I like the game, it is very adicting! But the 2nd and 3rd Special Powers did nearly no damage to enemys, the 1st was the strongest of them.
It's still a good game.
Reviews for "Frantic Planes 2"
Pretty addicting game, it could be really good if everything worked fine.
- Bombs don't seem to do anything, I thought they'd explode but nope.
- The special doesn't seem to do any damage whatsoever after level 1
- Your health points don't pass 100 even with all maxed upgrades
- The companions you can collect through a level, they die too easily and they keep getting further away from your spaceship, even if the first one has already died, sometimes I'd get the last one after all the others are dead and he would pop in his original spot. It's also completely impossible to protect them, at some point I stopped trying to get them because it was useless, they'd die in seconds
Things I missed:
- Being able to shoot sideways
- Being able to shield myself, I know there's a shield that sometimes appears, but I have no control over it
Other improvements:
- Coins and bullets from enemies are all the same shape, and sometimes because of the magnet the coins start moving around, this makes it really hard to differentiate them sometimes, changing the shape of one of them could be good
Good game but really easy. The avoid minigame is fun but sometimes 2 lasers spawn and stretch across the entire screen making you unable to dodge any of it.
Survival really needs an in-game timer. I played for well over 10 minutes, but no achievement, even inside the game. I can't tell whether this is in issue within the game, or if there's lag that makes it runs slower than my timer, or whatever else it could be.
Nice game with a steep difficulty curve. The first few levels are a breeze, but level 10+ become very challenging. Haven't been able to beat the last boss, because there's so much going on on the screen and the final special seems to be pretty useless (even though Iron Man appearing on the screen IS funny), especially since it blocks my view of the screen, so I cannot avoid the bullets anymore. :(
Just like CollectiveSin I encountered the "coin bug" where the coin counter wouldn't stop rising. Didn't affect my game too much, though, as I only had two upgrades left to buy.
Thoughts on how to improve this game:
- Change the specials, so they clear the screen from all enemies (except bosses). I found that the last special was pretty much useless, it didn't even kill the tanks on level 14 (and they are tough to get rid of otherwise!). Maybe even have the special remove all the coins from the screen, so the player has to decide if the tradoff "no coins - no enemies" is worth it or not.
- Introduce some graphic options. Would be nice to be able to turn off the "snow" effects, as they cause the game to lag a bit and there's already so much going on on the screen, it really is distracting the player
- Different music? I know there's the option to turn it off, but I think different kinds of music would be a nice little extra.
Overall, it's a good game. The medals are a good mix of easy to get and hard to get, which always offers a nice challenge.
The gameplay is simple enough, the controls are very responsive, the upgrade system is a nice little bonus.
Overall, I rate this 3,5 out of 5.
Frozennnn responds:
Hi thanks for the feedback hehe yes the money buy its a preformance bug that im trying to fix soon. Thanks for the feedback