Desert Falcon

Developer:    Atari, Inc
Publisher:     Atari, Inc
Played on:    XBLA Game Room

What this Pseudo 3D SHMUP has in originality it lacks in fun. I don't know about you but I can't think of any other Ancient Egyptian themed games from this genre.

It's just a shame the game itself is lousy, it's perspective makes it hard to aim, the power up system is needlessly confusing, requiring you to pick up three items and depending on their order you get a different temporary ability.

while you're flying the game is way too fast and difficult, but if you land and do the rest of the sections on foot then the game becomes excruciatingly slow and even though I made it to level 3, I still have no idea how you defeat the Sphynx, sometimes it dies in a few hits other times you'll keep wailing at it and it doesn't even blink, wherever it's weak-spot may be, I haven't found it.

Pros:
- How many Ancient Egyptian thematic shooters do you know of?
- The power up system is pretty interesting...

Cons:

- But it's not very fun
- When flying everything goes by too fast
- When walking everything goes by too slowly

Final Score: D