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Drifting Lands review
Exceptional
by Max Savenkov

A very good cross between a scroll-shooter and Diablo. Thoughtful level desing, challenging bosses, interesting abilities. But the story ends a bit too soon.

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Product received for free Finally, the time has come! The French indie developers of Alkemi released Their new Shoot ' em up-game via Steam on June 5, 2017. Whether the new Index Title can also convince? We find out and welcome you to the Review of Drifting Lands! Story: In Drifting Lands, we find ourselves back in the Sky between shattered Planets. Many Years Ago, a huge Disaster took place and destroyed this World. Mysterious Gravitational Anomaly keeps these huge Debris in the Air. There are still some floating Continents suitable for human Civilization, but these are controlled by evil corporations. Some Nomadic Communities try to survive with a certain Degree of Freedom. We are Part of one of those Outcast groups of Outlaws, Smugglers and Mercenaries, trying to survive in a fracturing World. Graphic: Drifting Lands can impress with a really good 2D graphics and great Effects. The Background Graphics were designed with a lot of love, but you could have got a Little more out of it. Basically, however, the Graphics have succeeded very well, although the Background Graphics play by Longer seem a bit Monotonous. Gameplay: The new indie title is a pure horizontal shooter with some Role-playing Elements. We have to shoot, dodge and use our Skills with Sophistication. Drifting Lands offers a good Challenge even for experienced Players, because really all Levels are generated completely randomly and of course we can upgrade our Ship as well. Sound: The Background Music is really interesting and fits perfectly with the Game. Furthermore, all Effects also have a considerable Sound and thus the new indie title can also convince completely. There's really nothing to complain about here and the French indie developers of Alkemi did everything right. Conclusion: Drifting Lands impresses with a very good Story, challenging Gameplay and classic 2D graphics with great Effects. Unfortunately, the Background Graphics after playing for a Long time unfortunately seem a bit monotonous. You shouldn't be put off By that, though, because Drifting Lands really has it all in it! "THIS GAMEPLAY IS VERY AWSOME!" 07/10 Points https://youtu.be/yvxMTP7aTaI English Translator! Finally the time has come! Alkemi's French indie developers released their new shoot ' em up game on June 5th, 2017 via Steam. So can the new Indietitle convince? We find it out and so welcome to the review of Drifting Lands! Story: In Drifting Lands, we find ourselves again in the sky between shplanets attered. Many years ago a huge disaster took place and destroyed this world. Mysterious gravitational abnormality keep this huge debris in the air. There are still some floating continents that are suitable for human civilization, but these are controlled by evil groups. Some nomadic communities try to survive with a certain degree of freedom. We are part of one of these outcast groups of outlaws, smugglers and mercenaries, trying to survive in a shattering world. Graphics: Drifting Lands can convince with a really good 2D graphics and great effects. The background graphics were designed with a lot of love, newithout one could have out to one more. Basically, the graphics have succeeded very well, although the background after graphics playing long play a bit monotonous. Gameplay: The new indie title is a pure horizontal shooter with some rolling elements. We have to shoot, dodge and use our skills with refinement. Drifting Lands is a good challenge for experienced players, because all levels are generated by chance, and of course we can also upgrade our ship. Sound: The background music is really interesting and fits perfectly to the game. In addition, all effects have a considerable sound and thus the new Indie title can convince also on the whole line. There is really nothing to complain about complain about and the French indie developers from Alkemi did everything right. Conclusion: Drifting Lands challenging with a very good story, a challenging gameplay and classic 2D graphics with great effects. Unfortunately, the background graphics after bigotry play unfortunately somewhat monotonous. But you shouldn't be put off by this because Drifting Lands really has it! "THIS GAMEPLAY IS VERY AWSOME!" 07/10 points
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