The indie scene continues to explore the facets of the Rogue genre, crossing it with hot 80s nostalgia. Hyperparasite offers to get used to the role of an alien alien, who must go through five locations and penetrate the body of the US president.
Using easy humor and mechanics of two-shooter shooters, the authors of the project offer an unusual look at the genre, where death and repetition are an integral part of the gameplay, and victory is achieved through investment in the discovery of new characters.
By controlling the parasite, you can move into any of the enemies already studied, using its body and abilities for maximum damage to surrounding enemies. Game mechanics suggests that each of the people at the level has its own skills, which only intensify after being absorbed by an alien creature.
For example, a postman girl in normal mode can throw one newspaper at an adversary, and when amplification is activated, increase the number of paper shells per second. Homeless people are able to ram enemies with carts or shoot a bunch of energy.
Killing characters that are inaccessible for introduction, you can accidentally get their brain, which in a special location will open the opportunity to buy an introduction to this hero. You can only drag one brain with you at a time, which significantly stretches the playing time.
The more brains and characters you open, the easier it will be to survive, because having lost your body you can jump to the next. During fights with the boss, ordinary opponents attack you, therefore, opening all people at the stage you become almost invulnerable, moving from body to body and causing damage to the main enemy.
Having lost your human form, you lose the opportunity to use special items and can only shoot back with plasma.
If the parasite dies, the game restarts from the very first stage, along with all the bosses and enemies. Zero all your progress, including skills and money. Only characters left open for introduction remain.
And even if you get to the final act, you have to go through the whole game from the beginning.
