Escape From the Universe

Genre: Shmup

Players: 1

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Review:

Escape From the Universe is a Shmup with a unique presentation where objects are depicted in flat colors (pink and green) with white borders, and with gameplay that has an interesting twist on the genre – the farther you move your ship to the right on the screen, the faster it scrolls.

As players progress through the game, they’ll upgrade their ship using credits they earn, and there’s even an interesting risk/reward mechanic where players can spend some of their credits after dying to continue playing the current level.

Unfortunately, even though the game gives players multiple goals to try to shake up the game’s levels (kill enemies, go fast, etc.), the gameplay gets dull and repetitive very quickly, never getting all that complex or interesting.

The presentation is a part of this too – because there are only ever four colors, everything in the game starts to look samey very quickly.

Escape From the Universe has a few good ideas, but overall it is a shmup with boring, repetitive gameplay and visuals that get old far too quickly. Given the absolute wealth of Shmups on the Switch, you can do far better than this.

tl;dr – Escape From the Universe is a Shmup with a simple look and gameplay that makes the screen scroll more quickly depending on where you move onscreen. Unfortunately, both the visuals and gameplay get repetitive and boring pretty quickly, making for a dull experience.

Grade: C-

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