lockOn. There is another mode, but I'll leave you to discover it for yourself. GW mode is probably the best implemented, and gives you the ability to switch 'auras' to absorb certain bullet types and direct their power at your enemy. Normal mode is the standard shooter, and PSY mode has you grazing bullets with your green shield to fill a meter (and then unleash a super attack). On lo-res, it's not quite so cool, but still enough to make you grin the first few times.īut the real wealth of the game comes in the form of the four very different gameplay modes. And when it did occur, it was usually when one of the bosses disintegrated into a spinning mass of particle effects, and the slow-down gave it an almost cinematic quality. The bullets split apart and spiral madly across the screen, rarely ever causing anything that resembles lag (Though you should note that I have a pretty beefy rig). To start it off, the graphics are more than competent. Tons of attack patterns to evade, constantly evolving game situations, and neat effects will draw you in for at least a little while, but rRootage has much more to offer than a simple romp through Galaga-land. Playing it for a while, the only thing that kept me going was the endless boss variety. The parents need locking up.Looking at the screen shots of rRootage, I have to admit that, while there was a lot happening on the screen, it really didn't look like much. Repeatedly being told you can’t do something (the initial explanation isn’t very good) is like banging your head against a wall.Īs is the whole game, for that matter. In fact, the one bit of responsible thought that’s gone into the game – not allowing you to make such wrong decisions such as bathing the kid in hot water – also ruins it as a game. Competitive baby-maintenance? I won’t have Betty feeding her brat before me – inhale your rusk, boy. You’re not only racing against the clock, you’re racing against a neighbour, whose progress is creepily shown via a small window to the right of the screen. Wait, what? What kind of person would hurry the application of essential medicine to their beloved progeny? Oops, those were horse tranquilizers – silly me. You’re put in the position of a ‘mom,’ which is already treading on slightly outdated and un-PC ground – what about SuperParent? Or SuperLegalGuardian? Think of the orphans!Īnyway, your job is then to bathe, feed and play with your baby against the clock. It’s just that it’s fundamentally and conceptually wrong. It’s not that SuperMom1 is an abomination.
#Rrootage modes free#
That it’s free means that everyone should give it a punt – especially if you enjoyed Space Invaders Infinity Gene. The fact that this gem is available on the App Store is great news. In addition to Normal mode, rRootage pays thinly veiled homage to the shooting greats Psyvariar, Ikaruga and Giga Wing with the suspiciously named Psy, Ika and GW modes.
#Rrootage modes series#
The game is essentially a series of boss battles, which each nemesis throwing thousands of projectiles your way. But that effort has since disappeared from the App Store, and besides, rRootage Online is by all accounts a superior conversion. It’s not the first time this has been done – Lazrhog did something similar back in 2008. Now developer Miko Wohlgemuth has converted one of Cho’s most celebrated games, rRootage, onto the App Store for free. He makes trippy, stylish yet decidedly old skool shooters and releases them onto the internet without charge.
You may not have heard of Kenta Cho, but he’s essentially the king of niche freeware games.
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