80/100
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2019 · Expanded edition · Witch Beam · Shooter · Arcade

Assault Android Cactus+

Nintendo console exclusiveExpanded edition

Assault Android Cactus is an arcade style twin stick shooter set in a vivid sci fi universe. Junior Constable Cactus is outside her pay grade when she responds to a distress call and ends up stranded on a crippled space freighter under attack by its own robot workers.

Released: 8 March 2019
Platforms: Nintendo Switch Windows
Genres: Shooter Arcade
Developers: Witch Beam
Publishers: Witch Beam
Modes: Co-op Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Age ratings: ESRB E10+PEGI 7
Languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Spanish (Spain)

About

Assault Android Cactus is a twin-stick shooter developed and published by Witch Beam. The game was released for Windows, OS X, and Linux in 2015, PlayStation 4 in 2016, Xbox One in 2017, and Nintendo Switch in 2019. An enhanced version for the Switch was released in 2019 as Assault Android Cactus+.

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Gameplay

Assault Android Cactus is a twin-stick shooter played primarily from a quarter-down perspective. The player takes control of one of nine Androids, the first of which being Cactus, an Interplanetary Police Department (IPPD) junior constable, who crashes her ship into a space freighter 'Genki Star'. The player must fight through hordes of rogue robots to take back control of the Genki Star. The game can be played in single-player or in local cooperative play with up to four players.

The game features four game modes: a story, campaign, a challenging 50 layer mode, Infinity Drive, daily challenges, Daily Drive, and boss rush mode. The game has nine playable androids to choose from, each of which have a different combination of primary and secondary weapons. The game includes 25 stages which morph and transform as the level progresses.

Development

Assault Android Cactus was developed and published by Brisbane-based video game development studio Witch Beam. One of the game's developers, Sanatana Mishra noted that the team's decision to not launch the game on Xbox One video game console was due to the ID@Xbox parity clause which required developers to launch their games on Xbox One the same day as other platforms.