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Zeit² Demo

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A side-scrolling shoot-’em-up that lets players rewind time and steal the life of the enemies. #Side scrolling shooter  #Shoot-’em-up game  #Action game  #Side scrolling  #Shooter  #Shoot-’em-up  

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Zeit² is a side-scrolling shooter with a twist. Each time the player fires he also loses part of his life, which makes for very low-intensity battles.

Gamers have been playing side scrolling shooters for more than a quarter of a century, and it’s genre of game that is not going away. Innovating is difficult, and it’s hard to convince players to forsake a proven recipe for something new. People want to kill enemies and evade incoming fire. It’s not a complicated concept, but this is the extent of what they are expecting.

Sometimes, developers add something to this recipe, like the ability to turn the ship around or some other kind of mechanic, but for the most part we know what we’re getting. The first thing that you’ll notice with Zeit is that it has a rather minimalist look, and that is rarely a good thing. Fortunately, Zeit² is not about that.

The main gimmick of Zeit² is the fact that some each time that you fire on an enemy you are also losing part of your life. To make things worse, many of the enemies can also sap the life if you don’t kill them fast enough.

Players need to reach an equilibrium between shooting and abstaining, which is really difficult to do. Some enemies refill your life, but not all of them.

This brings us to the second mechanic of Zeit². Players can also rewind time if they don’t like how a situation turned out. There are two functions to this feature. You can correct a situation that turned out differently than you expected, or you need to kill some enemies that become corporeal only if you rewind the time.

Some of the levels also end with a boss fight, which can be rather hectic, but the ability to rewind time can be extremely helpful. There are no loading screens and players move from one level to the next, making the Zeit² experience continuous.

Zeit² has really low system requirements and almost anyone will be able to play it, so make sure that you get the demo and give it a try.

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Windows
  file size:
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Games Demo
  genre:
Sidescroller
Shoot'em up
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