This does however mean that with each flip of the screen, as you further your progression through the world, any time you go back you’ll find the exact same enemies in place and causing hassle again. As with any Metroidvania style affair, whether this begins to grate on you after a while or not will all come down to the individual, but on a personal level the decent pacing of Omega Strike only rarely allowed any sense of frustration or boredom to take hold. This therefore sees you needing to run back over areas time and time again, as you slowly unveil the entire world. Without ruining the story running behind it all, the initial hour or so sees you restricted to using just Sarge, before slowly getting access to the others and their abilities, with commando rolls, Bear’s strength and Dex’s agile double jump all coming in handy. And besides, Omega Strike can be taken at your own pace throughout, so needing to nail a switch in milliseconds rarely occurs.Īs you progress through the massive labyrinth of a world – this is Metroidvania in all but name – you’ll need to use each of the team as much as possible, as areas would otherwise be inaccessible without them. It’s a superb system which works tremendously well and whilst I would personally have preferred to see each character assigned to a face button or d-pad press, the swiftness in toggling between them ensures that very rarely will you be left with the wrong character for a specific situation. For the most part you are able to switch between these three guys with ease, cycling through and flicking and switching as certain weapons and special abilities are required. It is Sarge who is the leader of the team, initially coming equipped with a standard rifle, whilst Bear delivers a bouncing bomb style launcher and Dex utilises a short range, highly powerful shotgun. Taking control of one character throughout vast worlds is usually tricky enough, but in Omega Strike you get access to no less than three – Sarge, Bear and Dex.

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