ROM: Extraction

Unfortunately this is my first "not recommended" review. This "game" is awesome, very well polished and fun. However, it is a single mission and in my 17 minutes of play I managed to complete 3 separate playthroughs. This is more of a tech demo than a stand alone game. In under 20 minutes I've done it all, simply not enough content to warrant the price tag ($1 a minute in my case). I have refunded for now but once...

43 found this helpful, 2016-12-13

3.0 out of 10 Visually stunning, great sound and great gunplay, but short, very short. When I mean short you can complete the 2 levels combined in less than 15 minutes. Yes that's the entire game, 15 minutes. The levels are the first sections of the first chapter, the game is following some kind of story. That's not described but you can tell there's meant to be a plot. The amount of content in this game,...

24 found this helpful, 2017-06-10

Graphics aside, ROM Extraction is nothing more than another wave based shooter, and an unfinished and feature-lacking one at that. An orb-throwing gimmick produces a less than exciting gameplay loop of "toss grenade (for lack of a better word), slow down time, shoot grenade" which got old after two or three playthroughs. Oh, and there's an arbitrary time limit of 3 MINUTES per round you play, meaning you can't even...

17 found this helpful, 2016-12-18