The largest issue I had was how repetitive the whole thing is. With each new player, this game becomes more and more bearable. If you take anything away from this review, make it that this game is simply better with more people. Allowing any player to respawn after 10 seconds and giving them all the tools to be somewhat helpful despite their skill means that this could make an alright title to keep around for party moments when you just want to shoot robots. Co-op is truly the only way this game should be played by anyone that doesn’t absolutely love this type of game. The Xbox One release of Circuit Breakers allows up to six players to shoot robots at the same time. I feel like a “less is more” mentality could have helped me to enjoy this title far more. This is a failure in my eyes as it defeats the purpose of having unique enemies. While there were a few variations and they had their own tricks and attacks, I often found myself just firing into the crowd while walking in a big circle because I couldn’t focus on any one robot. Having to be careful was what caused me to die more often than not due to the sheer number of enemies that would end up on screen. I really thought this idea was neat, but ultimately I found it constricting my enjoyment since I had to be so careful with how often I fired. Finally, there is also a shield that all characters can use to protect themselves, but it also costs energy crystals just to keep active. The cost to fire is also different from character to character since they all have different weapons. Since every shot uses some of your acquired crystals, it can take a lot of perfect playing to get back up to max level once you’ve made a mistake. This concept is neat, but becomes really obnoxious due to how often just firing your gun will cause it to lose a level. This is, of course, if you can collect enough to take his Repeater to the Machine Gun and then finally to the Heavy Machine Gun. For example, Aldo uses a machine gun when he collects enough of these crystals, his weapon will become a Heavy Machine Gun. The energy crystals act as each characters ammo for the weapon while also being the resource that determines how upgraded the weapon is. But like I said, this is all made far more obnoxious by the energy crystals that the robots like to spew out upon death. Since the player is constantly trying to kite around the outside of the mass of enemies, these bullets create a wave shape that can be difficult to dodge if the player ends up in a corner. These shots usually travel rather slowly, but can quickly overwhelm when enough of them are fired in a general area. Later levels end up taking on a bullet-hell feel as more and more enemies fire at the player. This wouldn’t be much of an issue if the screen wasn’t already filled with bad guys and the energy crystals they drop. Being a twin stick shooter set in seemingly randomized rooms, the only constant is that there will be robots, and you will shoot them.ĭid I mention you shoot robots? Well sometimes, they shoot back or explode into a circle of bullets that you’ll have to avoid.

Whether the player chooses to take on the Arcade mode or the Score Attack mode, there are always more to shoot and that’s probably for the best since there’s not much else to do. Developed by Triverske, this title pits players against seemingly endless hordes of mechanized baddies to blast to bits. Reviews // 25th Sep 2017 - 5 years ago // By Tyler Schurwan Circuit Breakers ReviewĬan you ever shoot too many robots? This is the question Circuit Breakers answers with a resounding “no!”.

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