It is just a fantastic Game. I recommend you turn on ALL visual effects to enjoy this. Looking at the other reviews 1-2 hours on record of gameplay isn't enough to truly expereince this game. Round 12 + Is where people need to really review this game. If you want fast paced? This is it. Overall the controls are hard to get used to sure but for me a keyboard and mouse are absolutely fine. Once your past the learning cuve this game is a blast. Literally.

The ships look truly stunning flying past then with their cannons blasting the enemy fighters. And once you are in the higher round and the cruisers are fighting each other its becomes really fast paced. And you can choose to start at round 19 once you reach it and go from there to "Infinity". So it does give you the option to bypass the slower levels once you clear them.

All in All this game is a 10/10 for me. If you want a High paced Space shooter then this is for you. Graphically stunning and great game play.

Cons? Honestly if this had muliplayer I'd be on 300+ hours by now. Its a shame they never gave it the ability for online.

Strike Suit Infinity is a excellent wave-based space arena game, where you take control of a spacecraft/mech transformer hybird thing (called Gund... I mean strike suit) to destory waves of enemies from small intercepters to massive carriers. There are 18 stages total, with each stage having a set number of waves of enemies to fight. You keep going until you die, when you die your score gets added to the leaderboards.
Combat is part dogfighting, and part Mech mode massacre. When you are in "jet" mode you aren't very powerful, but you are pretty fast. Your goal is to fill up your red meter, so that you can enter "mech" mode. In "mech" mode, you become a death machine, but you cant travel great distances very fast. Your red meter will drain in "mech" mode per weapon fired. This red meter fills up whenever you kill an enemy.
There are 3 types of strike suits, unlocked as you progress through the levels. You can unlock new weapons and upgrades, that you keep when you die.

PROS
-Amazing visuals, particle effects
-Great soundtrack
-challenging
-good enemy variety
-the PRICE!!!!
-runs well on my PC

CONS
-controls could have been better
-Each wave in a stage remains the same on every playthrough
-Can be alittle bit hard to aim in "jet" mode

Improvements
-Needs more Gund... I mean strike suits
-Needs more weapons
-Needs strike suit customization

This is a really interesting game, and it is somewhat fun. In addition the price of admission on a sale of ~3$ or less, you can't entirely go wrong. Yet, as a game itself it has some issues and it's unfortunate because I really want to love this game, but I just can't presently.

Pros
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Cheap
Fantastic graphics
Massive smorgasborg of ships in a battle at once
Decent soundtrack
Supposedly improved over Strike Suit Zero (Haven't played)
Difficult


Cons
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Difficulty is somewhat due to wrestling controls and some players (I was indifferent) might not like the lack of a difficulty option.
Controls are less then optimal and misses some important options.
AI is dumb as a rock, both allies and enemies
The view out the ship in 1st person view mode is very narrow
No quick shortcuts to roll
Serious Performance issues with the engine itself, engine slows down entirely with large amounts of ships, completely unrelated to hardware power of your PC.
In addition the game is prone to random crashing.

Score 6/10 (Alright)
Score if it was without control and performance issues 7.5/10 (Good)

Grade = B. Worth a buy, for who enjoy score attack mode with multiplier bonus. However, for who want a big diverse content, don't buy it

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⭐️ This one is focused on score attack stages
⭐️ More loadout setup
⭐️ Better weapon performance
⭐️ Easier to set a target on Frigate parts
⭐️ More deadly enemy
⭐️ No story
⭐️ Shorter duration on stages

💎 Ship Transform
💎 Vibrant and vivid universe

💼 Remember to use EMP avoid hit by a missile
💼 Switch combat style quickly to fit the situation

🔧 Repetitive combat ➜ That's the challenge
🔧 Too many missiles alert ➜ True in deeper mission

Recommended Video Review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=saamZKpaVWE
Approximate File Size = 2.05 GB
Average Completion Hours = 6h - 7h
Achievement Completionist = 9h

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When was the last time you saw a space combat game?

While you are probably thinking to get Strike Suit Zero, I would rather recommend Strike Suit Infinity mainly because Strike Suit Zero's story wasn't really interesting to me (in my opinion), but what shined the most was the combat. SSI takes SSZ's great combat and puts it into a cheaper and a more "arcade styled" game.

Some features about the combat:

• The Strike Suit has a "Flux" mode, and when activated, your Strike Suit turns into a "Gundam-sort-mech" that targets more enemies and deals more damage.
  
• It's a pure arcade space combat game, just shoot the bad guys and you are good to go.
  
• The music helps fuel what is going on in combat. It will play an ambient tune when there aren't much enemies, but once you are on a final wave, expect an awesome adrenaline pumping track.
  
• I find the game is better played with a Mouse and Keyboard, a Joystick works, but I just prefer the Mouse and keyboard since shooting enemies feels a lot easier, instead of having to constantly move your ship to get a good shot.

If you have great memories of space combat simulators (ex: Freespace and Star Wars flight action games), Strike Suit Infinity could be the game for you.

Step 1. Get a Joystick/Flightstick
Step 2. Buy and install Strike Suit Infinity
Step 3. Put on some hype/metal music
Step 4. Experience one of the most absurdly badass and insane experiences you can have in a video game

This is a great game which reminds me of "Gun Metal", "Zone of the Enders", "Galaxy on Fire" and "Battle Engine Aquila".
Difference between this game and Zero/Director's Cut is that Infinity doesn't have any story - only wave based survival while hiring reinforcements and unlocking upgrades.

If you like to fly around in space switching between fighter and mech modes dodging missiles and blowing up small and huge ships while looking at a beautiful skybox - this game is for you.

Great time waster, just as fun as the original game (which I own on PS4). The never ending battles in different areas keep the scenery fresh. Two main gripes with the game though.
1. No custom game mode as far as I'm aware (I have not beaten all the stages yet). You get thrown in a preset stage and you work through them.
2. I don't like having to manage credits and my fleet. If you want (need) a good fleet to take on the later stages with, the amount they give for selecting the stage isn't enough. You need to have it built up from several earlier stages. Also, your fleet does not carry over. Buy 2 frigates? Both of them live? Well say goodbye after the round is over, and no you aren't refunded credits. Why not just have an endless battle as an option? It gets expensive and kinda takes the fun out of it.

Other than that, it has all the greatness and flaws of the first game. The format of it just isn't too great.

While this lacks the story-based campaign of its predecessor, it makes up for it in tighter, more focused gameplay. It's really a lot of fun if you want to simply load up something spacey and shoot stuff. For a detailed review, check out my full article here. Enjoy!

http://www.spacegamejunkie.com/reviews/strike-suit-infinity-simpler/

In short, Strike Suit Infinity is an arcade style space shooter in which the player undertakes a series of missions to increase his score and battling with others on rankings on the games very own leaderboards. Unlike the Heroes of the Fleet DLC for the original Strike Suit Zero from 2013, the player now has the chance to earn credits and to build up a fleet of his own that will support him over the course of the game.

There is a total of 18 missions (rounds). You begin on the first round & move straight on to the next. Between rounds you will be able to build up your fleet, unlock Strike Suit Upgrades by solving bonus objectives & selecting the Loadout of Missiles for use. If your Suit gets destroyed during a round you lose the game and your accumulated score gets uploaded to the leaderboards.

The game saves your progress if you quit or the game crashes in the middle of a round. The downside to this is that it will deactivate your reached scored from being uploaded to the leaderboard. If you want to have your score uploaded, you either have to die during a mission or play through all 18 rounds in one sitting.

On the contrary, you can quit your game in the middle of a round, which automatically saves earned credits, ship upgrades, fleet setup. This allows you to continue next time exactly where you left of and play at your leisure, getting familiar with the game or to try out different setups.

Playing through all the rounds in one sitting is a difficult task that requires knowledge about each rounds adversary, perfect planning of your Fleet beforehand as well as a large amount of experience with the games controls & sometimes chaotic, rough but fun space combat.

If you love to compete against others, entertaining space combat simulations & a great challenge then go ahead and give Strike Suit Infinity or the original Strike Suit Directors Cut a try. Then let’s be honest there, there aren’t many good 6DOF games out there at the moment and Strike Suit belongs to the absolute best to play right now.

The original Strike Suit Zero & the Heroes of the Fleet DLC:
http://store.steampowered.com/app/288370/