Vanguard Knights

Pretty nice bullet hell game— the mechanics are pretty straight forward, some dialogues made me laugh a bit here and there, and the music was a blast.

The script shines most when the two main characters and other major side characters interact with each other, the personalities are well-written and synergise really damn well, the first few lines had me impressed at how characteristic everything sounds.

On a lighter note, I personally loved the soundtrack, it included tracks with a nice beat to them that really got you pumped for the action and sound pretty cool.

Developed and published by Royal Skies LLC, Vanguard Knights is a fast-paced science fiction rail shooter that draws heavy inspiration from the arcade classics that defined the genre while introducing its own blend of modern visuals and gameplay refinements.

The game supports mixed gamepad and mouse inputs, so it plays really nicely on my Steam Controller too; that leads me to believe it shall also be a solid experience on the Steam Deck.

This makes for fast paced combat, but sometimes the camera can get turned upside down and become disorienting.