Shoot stuff, jump, shoot stuff, jump, power up, shoot more stuff. It's decently entertaining as far as game in which you shoot stuff and jump come.

6/10

A.R.E.S. is one of those games you can only recommend to a certain few. There isn't anything particularly special about A.R.E.S. and although it attempts to be a solid platformer, it falls short through a frustrating "crafting/shop" system. The majority of items in the game require nearly all three of the specific currencies to construct and unfortunately, one of those currencies is in very short supply throughout the game. After three full playthroughs, the needed currency is always scarce. So farm if you must, though like any hardcore platformer fan, you'll persevere without the upgrades -- even if it kills you.

The game itself is rather short and each successive playthrough becomes shorter because you can keep your unlocked items. My final run through of the game was a little over 40 mins. The cutscenes are decently created in a typical "fanime" style. The story tries to be more than it is and is mostly ignored except in between chapters. There are only 5 chapters with none of the stage environments or enemies revealing anything about the world A.R.E.S. is set in.

I had hoped A.R.E.S. would've been more than what I played and because there is really nothing memorable about the game, I can only recommend this to those that play for the learning experience of game development.

Shoulda called it JUMP 'N SHOOT MAN. A Megaman tribute or ripoff or something, A.R.E.S. is a "walk to the right and shoot" platformer with a tacked on crafting system. It lacks a lot of polish, and the controls seem awkward, but if you're into Megaman style games it might be worth a look.

Watch a few gameplay videos, and if it seems interesting, grab it on sale.

ARES Extinction Agenda ничем не выделяющийся платформер, созданный усилиями независимой и явно не слишком опытной команды. Куцый сюжет, что и уложится на салфетке, повествует о некоем герое по имени Арес, облаченном в особый костюм, подозрительно напоминающий броню небезысвестной Самус Аран из нестареющей классики Super Metroid. Даже имена героев похожи, заметьте. Ареса отправляют на особое задание, призванное спасти какого-то ученого. Все. А что у нас с механикой и геймплеем?

Все довольно заурядно, если не сказать скучно... По мере прохождения герой находит новые виды оружия, всего таковых, правда, 3 или 4 штуки. Стреляют по-разному и можно подобрать для себя оптимальный ствол для конкретной ситуации. Каждый тип оружия подвержен простенькому апгрейду. Из всевозможного мусора и материалов, остающихся после поверженных врагов, можно собирать аптечки и гранаты. Последних 2 вида. На словах все звучит неплохо, на деле же зевота наступает после первого получаса. Графика бесконечно далека от современных стандартов, враги постоянно появляются стоит нам отойти на пару метров в сторону, да и количество этапов вызывает грусть - их всего 5 штук. Так что пройти игру можно буквально за пару часов. Единственное светлое пятно в этой бочке смолы - битва с боссами. Они достаточно интересны, сложны и бросают хоть какой-то вызов. Саундтрек в целом неплох. Разработчики тоже так считают, поэтому его можно приобрести за отдельную стоимость.
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ARES Exctinction Agenda stands as absolutely plain and non-distinguishable platformer game, which was created by not so widely known and obviously not so experienced team either. Scanty plot tells a story about a mighty hero named Ares, wearing powerful suit what looks like a second hand copy of Samus Aran's armor from Super Metroid game series. So that Ares guy is sent on a perilous misison to save a certain female doctor's ♥♥♥. What about mechanics and gameplay?

Everything's quite shallow, if not boring. By progressing through the game our hero finds new guns to play with, basically 3 or 4 different weapons. At least they got a unique appearance and each can be used in various situations according to their output. Every gun and item can be upgraded, by collecting litter and pieces of scrap found on the levels and being taken from fallen enemies. You can also create new items like medpacks and grenades this way. It may sound interesting in written form, but it's dead boring in actual gameplay and you simply can't fight with yawning after the first 30 minutes... Visuals and graphics are outdated, enemies respawn once you move one screen away, platformer elements try and fail to entertain and overall number of levels is 5. So you can easily beat the game within 2 hours. The good sides are nicely done boss fights, which require some skill and reaction and finely written soundtrack. Developers agree with me on that, so you can buy it for nominal price.

Very boring and repetitive.