Steredenn: Binary Stars

Excellent shmup roguelike. Loops after you beat the game, with crazier bullet hell and allows you to continue to grow even stronger. Upgrades between stages could be more varied and interesting. Weapon variety is great though. Has co-op. The music is superb, a nice metal/techno fusion that lends to the intensity of the experience. I got very hooked on this and 100%'d the achievements, which was no easy feat! ===================== [b]My SHMUP Tier List[/b] ===================== [i]~Simply personal taste. [i]~Probably played another 100+ Shmups, but I only started this list recently and am sticking mostly to modern releases[/i] [i]~Not including any 'flying anime girl shmups' as they don't appeal to me. Believe me, I've tried.[/i] [b]Loved:[/b] Jamestown | ZeroRanger | Super Hydorah | Tyrian 2000 | Gunlocked+ | [b]Steredenn$[/b] | [b]Great:[/b] Drainus | Super Galaxy Squadron EX Turbo# | Warhawk (2017) | [b]Decent enough:[/b] Steel Empire | G-Darius | Kaikan# | Zakesta-Z# | Varyznex# | Ganablade | Dogfight | Angel at Dusk* | Space Elite Force# | Space Elite Force 2 | Jets‘n’Guns | Void Scrappers+ | Gunfield+ | [b]Meh:[/b] Nanoforce | Steel Rain | Eigengrau* | Zenzizenzic* | Steel Vampire | Natsuki Chronicles | Wolflame | Satazius | Zangeki Warp | Cycle Chaser H-5# | Armed Seven | Counterattack: Uprising | Burst Fighter | Supercharged Robot Vulkaiser^ | Valfaris: Mecha Therion | Chicken Invaders 5 | Crimson Clover World Ignition | Fingun^ | Ikaruga | Pheonix Force | Raiden V | Time Wasters+ | Ruzh Delta Z | Space War: Infinity | Heliocide^ | [b]Awful:[/b] Ginga Force^ | Nebula Fighter^ | Asteroid Arcade | ===================== * = Felt like I was on the same screen the entire time, which I dislike. ^ = Encountered some jank. # = Too short, even for a SHMUP. $ = Rogue-like + = Rogue-lite

Developers do not understand shumps. There are a lot of different weapons and upgrades, but 80% of them are total shit not worth picking. There are non-ship brekable obstacles, but they are undistinguishable from some objects in background. Just not really fun.

Very fun roguelike and runs on anything. Ik because I do not in fact have 30 min in this game, I have hours upon hours I logged on a pirated copy someone passed around my high school years back which I played on my shitty school laptop. Bought the game because it was worth the money for the enjoyment I got out of it back then

Cloud saves don't work. Game is only slightly fun, with no progression between runs at all.