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Ultionus steam community3/30/2023 ![]() ![]() The heroine's plodding movements and the reluctant inputs are really where the trouble starts. Her jumping too, is floaty and not quite precise. When you press the shoot button to get her to let off a shot from her laser pistol, there is a small delay, which seems especially prominent when you attempt to shoot after landing a jump. No one will ever say that our main character is agile, or fleet of foot, or particularly adroit with her sidearm, because she's far from those things. ![]() Unfortunately, the latter sequence only served to bring to mind for me a much better version of a such a stage, in Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master, where Joe Musashi commandeered the hell out of his mount, leaping traps and slaying sprinting ninjas while in full gallop.Īnyway, quite a bit has been made of Ultionus's level of difficulty, insomuch as anything was made of a game this old and obscure, and it's certainly not easy, owing in large part to overly sluggish controls. Aside from the running and gunning, there's an actual space shoot-em-up level or two, as well a steed-riding stage for good measure. But the remarkable variety in levels for a game of this type might also serve to impress, and it bears mentioning that the level variety also comes straight from Phantis. That much, the developers accomplished on their own. Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge is a slow paced run and gun game with awesome 16-bit-esque graphics, featuring large, colourful sprites and vibrant backdrops and some pretty fantastic tunes which hearken back to the best of the early 90s PC adventure scores. It'd be one thing if our heroine was the only element lifted from Phantis, but it's not. Where do inspirations leave off and rip-offs take over? Who’s to say? Then I read up on the game and came to find out that the suit was copied wholesale along with a bunch of other design elements from Game Over II (aka Phantis) a 1987 PC title that ‘inspired’ the developer. And they got me to thinking - I get that using sex to sell games isn’t anything new (although perhaps doing so in a retro styled 2D platformer kind of is - why this particular design? The buxom blonde with skin tight violet one-piece bodysuit with the thong back. They’re the first things you see, and they're barely contained by purple spandex. With the ridiculous premise out of the way, we can’t ignore the two elephants in the room. (To be fair, we don't know what he typed at her.) Was there no empire to tangle with? No planet-destroying weapon to tamper with? It must be peace time in the galaxy if cyber bullying is a call to arms. Serena, presumably an interstellar champion for good, traveled through space to give an online troll his comeuppance. The enemy? A douchebag prince who trolled her on Spacebook. ![]() Serena's spaceship gets shot down as she enters enemy airspace. Wanderer: Watch the entire credits without skipping.Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge (PC) review The Pink Wizard: Reach Zone 3 boss without letting a single enemy escape. Still Worth It: Complete the game with a bad ending on any difficulty. Pro Debugger: Kill 4 orange centipedes without losing a life. Much Skill! So Pro!: Complete the game on Hardcore difficulty with a good ending. Minesweeper: Trigger 7 mines via proximity without losing a life. Inalienable Right: Buy all weapon upgrades. ![]() I'm a Leaf in the Wind: Clear Zone 0 without taking any damage. Girls Rule: Complete the game on Normal difficulty with a good ending. Frog This!: Complete Zone 1 without getting killed by a frog even once. Everyone's a Winner!: Complete the game on Easy difficulty with a good ending. Dragonstomper: Kill 10 large water serpents without losing a life. Calima Shatiday: In Zone 4 ride a platform into lava. $core Matters?: Complete the game without buying anything from the shops. To view your achievements and stats in Steam, select "Community", "My profile", "View all my games", then the game and view stats. Successfully complete the indicated task to unlock the corresponding achievement. ![]()
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