{"id":17499,"date":"2018-02-26T00:01:46","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T00:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=17499"},"modified":"2018-02-14T18:16:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T18:16:34","slug":"aperion-cyberstorm-switch-wii-u-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/26\/aperion-cyberstorm-switch-wii-u-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Aperion Cyberstorm (Switch, Wii U, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This is a twin stick shooter game, meaning you move by using one joypad and shoot in any direction with the other.\u00a0 Kind of like arcade classics like Robotron or Smash TV.\u00a0 In fact, the game\u2019s graphics even kind of remind me of Robotron.\u00a0 Pilot your spacecraft through corridors and shoot anything that moves, and that\u2019s all you need to know!\u00a0 Up to five can play at the same time in this downloadable game for Switch, PC, and even the Wii U for some reason (reviewed on Switch here).<\/p>\n

The main Campaign mode is the story.\u00a0 You pick from a variety of spaceships and choose two different power-ups to take with you.\u00a0 Then you explore corridors and rooms and shoot all the bad guys.\u00a0 Activate power-ups like multi-directional shots and shields by pressing the trigger button.\u00a0 Using these power-ups takes energy, and you can get more by defeating enemies and shooting rocks on the walls.\u00a0 You can also dash to get out of the way.\u00a0 Every so often, you\u2019ll find a save room where you can warp to previous areas, save your progress, equip unlocked power-ups, and even spend money to upgrade them so they last longer. \u00a0There are also elemental pickups you can collect that\u2019ll have various effects on the enemy.\u00a0 Up to five can play at the same time here, which is cool. \u00a0\u00a0The only problem I had with this mode was the story wasn\u2019t really necessary or interesting.\u00a0 And having to sift through text boxes to progress in the middle of the game really interrupted the flow.\u00a0 Luckily the other two modes are less involved.\u00a0 You can battle other players in Versus, and in Onslaught, you work together or alone to defeat waves of enemies that keep on coming until you die.\u00a0 \u00a0You can unlock new maps for these modes as well.\u00a0 And that\u2019s pretty much it.\u00a0 If you like twin stick shooters and classic arcade style gameplay, this one fits the bill fairly well.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Aperion Cyberstorm is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You shoot spaceships that explode when defeated, and that\u2019s about as violent as it gets.\u00a0 No worse than any classic arcade game.\u00a0 There are several modes of difficulty so players of most skill levels can enjoy it, and the whole family can join in.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for the text, but not necessary just to play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is a twin stick shooter game, meaning you move by using one joypad and shoot in any direction with the other.\u00a0 Kind of like arcade classics like Robotron or Smash TV.\u00a0 In fact, the game\u2019s graphics even kind of remind me of Robotron.\u00a0 Pilot your spacecraft through corridors and shoot anything that moves, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17499"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17501,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17499\/revisions\/17501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}