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Coreplay / Nov 17, 2010 / Action, Casual, Indie
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CompareIn ION ASSAULT players wield thousands of Ion Particles to blast, fry and disrupt anything on screen as you see fit! GAMEPLAY WITH A TWIST: By centering its gameplay around its unique fluid and particle physics system, ION ASSAULT adds a twist to arcade style space shooters!
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67% positive, 115 reviews
Pretty Asteroids-type shooter with lovely particle effects and graphics. Sadly, the novelty of the particle effects soon wears very thin and each stage becomes a chore of gathering particles and killing asteroids - not very challenging or deep at all. The add-on weapons, such as seeking drones or mines add very little variety to your shooting arsenal and are nowhere near as powerful as a full ion blast, so you end up...
45 found this helpful, 2014-01-05
Another lazy arcade shooter. They make for lovely light shows but doesn't change how basic and boring it is. This one has the added bonus of obnoxious attack mechanics. Holding the mouse quickly gets old. Honestly it just makes playing this feel like adding an extra chore to my day. Hard pass.
24 found this helpful, 2022-01-05
81 / 100 Neat Asteriods clone updated for the 21st century with intense close combat & relentless 'bullet hell' gameplay. Visually very detailed, great particle effects & animations, & good replayability as you keep pushing for better combos & scores. It won't take you long to get through the Story mode (honestly its pretty short), but its still fun to replay trying different techniques & master the control of your...
19 found this helpful, 2011-07-17
I have this game for PSN as well. On the surface it looks like a new school version of the arcade classic Ateroids. It is a simple mouse and arrow key game with a few special weapons. The objective of each stage is simple.... blow up all of the asteroids. There is an option to use the X-Box 360 controller, but there is no menu support for the controller which leads you having to use the mouse anyway. To top that off,...
21 found this helpful, 2013-07-29
Length of Time Played: 6 Hours Distance Played: Beat the Game Personal Grade: C+ Opinion of Each Aspect Grading System - Outstanding, Excellent, Good, Acceptable, Poor, Horrendous, Abysmal Gameplay: Acceptable Controls: Good Graphics: Acceptible Stability: Acceptable Difficulty: Good Sounds: Acceptable Music: Horrendous Story: N/A Notes: + (Positives), = (Small Gripes), - (Negatives) + Constatly engaging...
15 found this helpful, 2014-12-23
It's visually insane, which would be fine if the ♥♥♥♥ that killed you wasn't impossible to see. The particles are pretty and everything, but the gameplay suffers as a result. For this game to really be playable, you'd have to either reduce the vibrancy of the ions, which would probably kill the aesthetic, or come up with some creative way to make dangerous things stand out from the background of moving particles. If...
7 found this helpful, 2014-10-26
This was a pretty good little asteroids clone that uses a charge shot as it's main gimmick. I had to run it with Windows 7 compatibility or else the game would start stuttering due to what I think might be a memory leak. Also if you press "C" for some weird reason the game crashes. (it's not a bug! It's a feature!) My only real complaints are that sometimes you shoot an enemy and have no idea if it connected or not....
4 found this helpful, 2021-03-05
This is a unique and enjoyable little shoot-em up. Whereas most shmups are about precision movement with wildly imprecise shooting of bullets everywhere, this changes it up with it's mechanic wherein you need to gather up enough matter from the map to shoot out. The result is that you have to get skilled at shooting precisely, because if you waste a shot, you have to gather up particles again for the next try. ...
8 found this helpful, 2014-04-05
At first, it can be visually overwhelming, there are particles flying everywhere on the screen. But soon, as you start sensing about where your ship should be, and master the control, that stops being a problem, and you're free to fully enjoy drifting through the "cosmic supper", in an exceptional visual spectacle. It is fairly challanging, but it's about right, just enough to give you a sense of purpose and...
14 found this helpful, 2013-12-25
A sleek and challenging shoot 'em up with smooth graphics, addictive gameplay, and a variety of levels that keep you hooked from start to finish.
1 found this helpful, 2026-01-29