Sky Force Anniversary is simply a really fun retro shoot em up. There’s some nicely designed bosses to end the levels Whilst this might sound like a tedious grind, the medals and special cards you can collect combined with the upgrades accumulated from dropped enemy stars do enough to stave off any tedium. Most of the later levels in the game have a medal requirement before you can play them too so you may well find yourself grinding the early levels to obtain enough stars to continue.
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A full set of 4 medals unlocks a harder difficulty for that level with more powerful enemies and more medals. These ranges from destroying all enemies through to avoiding being hit for the whole level. On top of this, there are also specific objectives to complete in each level. One level in particular disables the ability to shoot leaving you to rely solely on manoeuvring the plane away from gunfire through the level. There’s a good variety of enemies and power ups to stave off tediumĪlthough the control scheme and gameplay during levels remains simple enough, there’s some clever design choices here to break up the monotony. It really helps with the notion that your ship is becoming more powerful and Sky Force does a great job of emphasising this. Health increases, weapon damage, special moves and more boast an impressive range of customisation and it can be incredibly rewarding to go back and blitz through early levels with ease when they were initially causing a lot of problems to begin with. The upgrades themselves are certainly useful and affect level progression significantly.
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The more enemies are destroyed, the more stars are dropped which in turn can be used to upgrade the ship between levels. The aim of the game is solely to traverse the levels, shooting and destroy everything to get to the end boss and finish the level. The controls are imple one button is held down to shoot and the analog stick is used to move around the screen whilst waves of enemies fly across the screen. It never detracts from the experience though and if anything, helps give it the retro feeling its striving for with the focus squarely on the gameplay.
Much like the old arcade games, Sky Force has barely any story. The graphics in Sky Force Anniversary are nicely rendered Although some of the levels are a little repetitive and there’s only 8 levels to boot, the variety of enemies and ability to upgrade the plane with different powers is enough to keep the momentum going through to the conclusive level. This retro-inspired vertical shoot em up is a throwback to the old arcade shooters and does a great job of rekindling nostalgia whilst giving the genre a much needed visual update. Sky Force Anniversary never pretends to be anything its not.
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