Posted on: February 21, 2020
MischiefMaker
Verified ownerGames: 819 Reviews: 66
Remember "Rampart?" This is Rampart.
Sky Cannoneer is a spiritual sequel to the classic arcade shooter/puzzler Rampart with the setting moved to islands in the sky. If there is one word to describe the game's cartoony aesthetic, it's "soft." Gameplay cycles through three timed phases. In the first phase, you place cannons inside your walls around a fort. In the second phase, you shoot at the enemy's fort to poke holes in their walls. In the third phase you attempt to fill the holes in your wall with random tetris shapes and surround additional forts for additional cannons, if possible. Any cannons that aren't completely surrounded by walls at the end of the build phase can't fire, and if all the enemy's cannons are off, their core becomes vulnerable and you can destroy it to win. Sky Cannoneer adds a few additional features to the Rampart gameplay, like fort types that increase firing speed or intercept incoming cannonballs, or cannons that fire cluster munitions. Also the game adds boss encounters where instead of breaking up the enemy's walls, you're splitting your shots between the enemy's core and some super weapon that will charge up if you don't hit certain targets in time. The main downside of the game at release is it's completely mouse-controlled, with the exception of the Q key acting as an alternate rotate button, but the devs are promising fully remappable controls in a future update. Replay value is also an issue as the game has no random or endless mode once you've 3-star completed all the campaign missions. It's also singleplayer-only at the moment. Like I said, it's Rampart. If you liked Rampart, you'll like this game. If they patch in some kind of arcade mode aftergame content, add a fifth star to my review.
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