Welcome to our review of Straimium Immortaly, another roguelite shmup dungeon crawler!
A rogue-lite shmup dungeon-crawler from another world . Bosses and beasties abound in this bizarre and vibrant rogue-lite/ shump/ dungeon crawler hybrid. Armed with a jetpack and a smorgasbord of weapons and power-ups, Straimium Immortaly pits your lone warrior against the forces of the Queeni Emperess. Agility, precision, and loads of loot are your only means of surviving the Cubicus.
A world like no other: explore the bizarre, butts-hard procedurally generated and monster-filled rooms of the Cubicus. Otherworldly pixel-art: old-school pixels meet vibrant new-school style. Fly quickly, carry a big gun: from the Ionic Laser to the lightning-blasting Electra Casta, wield an arsenal of 25+ upgradeable weapons and 50+ items.
Unleash ninja powers: discover and harness a variety of mysterious shinobi abilities. KO XL baddies: defeat a myriad of huge monstrous bosses in your bid to rid the galaxy of Queeni taint! Your fight, your way: unlockable classes, mutators, cheats and hats. Level seeds and size options to customize your run. Boss Rush mode, Incursion mode, and more…
A whole ton of stats: keep track of your progress through leaderboards, achievements, and compendiums of enemies, bosses, weapons, items, and more.
Straimium Immortality is a game that is hard to love and easy to hate. Faced with rather weird controls and a surprisingly harsh approach to the genre of roguelites, Straimium Immortaly is anything but a game I enjoyed. At times I felt like the game was so unbalanced, that it just got thrown onto the market without any form of basic testing.
I know opinions are highly personal, heck, I am one of the very few people out there that enjoys Warcraft 3 Reforged and I know how popular this game has been on steam. I just can not find myself in that high score as I found the game to be lacking in many aspects. Maybe I have become too demanding, but I honestly feel like this game just fell short.
So as this is a game on Switch, I can say that on the positive side, it boots up rather quickly and I am sure that for a shorter amount of time, this may be well worth the price, just that it did not click with me. I often found the weapons to be underpowered compared to the enemies I faced. I am sure you are not supposed to hit a tiny foe 4 times before you take him out all the way at the very first part of your playthrough and at other times, I was so deep into the game that I felt impossible to beat.
The lack of balance, the dull controls and basic lack of anything to attract your attention… This is how I would describe this game on a personal level. Not all is bad, just that I can not find myself in this game. Flying around, shooting enemies and finding your way ’round things is usually fun, Straimium Immortaly was no such thing for me.
In conclusion, Straimium Immortaly failed to impress or even entertain in the slightest.
