Posted on: July 19, 2013
Morty_P
Verified ownerGames: 293 Reviews: 5
Focus is in all the wrong places.
The production values are nice, the concept is...unique to say the least, but the actual gameplay is decidedly average. Therein lies the real issue with this game, despite what the other reviews here will tell you, HMA does NOT know what it is, and that is a shoot'em'up. The focus is more on the shop and making sure you have the exact equipment to get through the next bite-sized level of pure chaos rather than being a coherent shooting experience. Had this been five long levels with a shop in between it would have been a much better experience for it. As it stand though you'll spend most of your time reading dialog, buying and selling the same gear over and over again in the shop to suit the level you just tried and got raked over the coals in for not having the exact weapon you need. At the end of the day there just isn't a lot of shooting in this shooter. Too many buttons, too many micro stages over in the blink of an eye, too many screens to flip through. If you want to make a shooter make sure your controls are tight, your weapons are crazy and you don't bury your actual game underneath all the elements a shmup isn't know for.
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