Extinction

Pretty fun little game, though it feels a little...simple.

It felt like I just had to accept that I'd take a bit of damage while running at and punching the aliens, but that I couldn't lose much more than that without just running around like a headless chicken, so I didn't feel very engaged during combat with them. The boss battle was a change of pace, but it was equally simple and even more annoying—you have to lay the grenade and hope it doesn't wander away. (It doesn't help that the boss has so many hit points. Or that the game barely seems to acknowledge that you killed the boss—no music change or sound effect or visual flair or anything.)

The problem is, it feels like there was only one effective tactic for each enemy. That works in games with several enemy types the devs can mix and match for varied encounters, but it's not good for a jam game. I would have enjoyed this game more if I ever had to think about what strategy I was going to use, aside from experiments with grenades in the first couple levels and figuring out what attacks are effective against the boss.

Pretty good fundamentals, though.