As someone who both doesn’t have the room for a drum kit, and is learning percussion, this is a fantastic tool to use! I highly recommend using a drum throne or low-seated stool to play though, both for sense of realism and so you aren’t bashing your arms against your computer chair armrests or backrest.

Overall, I’ve briefly tried out the guitar portion of the game, but I enjoy the drums so much more. I could definitely see using a physical guitar controller with this game being a blast!

My suggestions to the developer:

-Allow the music editor to be used for Drums. I’d bet there are a lot of guys that just want to create a freestyle track or even a beat track for their favourite songs that they can practice to.
-Offer support for physical drum controllers. Not just the RB/GH kits either, if it could support digital drum kits I’d probably buy a compact set to play along with!

Also, a small bug I’ve noticed, when you play a Drum song in Campaign that has “Errors Allowed”, it sometimes reappears when you try to play the song in Free Play afterwards.

All in all, I’d say if you can afford it, and are like me wanting to learn to play but lack the space for a proper kit, definitely get this game!

I used to be heavily invested in a voxel shooter much like this years ago (on my iPad 2), but eventually I got tired of it with the in-app purchases getting ridiculous. I actually even helped run a fan forum for the game a good few years back.

Reminiscing aside, Pixel Strike 3D is pretty good in most respects. Yes it is a PC port of a mobile game, but overall the game controls pretty well. The in-app purchases aren't as invasive, and are purely for cosmetic purposes this time around (and even if you don't like that, you can make your own skin by paying a small fee using the in-game currency instead).

Gunplay is where things get interesting. There are some perks and even weapon attachments that are still buggy apparently (heaven knows why), but all of that aside, most of the guns handle very nicely. Being that it is a mobile game originally, yes snipers tend to be the "meta" of the game, but I myself have found some other weapons that are highly effective regardless.

Overall, I'm already max level (I would prestige, but apparently that's also pretty buggy from what I hear from my friends who introduced me to it), but I still enjoy the game regardless. And I haven't even played FPS games all that much in the past aside from Star Wars Battlefront 2004!

Could you get CS:GO instead? Yes. However, I like it for how lightweight the game is in terms of filesize. I was almost going to download CS:GO, until I got hit with the 25GB filesize! This game on the other hand is barely 1GB (2 at most), and still has a lot of great game modes and fun to be had.

So, do I recommend it? Well, if you want a discount CS:GO that while not as refined, is good on the filesize (and arguably, more kid-oriented for those folks out there), I'd recommend it. It's lots of fun when you start getting into it (even if the snipers may seem to dominate at first). Do some Team Deathmatch first before you decide to rage quit after 3 rounds of Free For All. :)

(Also, forgot to add, there is a bit of "de-sync" with the server response times, so don't be alarmed if you suddenly get taken out behind cover, or get taken down by the guy you were about to backstab with a knife.)

As a fellow person who also added this to my Steam wishlist several years back (when it was considered a Star Wars Battlefront title), I can say it's definitely changed a lot.

Galaxy in Turmoil, which is developed by a bunch of volunteer devs, unlike most other dev studios, has had a very rocky and difficult road in the past few years trying to become what it has (and I suspect the road won't be much easier in the coming future either). The game was originally slated to be a F2P Star Wars title, until Disney got involved and shut them down (because EA's Battlefront was on the horizon at the time).

However, I am proud of the guys at Frontwire for sticking to it, and aiming to create a F2P shooter that mimics the style and gameplay of one of the best sci-fi shooters ever, SWBF2 from 2005. Although the game is very much a conceptual demo at the moment (with sound issues and a perhaps poor choice for a single multiplayer map at the moment, among other issues people have mentioned), there's definitely promise in this game. Despite the very dark and hard-to-see layout of the map and character designs (due to the dark atmosphere of the map), the game's feel is highly reminiscent of the SWBF2 of old. If you look past the issues the games has right now, I do feel that with some more features/maps and issues fixed, the game could definitely be a quite fun and near-spiritual successor to SWBF2 Classic in some ways.

My only other issue is the lacking explanation for the lore of the game. I don't doubt there's been lots of lore developed for the game, but the game itself isn't doing a great job showing it. Might be more worthwhile to actually add some section in the game to explain the factions and why some of them are at war with each other (there are brief little lore texts in the loading screens, but kind of needs more than that).

Overall, if you're expecting a fully polished FREE] game from Early Access, keep looking. But, if you're looking for a game that ever-so-slightly recaptures that gameplay from SWBF2 Classic, this isn't that far off. The guys at Frontwire have a long road ahead of them, but I think this game has potential for sure!

So, do I recommend? If you want to support the guys and provide feedback, I'd say give it a try at least. If you want more features/less issues and such, might be wise to wait a bit before giving it a go.