While itвЂ™s certainly possible to defeat the many giant monsters, robots and cyborgs that youвЂ™ll be taking on with the basic story-related firearms, youвЂ™ll surely have a better time if youвЂ™ve found some type of new attack that will give you an edge. The weaponsвЂ™ situational uses become most apparent during the gameвЂ™s numerous boss battles. Almost every weapon has a situational use, and damage and range upgrades you find affect all of them, so these guns continue to have their uses for the duration. You wonвЂ™t find yourself tossing aside old weapons for new ones, either. However, his arsenal soon begins to grow with weapons that can be used to activate switches in narrow corridors too tight to walk through or even straight through walls.

Trace starts off with the Axiom Distruptor, a pretty basic blaster. As such, itвЂ™s best to avoid spoilers as much as possible.ДЄnd you gotta fight a giant, screen-filling boss or two. I know thatвЂ™s a little cagey of an explanation, but believe me when I say that the story - dealing heavily in reality and fantasy, as well as questions about life and death - would be best experienced firsthand. However, instead of finding himself in any kind of afterlife, Trace awakens on a strange alien world where a giant robotic entity called Elsenova tells him he is the only person capable of stopping an evil being known as Athetos from carrying out his plans. In Axiom Verge, players take on the role of Trace, a scientist apparently killed in a lab explosion during the gameвЂ™s opening. With a crazy sci-fi story about death and resurrection, plenty of weapons and abilities to access new areas and collectibles hidden in every nook and cranny, there were many times I felt that I was playing the true spiritual successor to the original Metroid. While I have had the good fortune of reviewing several games lately that contained elements of this genre, none have been as close to the mark as Axiom Verge, a 2D action platformer from developer Tom Happ. IвЂ™ve mentioned on several occasions my affinity for Metroidvania titles, so letвЂ™s just forego that bit in my introduction.

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