Gyro13 – Steam Copter Arcade HD
£3.99T3 Rating
2Comes across more like a tech demo than a game. Visually quite impressive, but otherwise pedestrian
Gyro13 – Steam Copter Arcade HD Review
by on February 9, 2012
After an Unreal Engine splash screen that lasts approximately 14 years, Gyro13 has you pilot an unwieldy helicopter in gloomy mines, picking up miners close to asphyxiation.
The controls are unique and initially fiddly, but provide a great deal of precision; the mines are brown, detailed, brown, packed with obstacles, and brown. And the gameplay… well, the tight time limits force you to make dangerous manoeuvers, often necessitating myriad restarts in more complex mines, but it’s all terribly samey.
As a rescue-’em-up, Saucelifter’s under half the price, brighter and far more fun. Get that instead.
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