For a $20 game, The Red Star boasts amazing production values. The graphics look terrific, employing superb lighting effects and details. The battles with the Kiselev Aggressor look brilliant, whether it pops out weapons through virtual windows or launches attacks from a distance before swooping in to finish the job. Another great sequence forces the player to face enemies while avoiding bombs from a floating hovercraft, which can be seen through their reflection on the icy surface.
The game runs at sixty frames per second, with only some questionably stiff animations to its discredit. The music sounds great as well, producing a super-charged boost of action tunes that play in the background as players destroy everything.
Action fans should find The Red Star irresistible, especially if they're fans of one man "army classics" games like Contra or Gunstar Heroes. It brings an unstoppable amount of tension and energy throughout its nineteen levels, even on the easiest of difficulty settings. (Hop right into hard to get the most out of it, though -- humble advice from a hardcore shooting fan.) It may have taken three years to get here, but The Red Star was definitely worth the wait.
Final Score: 8 (out of 10)
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