The game always puts Player 1 in the mech suit at the start of each round, which is fun for Player 1, but in Co-Op can grate on other players who start without the Mech suit for no fault of their own. With three unlockable difficulty levels available across the multiple planes – at least I like to think of them as difficulty levels, when in fact it just ramps up the toughness as it goes – it’s sometimes confusing to understand exactly where you are going next.Īfter finishing the first few tutorial style stages, each round begins with Player 1 dropping down in Tesla’s Mech suit and blasting as many of the creepy-crawly bad guys as fast as they can for that 30-second window. When combined with the delightful sound effects, it really does bring a fast and furious atmosphere to Tesla vs Lovecraft.Aside from its hugely repetitive nature, the actual gameplay is a bit of a hit, but 10tons have let themselves down with a confusing menu system. Whilst the story is quickly banished to the background, the visuals hold up against any other indie game on the market too, and even though it is sometimes tricky to understand exactly what is going on in the melee, a quick quantum dash or two will see you making much needed time and space.It’s also rather brilliant to hear an awesome backing tune ramping up with the action on screen. But for a quick hit with mates, it certainly does the job.And it’s not just the cooperative option that 10tons have ensured runs smoothly as the solo story comes without a glitch – and when you take into account the huge number of enemies, the swiftness of gameplay, the amount of bullets hitting the screen and the overall production levels that have been thrown in, this is no mean feat. It would possibly be better to have things running in a split screen format though, as groups get split up very easily indeed, pushing the screen to ever decreasing sizes. The multiplayer is fairly well developed too with any local friends able to help the solo player battle through their own story campaign. It would have been cracking to see 10tons able to implement an online cooperative offering, especially should it run as free and fluidly as the local experience, but I’m not going to knock them too much for preferring the local route. Whilst the likes of Explosive Barrels and Tesla Sticks may seem like nice little add-ons to help when the army in front of you is too vast for standard weapons, it is when you go equipped with the awesome X-Ray Blade and Aether Blade that your powers move up a gear or two.But that’s not all and no less than 25 special perks are available to Mr Tesla, seeing each stage going from fast paced bullet shooting to utter madness in just a few short minutes. To accompany these are special weapon unlocks that you can grab, with cutting edge science seemingly in vogue. With these popping up throughout each arena, you’ll be able to make the most of multiple weapon types numerous times. Even if those tactics focus solely on running for your life.Thankfully it isn’t long before your pistol can be swapped out for multiple other weapons and the more you play Tesla vs Lovecraft, the more you’ll unlock, giving random access to basic shotguns, revolvers, Tesla rifles and a whole ton more. They all attack in different ways too, and whilst the pace of the game doesn’t really allow much time for a thought process to be taken in, you’ll certainly need to bring a slight degree of tactical nous to your actions. See, whilst very few will fight back with projectiles, the sheer size of their swarms will ensure you are under the cosh at all times, with the Deep Ones, Spawn of Dagon, Fire Vampires, Flying Polyp and Tentacles just a few of the various enemy types. But what it does all boil down to though is a fast paced twin stick shooter that never relents, seeing you face off against a whole multitude of bad guys.And it is these monsters which have come direct from the mind of Lovecraft himself. And my god there are a lot of horrors, although thankfully the gameplay isn’t one of those.Starting off with a simple pistol, you’ll need to navigate your way safely around multiple stages, picking off the enemy with aplomb. It is from there on out where the battle between the two begins.Playing as Tesla, it is up to you to utilise all manner of high-tech equipment as you beat back the horrors from within each stage. And all because just as one of Tesla’s greatest inventions is about to launch, his lab is burnt to the floor by the minions of H.P. But 10tons have come a long way since those early releases and now their twin stick mindset allows them to deliver not just a game with great mechanics, but one that has most definitely seen the studio grow up.But enough of the backstory, what’s Tesla vs Lovecraft all about? Well, as you would expect it brings together the most gruesome of horrors with the finest tech that science has ever had to offer.
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