What is it? A Xevious-style shoot 'em up, and a suitable on-ramp to the bullet hell.
Expect to pay $30
Developer Keelworks
Publisher Konami
Reviewed on Windows 11, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 TI, Intel Core i7-12700F, 16 GB RAM
Multiplayer? Yes
Out August 5, 2024
Steam Deck Playable
Link Official site
The average level in Cygni: All Guns Blazing is about 15 minutes long, give or take, but it doesn’t feel that way. It feels like a two-and-a-half hour special effects showcase that ought to have ended with a fade to black and “Directed by Michael Bay” in big, bold letters. Cygni’s audio-visual bombast is difficult to overstate, with its Unreal Engine 4-powered hordes of alien jet fighters screaming toward you from above and below. The sheer number of models, bullets, and particle effects on screen is frequently overwhelming, and if your attention lapses for a moment, you’ll lose all sense of what’s happening.
