Android Gaming: Radiant

If you have tried playing this game, then the first thing you might think is that it’s a port of Space Invaders. Actually, it is not. Radiant is a completely new game from Hexage and is a major tribute to the old arcade shooters in the style of Space Invaders, Centipede and Galaga and more. What might throw players off are the blatant duplicates of the Invaders from Space Invaders, but aside from that, this game delivers plenty of original space shooting graphic bliss.

Playing Radiant is easy; simply steer your ship around while shooting down aliens, UFOs and giant space rocks while pickup up the power up items that appear along the way. In terms of skill, the first few stages are easy to breeze by, but later parts of the game will make newbies cringe in horror at the oh-so-expected bullet hell waves. Still, there is nothing in Radiant that cannot be beat without a little practice and the game is made in such a way that repeated playthroughs do not feel so bad.

One interesting aspect about this game is that players can actually upgrade the basic spaceship. This means that handling the later and larger waves of enemies and tougher bosses can become easy if player plan their upgrades carefully. Of course, the best upgrades to get are those that suits one’s play style.

The only downside to this game title is that it does get a little straining on the eyes. The bloom and glow effect of the play ship and the enemies (as well as the laser effects and other things) tend to burn the eyes –especially when playing in dark areas. The audio also gets a little bland, but the sound effects are strong and crisp –with the rewarding explosions for every alien ship you bring down.

Tags: Android, Android-apps, games, Google, Radiant