I was particularly pleased to see the Sega-inspired aesthetics that run through Aeon Drive. Old-school gaming is massive at the moment, and I love anything with a retro look. Aeon Drive looks great and has a Sega vibe. It quickly becomes a headache and planning is a must if you wish to succeed. You’ll encounter flames, saw blades, moving platforms, cannons, and so forth the further you venture. The traps are equally brutal and many require a teleportation device to pass them. Your foes can be killed with your handy sword, but touching them is certain doom, so beware. To increase the challenge further, the developers decided to add obstacles and enemies to block your path. This doesn’t sound much, but these precious seconds can be the difference between victory and success. These handy power sources must be combined to increase the timer by five seconds. If you explore each level and gather further energy cells you’ll slow the ticking clock. Luckily, your limited timer can be extended. However, unlike other platform games, Aeon Drive pushes you to your limits if you wish to collect them all. Fortunately, Aeon Drive spoils you with data cubes, gems, and hot dogs to find. No platformer is complete without an array of collectables to locate. Collectables, obstacles, enemies, and energy cells. Slash your sword and avoid those bullets. You must find these unstable entities before they explode with catastrophic consequences. She touches down near ‘New Barcelona’, but fragments of her engine are spewed across the land. Her core drive has become damaged and she must land on a strange planet before it explodes. You control Jackalyne, a pilot of a time jumping, space hopping vessel. You’ll die repeatedly, but as long as you learn from your mistakes, it matters not. You must balance speed and poise with guile and patience. You’ll encounter obstacles and monsters that will kill you instantly. You must search each small stage looking for collectables and energy cells to extend your time. The gameplay revolves around a thirty-second countdown clock and a desperate dash for the finish line. Time is of the essence is a well-known phrase and it’s very apt for Aeon Drive’s main concept. Aeon Drive has an unusual but fun concept. Using a 2D side-scrolling perspective, this neon-infused game reeks of old-school charm with a futuristic twist. Aeon Drive mixes all these elements in its dark and doomed cyberpunk-inspired gameplay.ĭeveloped by 2Awesome Studio and published by 2Awesome Studio and CRITICAL REFLEX, this is a speedrun platform game. Alien technology, special abilities, and new unfounded worlds. Though the picture isn’t as rosy as I’d like, there are always positives. Robots take over, people live in slums, and usually, we’re all doomed, one way or another. It does make for a twitchy time, I just wish it had taken a step to take it one step further towards greatness.Game developers have a bleak outlook on mankind’s future. As you progress you’ll absolutely need to work out paths that are more efficient, typically involving some precision throws of your dagger that will allow you to teleport to it once it sticks in a surface, but once you survive aside from returning to shave off some seconds or try to collect things for giggles I’m don’t see a clear big picture incentive to expend the effort. What’s a bit odd, though, is that there are absolutely things to the periphery, encouraging you to experiment with the paths you take, but I’m just not sure the need to explore and take chances is incentivized enough beyond the mere fact that you know things are there to collect. With only 30 seconds to finish each stage, though you do have the power to prolong your time limit if you collect enough gems, it definitely has an emphasis on execution. With only 30 seconds If you’re a big fan of fast-moving and often intense platforming action Aeon Drive will likely have some appeal for you. If you’re a big fan of fast-moving and often intense platforming action Aeon Drive will likely have some appeal for you.
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