Iji is an indie game developed by Daniel Remar. It is available for download freely on the net. I'm not going to tell you where because I do not want to be suspended or Banned for advertising.
The game is an Action adventure game like the old school game Flashback. You play as Iji, a young woman who gets knocked out unconscious or killed and then gets brought back as a cyborg to help humanity survive against the aliens that attacked their planet. Iji lost her dad and little sister and has only her brother left and together they try to get the aliens off their planet.
You level up by walking over these blue orbs that come as big ones, large floating ones- supercharges- and little ones that is left behind when you kill an emenies or you just find one or two laying around in the level. When you get enough you level up and acquire an experience point. That point can be used in a bunch of different stats like health, strength, attack, weapons stats, and a cracking stat. By leveling up weapon stat gains you access to different weapons and the cracking stat allows you by a mini-game to open doors, use computers, open boxes, hack enemies soliders from behind, hack automated turrents and even to hack your own weapons providing you with more weapons.
Mr. Remar packed this game with secrets. There are hidden posters in the game that if you find will unlock a new level. That is if you find the secret entrance to that level. There are supercharges and weapons scattered everywhere. Depending on how you place your exerience points while give different options.
The story is interesting in that how you play dictates how the story will change on you. If you play like Rambo, using your experience points to increase your gun and attack stats then you'll get ending that reflects your choice as a SOB. But if you play like Jesus using your experience points to level your health and cracking or strength skills you'll get another ending and even your enemies will treat you differently. If you do different things in the game you get still another ending. Secrets Galore!
You end up facing two groups of aliens and the story can really hook you. The story is provided by Iji talking to herself, her brother, the logbooks you find scattered through a level and even your enemies. The first group is the Tasen and second group you'll find out if you get interested enough to play the game. I don't want to give too much away.
While remembering that one man made this game, the graphics is not bad for a 2D game. There are some 3D illusions made in the 2D game which isn't bad. The colors are a bit drab though.
You have an armor level which when depleted will take one bar off your health. Then your armor is recharged. You can recharge your armor by these little armor dots placed around the level or by the health crosses also placed around the level. Ammo is plentiful. The game gives you one shotgun and shield gun that has unlimited ammo while the rest of the weapons have limited ammo based on your weapon stats.
You can jump, kick, shoot, crouch and crack. Your jump height is augmented twice in the game. You can jump diagonally, so your not limited to up-down jumping. You can't move when crouching. You can't run. Which at first is annoying but after awhile you'll get used to especially when no one else can run.
Your enemies are varied in color and shape. You have the grunts which have machine guns, advanced grunts which have machine guns and rockets and so on. The tougher the enemy the more attacks he or she got. Bosses are interesting in that you can kill them with your weapons or you can use the tools on the boss stage. For an example, one boss you can kill with these lazers placed around the area or you kill her by using your own weapons. the tools just make the kill go that much faster. If your lucky and figured it out, you can even skip one boss fight.
For a free pc game it pretty good game. There is plenty secrets that helps the repeatability of play. There is three or four difficulty modes. I'm not sure how many, since I only passed normal successfully. Options screen has bonus options screens which have a few grey options that I can't access since I have not fully beat the game yet.
If you like Action adventure game made like Flashback or even Meteroid you might enjoy this one.
The game is an Action adventure game like the old school game Flashback. You play as Iji, a young woman who gets knocked out unconscious or killed and then gets brought back as a cyborg to help humanity survive against the aliens that attacked their planet. Iji lost her dad and little sister and has only her brother left and together they try to get the aliens off their planet.
You level up by walking over these blue orbs that come as big ones, large floating ones- supercharges- and little ones that is left behind when you kill an emenies or you just find one or two laying around in the level. When you get enough you level up and acquire an experience point. That point can be used in a bunch of different stats like health, strength, attack, weapons stats, and a cracking stat. By leveling up weapon stat gains you access to different weapons and the cracking stat allows you by a mini-game to open doors, use computers, open boxes, hack enemies soliders from behind, hack automated turrents and even to hack your own weapons providing you with more weapons.
Mr. Remar packed this game with secrets. There are hidden posters in the game that if you find will unlock a new level. That is if you find the secret entrance to that level. There are supercharges and weapons scattered everywhere. Depending on how you place your exerience points while give different options.
The story is interesting in that how you play dictates how the story will change on you. If you play like Rambo, using your experience points to increase your gun and attack stats then you'll get ending that reflects your choice as a SOB. But if you play like Jesus using your experience points to level your health and cracking or strength skills you'll get another ending and even your enemies will treat you differently. If you do different things in the game you get still another ending. Secrets Galore!
You end up facing two groups of aliens and the story can really hook you. The story is provided by Iji talking to herself, her brother, the logbooks you find scattered through a level and even your enemies. The first group is the Tasen and second group you'll find out if you get interested enough to play the game. I don't want to give too much away.
While remembering that one man made this game, the graphics is not bad for a 2D game. There are some 3D illusions made in the 2D game which isn't bad. The colors are a bit drab though.
You have an armor level which when depleted will take one bar off your health. Then your armor is recharged. You can recharge your armor by these little armor dots placed around the level or by the health crosses also placed around the level. Ammo is plentiful. The game gives you one shotgun and shield gun that has unlimited ammo while the rest of the weapons have limited ammo based on your weapon stats.
You can jump, kick, shoot, crouch and crack. Your jump height is augmented twice in the game. You can jump diagonally, so your not limited to up-down jumping. You can't move when crouching. You can't run. Which at first is annoying but after awhile you'll get used to especially when no one else can run.
Your enemies are varied in color and shape. You have the grunts which have machine guns, advanced grunts which have machine guns and rockets and so on. The tougher the enemy the more attacks he or she got. Bosses are interesting in that you can kill them with your weapons or you can use the tools on the boss stage. For an example, one boss you can kill with these lazers placed around the area or you kill her by using your own weapons. the tools just make the kill go that much faster. If your lucky and figured it out, you can even skip one boss fight.
For a free pc game it pretty good game. There is plenty secrets that helps the repeatability of play. There is three or four difficulty modes. I'm not sure how many, since I only passed normal successfully. Options screen has bonus options screens which have a few grey options that I can't access since I have not fully beat the game yet.
If you like Action adventure game made like Flashback or even Meteroid you might enjoy this one.
