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Delivering gameplay somewhere between an endless runner and a space flight simulator, Lost Orbit: Terminal Velocity is a pretty unique, and at times challenging, experience. As you make your way through various systems, being sure to make smart use of your boost to maneuver between asteroids and slingshot around using gravity, there’s a surprisingly engaging story as well, something the game doesn’t need but that at least helps make it a bit more fun. My biggest complaint is definitely the tendency of the camera to get too close to you on a regular basis, complicating your attempts to fly through tough spots by simply making it hard to get a good view of the action. Especially when you’re trying to make the shift from one side of the screen to the other by going past the edge it is easy to lose track of where you are, making deaths or other problems you have when that happens particularly aggravating. That said, mechanically and in terms of upgrades the game does more than you’d expect so it may very well feel like a hidden gem to the right audience who can be patient with it in a few areas.
Justin Nation, Score:Good [7.2]