Stick Soldiers

All the graphics and multimedia in the world just can't make up for good old fashioned gameplay! The creators of Stick Soldiers (Whitespace Unlimited) have taken this idea to a new level with their awesome “all gameplay no graphics” platform death match game.

Stick Soldiers puts you against other AI driven Stick Soldiers in a 2D monochrome killing field. To survive you have to pick up weapons and ammo as you dodge the rain of bullets flying at you from all angles. Stay alive for long enough and you may just be able to add a few notches to your machine gun.

Repetition is Stick Soldiers only minor flaw. The small playing, non scrolling, playing areas can leave you feeling a bit claustrophobic. Luckily though the game comes with a few levels as well as a level editor to let you exercise your creativity.

Stick Soldiers is a very well made game, easily one of my favorites.

This game is OK for a few hours ... I really wish there was a online feature. If there was this game would be great! Its worth a try for the download size I guess.

Some people may find some novelty in the concept of having a game with poor or minimalist graphics that is actually playable, but I think the poor graphics are just an annoyance, as you're squinting to try to find out what weapon you're picking up or where your bullets are going (maybe it's just my screen).

But in truth, this game isn't any fun once you get the hang of it. You can't really count on a certain weapon being effective in a certain situation, and the AI is one of those that advantages from being tied into the game, ie it can aim instantly, whereas aiming accurately is a big problem for human players.

All in all, the gameplay is a bit random, and lacks any form of strategy beyond the purely robotic.

Once I got to the point of being able to win, I was already mildly bored, and had never actually felt excited as when playing Liero or Soldat, where skill is your most valuable asset.

This is one of two best games for downloading for people without fast conection speed (the other is Elasto Mania).

It has realy simple, enjoyable graphics and a perfect gameplay. It's only disadvantage is that there are many enemies and sometimes you die easily.