Still, if you’re a fan of the genre, this is worth checking out, even if it is quite difficult judging by the achievements board and high scores, less than 50 people have beaten this game in its entirety. That said, it is a schmup game, so if that sort of thing isn’t your cup of tea, or if pixel graphics bother you, this isn’t going to change your mind. While the game isn’t mind blowing in terms of quality, it works quite well, and it is fun navigating your way through the game and working out what is going on. Overall, this is a pretty creative game, and is definitely a distinctive entry within the schmup genre. The imagery as Desmond’s apartment contorts itself into a surreal mindscape can be genuinely. There are things to like though, many of them visual. While delivered via text, the story is interesting as it reveals more about both the mind-hopping parasite and the world you’re inhabiting, and depending on whether you’re controlling a human ship or an Aratus (alien) ship, you get different story messages (and, at the end of the game, a different ending based on which faction you spent more time mind controlling over the course of the game). In Sound Mind colors well within the lines. The game has a story underlying it – in-between stages, you can listen to enemy chatter over the coms system, as well as having various memories filter into your mind. Some such persons are foreign sovereigns and ambassadors, alien enemy. Indeed, almost all of the bosses can themselves be mind controlled, resulting in interesting gameplay as you work to destroy the boss while hopping in and out of its body. Attaining the age of majority Being of sound mind Not disqualified from. ![]() This is especially notable in the boss fights, where you must hop around between various ships during the fight to take down the boss without the boss destroying you in the process. This leads to fairly unique gameplay, as the ships have a wide variety of attack patterns, both in your hands and in the hands of the AI. Your goal is to use the ships to hop through the battles, taking down all the enemy ships while avoiding being in a ship when it goes down yourself. Each ship has limited ammunition and can take 2-5 shots before going down. ![]() The central conceit of Enemy Mind is that you are a mind-hopping parasite who can jump from ship to ship. This can be very unpleasant if you get a game over on a boss. Unlike many modern games, this game incorporates a lives system and score system, meaning that if you die, you have to start a set of ten stages over again. It isn’t tremendously long – it has 80 stages, including 8 bosses, taking about 4 hours to complete – but it is definitely quite taxing. It isn’t tremendously long – it has 80 stages, including 8 bosses, taking Enemy Mind is a difficult 2D side-scrolling shoot-em’-up (schmup). Enemy Mind is a difficult 2D side-scrolling shoot-em’-up (schmup).
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