Mooncresta is a shoot ‘em up set in space and is a remake of an old arcade game.
Mooncresta is a remake of an old arcade game, of the same name. The object in this game is to shoot the rotating discs as they break apart and come more difficult to shoot.
The first noticeable thing about this game is the backgrounds – they’re stunning. Sadly, that’s the only thing good about them. It’s painfully difficult to see your bullets or, in fact, the enemy ships as they fly over the background. It’s unfortunate because it could have been so much better.
As stated, it’s hard to see what you’re aiming at or where it is, which means it’s almost impossible to play. It is playable for a while though it’s basically a guessing game and besides, the enemy ships are so hard to see and move so fast it proves to be quite a strain to follow them.
The music, however, is quite cool. It starts off slow but turns into quite an interesting little track. It’s unfortunate that the game play makes it hard to reach the cool part in the track because accidental death usually occurs.
So in summary, this is a game which is potentially great but is let down by over attention to detail and when it’s all put together becomes something hard to play and difficult to use.