Junk. Updated on 23 March 2021 A neat aesthetic can t disguise poor combat and a lack of anything to do.
At first, you re having a fine old time.
PixelJunk Raiders combat, if a touch inelegant, is enjoyable enough, your colourful planetary exploration accompanied by the silky strains of otherworldly synth soundscapes. Jewels shimmer in the distance - their ruby glow is hard to miss, particularly at night - and you already hope that the crumbling columns jutting up into the sky over there will have some
tasty treasure secreted amongst ruins.
PixelJunk Raiders review
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Plus, you re a rescuer, and who doesn t want to be the hero that swoops in and saves a doomed civilisation from certain death? As the saviour here to liberate the trapped Tantallians, you re such a welcome sight to the poor hostages that they ll delight in your arrival by joyously waving their arms in the air.