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Campaign Gameplay
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Jun 24, 2015·The Quadsphere·
67%9 user reviews · 9

Blast your way through waves of enemies and bullets and defeat massive boss ships in this fast-paced vertical Shoot'em Up with a traditional Arcade Mode and an experimental Campaign Mode that borrows from the mechanics of ARPGs such as Diablo and Borderlands.

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About Icarus-X: Tides of Fire

Blast your way through waves of enemies and bullets and defeat massive boss ships in this fast-paced vertical Shoot'em Up with a traditional Arcade Mode and an experimental Campaign Mode that borrows from the mechanics of ARPGs such as Diablo and Borderlands.

CAMPAIGN MODE

Choose from 3 ship classes, gain experience up to level 30, loot randomly generated weapons, shields and mods from your enemies and carefully spend points in non-resetable skill trees. Make your own challenge: overwhelm lower level enemies with devastating firepower, min-max your ship's stats to farm a specific chapter for rare loot, or bite all that you can chew and risk losing it all in hardcore mode.

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Randomly generated enemy waves
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3 sub-modes: Casual (no death penalty), Normal and Hardcore (perma-death)
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3 ship classes: Fighter, Cruiser and Destroyer
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30 levels of ship experience
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15+ stats to min-max, such as Critical Damage, Armor, Shield Regeneration, Hitbox Size and more
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3 skill trees (Attack, Defense and Technology)
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Evolutive special powers
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Billions of randomly generated items with 4 quality tiers and according rarity
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4 tiers of difficulty
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World ranking

ARCADE MODE

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1 bullet death: no life bars or shield shenanigans
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Chain scoring: combos increase your score multiplier
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1CC scoring: you can continue when out of lives but your score and chain will reset
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In-game power-ups

COMMON FEATURES

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Gamepad support
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Vertical screen support
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Replays
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Leaderboards
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Achievements
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Original soundtrack

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