All that said, I am really enjoying this game. There are some adult themed jokes, and the artwork is a bit on the grown-up side. The plot involves a female hero who has to get revenge against a space prince. Ultionus is a colorful 2D platformer made in the style of Super Nintendo. Ultionus is a colorful 2D Although I have not yet finished the game, I wanted to get a review out, because I haven't seen any yet. Relive 90's 2D gaming with galactic hero Serena's epic quest in Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge Ultionus (pronounced All-Tea-OWN-Us) is a love-letter to the home computer arcade games of the late 80s and early 90s, with colorful 2D visuals, catchy chiptune music by the legendary Jake Kaufman, and seven stages of hard-as-nails gameplay.Although I have not yet finished the game, I wanted to get a review out, because I haven't seen any yet. Galactic hero Serena S has been trolled on Spacebook and embarks on a quest to punish the troll in question, who happens to be The Space Prince. Guide Serena through 7 stages of shoot-em-up action, jumping, shooting, and more jumping and shooting to her ultimate goal of total annihilation of her foe. You'll find the game available for Mac, PC, Ouya, Linux and via Steam. It's heavily inspired by the home computer games of late 80s & 90s, such as Phantis, Halloween Harry, Jill of the Jungle and Astro Marine Corps. You remember games that could fit ten times over onto a single HD floppy disk. One of the great things about this sort of game is it's light-hearted, doesn't take itself too seriously while delivering difficult game play. It's the difficulty of this style game that makes it really cool as opposed to an excuse to let a big-breasted vixen romp through space. ![]() You can easily buy a copy of Ultionus on the dev's website and the chiptune soundtrack is on Bandcamp. If you loved 2D side-scrollers from the early 90s check out Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge. I love that there's both a Mac version and an Ouya release! I fired up the Ouya version and it's a lot of fun and brings back many memories of this genre. Having a light hearted story arc, it's very fitting that this is NOT an easy game. ![]() Ultionus is a love-letter to the home computer arcade games of the late 80s and early 90s, with colorful 2D visuals, catchy chiptune music by the legendary Jake Virt Kaufman, and 7 stages of hard-as-nails gameplay. Serena may be a well-endowed gal, but the playful aspects are nicely counterbalanced by great game play and difficulty.ĭemos are available on the website and the Ouya version has a demo. Reviews Mixed SteamDB Rating 63.00 Release Date. ![]() If you played vibrant 2D games in the 90s you owe it to yourself to relive a bit of that glory with Ultionus: A Tale of Petty Revenge.Ĭheck out the trailer below for a quick look at a few of the stages. Its based on computers games of the late 80s early 90s. You'll also find several "Lets Play" videos on YouTube to get more of a sense of it's game play. You walk through small, but intricate stages shooting enemies, then fight a boss. The third level has you riding on a dinosaur shooting enemies. ![]() Bosses are kinda fun In the end, I wasn’t particularly impressed really. It’s there, if you like these sort of games.
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