Rise & Shine

Rise & Shine makes an amazing first impression, but the game hiding underneath lacks the depth and replayability of the many SNES action games that it attempts to imitate.

All in all, Rise & Shine isn't a bad experience. It's just one that has a lot of wasted potential. If the AAA barrage on indie games is real, then this game would not make a good soldier to fight in that battle. The gameplay is good and the game doesn't overstay its welcome at 10-ish hours, but the sudden ramp up in difficulty plus the finicky aiming blemishes the experience. If you want a game that touches upon the horrors of military engagement, try This War of Mine. If you want a game that parodies/honors video game culture, try Super Meat Boy or Scott Pilgrim. If you want a weird mash-up o...

Regardless of its few flaws, Rise and Shine is a fun, vibrant arcade shooter that should please fans of the genre and remain accessible enough for newcomers. Its light-hearted approach, humour and gunplay make for a enjoyable fast paced experience that is filled with smirks.

As hard as it may be to believe nowadays, a few years ago the platform game experience was the basis for several different genres, pretty much like the open world experience today. This led to the creation of some very interesting titles such as Prince of Persia, Another World and Flashback which deepened basic platforming gameplay with elements taken from adventure games. Games like this aren't being developed that often anymore, so when a game like Rise & Shine, a love-letter to the genre, gets released, long time gamers cannot help but be amazed at how compelling this type of experience can...

Rise & Shine is a good action-platformer though its main shortcoming is how short the game can be.  Once you get the hang of things the game can be finished in a few hours, but if you’re looking for a challenge the game’s difficulty spikes about a third of the way in and it just gets harder from there.  If you're up for a challenge, this is one to check out.

Notoriously difficult games are almost always divisive. Rise & Shine may be one of the toughest 2D shooters ever created but does it provide a satisfying challenge or does the difficulty rise too high to shine?

Rise & Shine is a run and gun 2D shooter that struggles to find its footing in game play and tone. Small issues can be found throughout the experience, but the difficulty and level design, in both variety and beauty, makes the experience worth a few hours of your time.

A solid, if uninspiring run ‘n gun title with some very nice visuals. The game’s length and difficulty make it hard to recommend without reservation but if you are after something a little quirky you might enjoy your brief time with this.

To summarize in a similar vein to Rise & Shine‘s humor: This game could have been a triumph, but then it took an arrow to the knee. The graphics make you think the gameplay cake is real, but the cake is a lie. All you’ll find are Flappy Birds, a dead Princess Peach, and Marcus Fenix. But hey, at least you can kill the Duck Hunt dog, so that has to count for something. Oh, and this is the Dark Souls of video game humor. Take that for what you will.

Gorgeous graphics but gormless gameplay leaves you wishing you were playing any of the dozens of other games this indie dud attempts to parody.

The price may seem a bit too high since it’s a game with just a very short story and not much of a replay value on it. You may want to consider waiting for a good deal with a slashed off price. But nonetheless, Rise and Shine was very entertaining and challenging and it is something that we recommend for you guys to try out playing some time.