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On March 10th, 2009 in Uncategorized

Sometimes it really amazes me how the simplest games can be the most challenging and downright addicting.  This is the case with a game I found over at Newgrounds–a diabolical little shooter frenzy called Death Vs. Monstars.  And no, that’s not a misspelling.

An “arena shooting game”, you play as Death, in this case represented by a small floating skull that fires little spheres of energy on a regular basis in whatever direction his target reticle is pointed.  You’ll fly Death around, trying avoid the monsters and in turn blasting them off the map.  It’s a lot harder than it sounds, believe me–especially as wave after wave of enemies fills up the screen and flies at you while you’re firing in what amounts to a cone configuration about sixteen degrees outward in one direction.

It’s a clever little game, make no mistake on that one.  There’s lots of enemies and tons of power-ups, so you’ll likely have lots of fun playing with this casual shooting experience.  I sure did, even if the difficulty was enough to make me understand why people throw their controllers sometimes.