Dodger game relying on yours reflexes.
Grind fest basically
to rake up enough points to level up for skill points,
running around dodging bullets, flying objects, and picking up cash for upgrades.

Fun at first, gets alittle dull through half the progress after level 20.

Could really use some menu for button configurations for the keyboard,
toggle Sound On - Music Off.

Fortunately the game saves your level and stages progress even when you dies.


Playable.

This one is the improved version of the 1st game - State of anarchy,
You can read the review to the 1st game here - http://steamcommunity.com/id/nekomimibadik/recommended/463210

So what's different from the 1st game
+The game itself is expanded to have battles with aliens - every some levels you get caught by the UFO and then you go their planet and kill some zergs, following with a boss battle.
All the rest things are basically the same: you upgrade your characters stats, and you upgrade your weapon stats.
A lot of levels, you change your weapon type every now and then.
+Great music tracks tho

Well, 1st game is 4 times cheaper - you can try 1st game 1st.

State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem is a fun shoot em-up which feels like a bullet-hell at some parts. For convenience I'll break this review in pieces to address the most important parts of the game.

The game is what you would expect from a game like this. Clean, simple, yet also fun. There are times that it will feel repetitive but overall it's a nice time waster.

It is what you see in the pictures. Hand drawn doodles that at the same time feel nice. They are not rushed or drawn badly, they are actually quite pleasing and they environments are well made.

I'm pretty sure no one reading this review would expect a game like this to have a nice soundtrack and to be honest I didn't either. I was quite pleasantly surprised to hear that the soundtrack was quite nice but at the same time quirky, in a nice sense, fitting with the style of the game perfectly.

State of Anarchy: Master of Mayhem is a fun little game where you can waste your time in. For the 99 cents price tag (49 cents at the time of this review) it's an easy desicion to make. Get this game, have it in your library and when you want to pass some time play it.

This review was submitted for Gaming Until End, through the generous contribution of HellCow.

Positive surprise! Wanted to drop it in the shovelware corner of the library and installed it just for fun. After some levels I am sure that I´ll play it to the end and catch those achievements.

If you´re looking for a solid top-down shmup and don´t want to spend big money, just give this one a try. Gfx, soundtrack and overall sillyness combine to a neat gaming experience and a good "just 5 more minutes" factor.

MY DREAMS SUMMED UP IN A VIDEO GAME :)

-- Review for Linux version of this game --

Works great on my Linux (Debian 9 with Nvidia drivers), no issues or glitches. Game is made in Unity, however developer put alot of efforts to make it unique and fun. Despite low price tier this game features very unique art and sound style (developer created it by hand and recorded all sounds by himself - and it looks and sounds amazingly fun). You play as a robber with a gun, your goal is to follow quest line while killing hostile bypassers and trashing cars. You can drive a car or move by foot, collect money from killed people and upgrade your talents and guns. Pretty standard idea, however you'll be laughing most of the time because of visuals and sounds.
If you'll rush into new levels you can find yourself unprepared to beat some bosses, in this case just start any easy level and grind for a bit to gain few levels untill you feel comfortable to proceed. I like such flexibility, that means I don't have to be stressed with steep diffculty curve.

10/10, Highly recommended! If you love shooters, good laugh and bullet hell - this game is definitely must have!

Wonderful game with attractive destructive power for such a mini game

No matter how many points I put into speed, I feel like I'm moving with lead boots on. It's a shame, because the whole crayon drawing and voice-based sound effects are really appealing. Still, I didn't have fun with this one.

This game is much better than I thought it was

There are not enough intros in the world…

I played this game with the sole intention to make a review of it. I have not played the first game (stand alone “State of Anarchy”) and I also did not get to the dual wield DLC. Still I got a lot out of this game. NewRelease Games has a portfolio of games among which “Shadows 2: Perfidia” and “Project Starship”, both drawing some attention and with very positive percentage of reviews. The developer seems to have been working on improving the first version of the game, and I am told that this version is smoother and has those extra set of, well, extra, which one looks for in a follow up game.

The pew-pew sounds and soundtrack tunes

One of the things one notices as the very beginning of this game is the sound effects (of which most are vocal recordings, and therefore, hilarious). Shooting, rage, and other things in the game set environment have a very sweet and well-coordinated effects. This makes gameplay a lot funnier and makes a game which is simple in its concept pretty awesome.

Regarding the soundtrack of the game, it works very much according to the development of the storyline, and the tracks which are played here and there match the game very well, and were probably carefully chosen by the developers and/or de release company. Additionally, the tracks change as the scenery in the back does, which gives it an additional feel. Well played.

Doodle Shootle

Doodle games are not really an acquired taste, but something you can fall in love with from the very start, or despise and shut off after only a couple of minutes. I think most people will fit or be inclined to the first option; doodles are awesome. For us older gamers, ever since we had flash games 10 or 15 years ago and ninja’d through the levels they have been preferred and rarely wouldn’t draw our full attention. Perhaps they were more difficult to keep playing, as one couldn’t save flash games back then, but we did spend some time on them most definitely. What is also sweet is that these sorts of games are definitely set out for funny kicks, and this game has plenty, which I think is a very positive feat for the genre. You can’t take doodles to seriously. Still, you can get along with the storyline and once you get into upgrades, you can grind away on the map, shooting little drawn men shooting red bullets and collecting their moneys and leveling up.

One can get a series of upgrades between different costs or levels. I do think it would have been nice to keep the descriptions of the upgrades appearing which did not happen for me after a few times. Also you get your weapons changed and this is a cool feat, makes you expect something new on every level-boss you beat.

Graphic-wise, it works smoothly, did not run into any bugs or game halts, it did make my graphic card work a bit, which was definitely unexpected, but so much things go on as the you progress through the levels that obviously, to keep everything smooth, you need to get a bit more out of acceleration.

View from above

The game logic reminded me a bit of similar games, and the possibility to get into a car is very reminding of the first Grand Theft Auto games 1 and 2, although the story and goals are basically different. The games set-out and the character are both very relatable.

The easy part is that once you get a hang of how to move around in the world it is “easy” but as levels progress it get pretty hectic and crazy. I did browse the game, made it to some of the levels, but was probably around 25% finished when I stopped playing. One does require a bit of practice for moving and bullet avoiding, and of course, it only gets more difficult between levels, and from the game angle it is possible to keep avoiding bullets for some time before you will inevitably die. I think that the game angle is definitely a positive part of the game, it lets you notice things which go on around you and lets you immerse more into the game.

Conclusion

A must-get if you like the genre. It delivers good gameplay and it does not get boring, at least for the time I played. Also, it does get an extra credit from me because it still works without internet, and this feat is starting to get ever rarer, especially for fun and entertaining games. There are some which really don’t work without internet or they get weird or non-entertaining, and that does not happen to this one.

This review was submitted for Gaming Until End, through the generous contribution of HellCow.