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Tesla vs. Lovecraft
Tesla vs. Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!
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Tesla vs Lovecraft is a solid and fun twin-stick shooter. A wide variety of weapons, gadgets, and perks keep things fresh and interesting. Other than a lack of mission variety and no online co-op, this is a game that will keep me wreaking havoc on Lovecraft’s monsters for a while.
With a name like Tesla vs Lovecraft, you're expecting a certain tone. This is not a serious shooter; right from the outset it aims for ‘insane’ and works from there. Appropriate given the game's antagonist. The title screen blasts out a chaotic theme tune, depicting a monster-riding H.P. Lovecraft facing off against Nikola Tesla in a mech suit. Yet even that doesn’t prepare you for the strange and bonkers action in this top-down shooter from developer 10tons.
Tesla vs. Lovecraft is a wonderful and creative twin-stick shooter that manages to stand out from the crowd in what is something of an oversaturated genre. Despite the small reservation I have with the game’s initial difficulty level, everything else — its art style, sountrack, gameplay and overall atmosphere — adds up to make a truly worthwhile experience. It might just be one of 10tons’ best.
In all, Tesla vs Lovecraft may be 10Tons most approachable and well-polished game yet. It’s got a load of levels across three distinct London settings, and tons of weapons and gadgets to wield. I’d have loved some more long-term leveling, things that didn’t wipe away after each mission. All told, it’s the most fun I’ve had with a twin-stick shooter from 10Tons, and it shows that they’re perfecting their craft. I’d love to see more games in this series, and perhaps one where you ...
Tesla vs Lovecraft is pretty much exactly what you’d expect from a game called Tesla vs Lovecraft. It is a top-down arena shooter game in which you play as
Tesla vs. Lovecraft is a top-down arena shooter game inspired by the historic inventor Nikola Tesla and novelist H.P. Lovecraft.
Take control of the famous inventor Nikola Tesla as he takes on the horror fiction of HP Lovecraft in this intense and addictive arcade shooter. Use powerful weapons and the Tesla-Mech to keep the horrors at bay. All the above and more in this mysterious action packed top-down shooter.
A fine example of twin-stick shooter fun, Tesla vs. Lovecraft proves rather moreish, and even more enjoyable with friends. You could say, it's electrifying.
Creating a game starring two visionaries from around the 1900s must be quite a difficult task. Thankfully, Nikola Tesla's epic battle against the occult creatures summoned by none other than H.P. Lovecraft is a ton of fun so let's start shooting!
Tesla vs Lovecraft doesn’t reinvent the twin-stick shooter genre, but it’s a hell of a lot of fun and has its own weird and distinct style. I only wish there were a bit more substance to the cutscenes and a few more story missions packed in for good measure. But if you like fighting off large waves of monsters, you’ll get a lot of fun out of its endless mode.
Tesla vs. Lovecraft is imbued with a frenetic, bold energy that I only wish its designers had committed to more strongly. While there is fun in the premise of knocking back waves of Lovecraftian horrors while teleporting around them and maximizing Tesla’s devices, none of these concepts ever truly hits the mark. The result is a distracting but ultimately mindless exercise in repetition, which fails to ever become truly interesting.
Tesla vs Lovecraft is enjoyable enough for what it is: a simple, energetic twin-stick shooter fat doesn’t push any boundaries but gets most of the fundamentals right. At the same time, there’s so much untapped potential in the idea of Lovecraft/Tesla crossover, and that leaves me wanting so much more from this game than it actually delivers.