Short but sweet
A fun, functional shooter with no strings attached. I can dig it. A few exploding animations for the enemies would have been nice, but the variety of enemies was admirable. The boss was also very entertaining and fun to fight.
Some of the black tampons were shooting at me from under the scenery, which seemed kind of cheap, but it didn't ruin the game for me.
Very entertaining overall.
i get what you mean about the black tampons. the thing is with their shots, though: you have to move into them. they shoot directly at you, but get carried along with the terrain, so it won't hit you directly unless you move into it. initially it just acted as if everything was stationary, and that made things more difficult, not to mention cheap.
The most fun I'v had with Pico
The game play is simple, but very refined and fun to play. Dodging around enemy attacks, and blasting away at them is easy and exciting, especially when there is more than one coming after you. The art and style of the game is also very appealing, and the animations were smooth.
The levels are pretty cut and paste, but you did a good job of keeping things fresh with lots of interesting enemies, and a little donkey-kong-esque mine cart ride near the end.
The final boss was a bit of a let down, but the ending was appropriate and satisfying.
Overall, I loved it, and there was enough to make me go back and try to unlock the achievements. Some power ups for Pico's weapon or maybe some branching paths in the levels would have been really cool, but the stuff you guys put into this game is polished to a mirror shine.
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! The last boss is rather easy, yeah... That's not because we got lazy, but because we were very short on time when we started working on the boss!
Thanks for the review!
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A Bad Taste of Pico 
