Heat Signature

Its kinda janky and the gameplay is a stealth game. enemies see you instantly and kill you even faster which would be totally fine if it didn't make you start a new game over and over again. the majority of my playtime is the time it takes to start a new game, get a mission, and leave the base on route to the new mission.

Weirdly I only discovered this game after playing Tom Francis' most recent game (Tactical Breach Wizard). You can clearly see that he always has been a very inspired game designer/developer. I love that this game allows me to pretend I'm as powerful as Liv Kennedy.

Its pretty good. A solid game, especially if you like top down games. One of the best things in this game is the meta progression, which is perfectly paced, where you unlock things fast enough to really feel like the game is expanding and getting better. Very cool aesthetic. Way too underrated of a roguelite

Quite possibly one of the most smooth and addictive game loops I have encountered in a while. Somehow, the game manages to feel fastpaced while still letting you pause and decide what to do next. Think, essentially, the gameplay of Hotline Miami with the movement of SuperHot, add a sort of roguelite-sandbox progression, and you'll get something like this. Whether you go with straight shooting action or ghost-like stealth, the experience feels *just right*.

Storywise... don't expect a lot. Actually, don't expect anything: exactly 5 dialogue trees with 4 characters, and no relevance whatsoever to the action; they're there to give an intro, an outro, and flesh out the world a bit. That feels quite like the missed opportunity, since the world and plot (a somehwat run-of-the-mill sci-fy setting of mining colonies revolting against the factions controlling them) could have set the scene for something much more interesting. But then, I guess the premise (characters die easy, advancement is done by playing missions by several otherwise interchangeable members of a resistance movement) does not lend itself to that kind of progression.

In any case, you are not buying this game for the story, but for the action, for the challenge: and that, it provides quite nicely. Very replayable, too, and very good for those 15 loose minutes, enough for a couple missions.

Overall, a really nice, smooth experience.

This is a satisfying game to play when you are in the mood for a fun choose-your-difficulty stealth game. There's tons of mechanics that are fun to mess around with and it's satisfying to beat a hard mission. My one criticism is that having played Tactical Breach Wizards by the same developer, I know that they are capable of great storytelling and that's not really a part of this game.

FTL/HotlineMiami/Gunpoint

Amazing

Endless replay ability, all the characters feel like they have a personality from how you play them when they don't really even talk. You can get so creative the items you get and pull off some crazy missions, and there are so many different mission types, ships, and guards, I never get bored. Also really fun feature is if your friends have the game sometimes you can rescue their characters, I was so delighted the first time I saw that. This game is so much fun!

Good fun.

Glory!

what's your dream dentist?

Really enjoyable

great game, go play it

Get the game. Join the Defenestration Nation.

This game is everything I wanted Hotline Miami 2 to be. Works great on Steam Deck.

Neither polished nor balanced, but an interesting sandbox. Really deserves a sequel to put these ideas to good use.

Pretty coooool

(Review ini ditulis dalam Bahasa Indonesia)

Tutorial Merampok di Luar Angkasa yang Asik

Simpelnya, in game Top-Down Shooter dengan aspek Roguelite yang unik dan menurut saya ini adalah game yang "menghargai kebodohan". Maksudnya, kalian bisa menggunakan berbagai metode yang ada buat menyelesaikan misi yang ada di dalam gamenya, baik dengan cara yang konvensional kayak tembak musuh --> pukul musuh di sebelahnya --> ambil kunci --> buka pintu --> habisi target/tangkap target/curi item dalam misi, atau dengan cara yang non konvensional macam teleport no jutsu, ngeretas pakai gadget, mode stealth, mode "pacifist" dan sebagainya & ini bisa berubah" sesuai kondisi/persyaratan misinya. Selain itu, modifier unik dalam game ini adalah modifier yang ada dalam karakter kalian. Ada yang bisa ngerepotin kalian (mis. kalau abis teleport langsung pingsan, kalau kena serangan lethal dari peluru/pedang langsung mati) dan ngebantu kalian (mis. semua senjata yg dipakai karakter selalu mode silence, jarak teleport nambah 50%) selama playthrough dengan karakter itu

Minusnya paling 1, kalau udh mode endgame dan ngeliberate -+2 faksi bakal kerasa kalau shop kalian (yang seiring nge-liberate station di mapnya) bisa bikin karakter kalian jadi OP kalau udh ke build dan bisa bikin gameplaynya ngebosenin. Solusinya? Mainkan dalam kesulitan Audacious/Mistake/Glory, dijamin bakal menantang soalnya modifier misinya bukan main menantangnya. Dan menurut saya ending dari gamenya setelah membebaskan semua station dari keempat faksi itu agak meh sih dan buat sebagian orang bisa bikin gamenya ga worth it buat ditamatin

Overall cocok buat yang suka main top-down shooter dengan unsur roguelike, atau pecinta game game macam Hitman atau Splinter Cell tapi pengen sedikit twist roguelite didalamnya

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(This review is written in english with help from google translate)

Fun Space Robbery Tutorial

Simply put, this is a Top-Down Shooter game with unique Roguelite aspects and in my opinion this is a game that "rewards your stupidity". Which means, you can use various methods available to complete missions in the game, either in a conventional way like shooting enemies in front of you --> hitting enemies next to them --> taking keys --> opening doors --> killing targets/capturing targets/stealing items in missions, or in non-conventional ways like teleport no jutsu, hacking using gadgets, stealth mode, "pacifist" mode and so on & this can change according to the conditions/requirements of the mission. In addition, the unique modifiers in this game are modifiers in your character. There are those that can bother you (eg. if you immediately faint after teleporting, if you get hit by a lethal attack from a bullet/sword you immediately die) and help you (eg. all weapons used by the character are always in silence mode, teleport distance increases by 50%) during playthrough with that character. And in my opinion, the ending of the game after liberating all the stations from the four factions is a bit mediocre and for some people it might make the game not worth finishing.

There is one downside tho, if you are already in endgame mode and liberating at least 2 factions, you will feel that your shop (which is in line with liberating stations on the map) can make your character abit overpowered when you are already building that character and can make the gameplay boring. The solution? Play the game on Audacious/Mistake/Glory difficulty with at least any item you could buy in the shop, and i guaranteed this is a challenging one because the mission modifier is getting more zany

Overall, this game is recommended for those who like to play top-down shooters with roguelike elements, or lovers of games like Hitman or Splinter Cell but want a little twist of roguelite in it

It's good.

if you enjoy hotline Miami get this in a heartbeat

glory 5 missions on a ghost vow character are the peak of gaming.

great game but not even close to steam deck compatible. so wont be able to ever play it again

There's nothing quite like it

You're some kind of underground resistance who takes tasks and later liberates stations from factions. There are a ton of modificators and tools for you to choose an approach, so game has a lot of erplay potential, though do have to admit that for me it did start to become stale at the end, cant complain though for such a price.

I was not into repetative grindly Rogue-likes before I played Heat Signature, and after I finished untold hours on my GoG version I was still not into them. I bought it again on steam knowing that I am still indeed not into them, and as I am writing this it's still seems to be the case.

The thing is every time I launch Heat Signature I forget it.

This is one of the most fun and creative games out there. You can infiltrate an enemy spaceship, kill,disable or evade everybody on board 50 different ways, launch yourself into space by breaking a window and then catch yourself and a VIP dying from asphyxia with your escape pod.

Absolutely insane ideas, every single one brilliantly executed.

So many ways to do things...

could be cool.. but instead of thoughtful puzzles just wraps dudes in ridic shields

Ah the dream i used to have of being a pirate in space have come true, if your a fan of games that make you do a little bit of thinking, Then you have found the game for you

its like hitman x hotline miami x space game? its fucking awesome

This is Hotline Miami in space.

My most recent character used two huge hammers and could clear a room of 4 armed guards with a comedic level of ease. I've escaped situations by flinging myself into the vacuum of space on several occasions. This game is worth your money

Oh wow, this game is incredible.

It's kinda like Hotline Miami but stealth and you're also John Wick

The tagline puts it best - "break into spaceships, make terrible mistakes, and think of clever ways out of them" - bullshitting your way through a heavily-defended ship that you absolutely do not have the right gear for is satisfying af

Randomly generated ship layouts and a lot of gadgets which interact in unique ways with different parts of the world (many of which you get to discover yourself) give it a huge amount of replayability, and the missions are very short so you can just pick up and play whenever

Just a good-ass little game
9/10

Alert, the game was not made/meant/design/considered for people with impaired vision or with consideration of high resution monitors, you cannot zoom in the UI.

10/10.

Defenestration Studios (Suspicious Developments) only makes incredible games. Cannot recommend enough

Great game! Little warning, though: The late game missions get ungodly hard to the point that I think a significant percentage of them are just not possible for someone who also happens to play other games or isn't modding Heat Signature. I get that the missions that remove entire factions from the map are supposed to be hard. It's just that with concerning frequency, you get a mission where EVERY enemy has a permanent energy shield. Your options with dealing with energy shields are very limited unless you get absurdly lucky and manage to get a self-charging subverter or crashbeam.

Hecka fun.
Was skeptical at first. The bird's eye view. The seemingly simplistic gameplay mechanics. Once I gave it a couple hours I found this to be quite a challenging game. Appropriately rewards clever, thought-out plans. Lots of crazy things can happen in this Sci-Fi Stealth game.

Worth every penny. It is a great sneak-about game.

Fantastic game

Can't reload a fucking save at all

i didnt know what a 'liberation' mission was and accidentally killed my first character by crashing into an enemy starbase. was pretty sick, would commit cataclysmic warcrimes again

I like watching them suffocate

My only regret is not buying it sooner.

Absolute hidden gem. Super satisfying gameplay with crisp 2D art

Good fun

It is so fun and really unique.

Some of the achievements are impossible to get without a steam friend who also plays the game. That being said, I wish there were a continuation to the game; a Heat Signature 2.

Throw yourself in the airlock. Throw everyone else out the windows.

Fun game. Wish I could manually put together a character in terms of the passive buffs/debuffs to try fun combos and make my own challenges, but that's just an endgame problem. Lot of fun, maybe wait for a sale since it's currently abandoned afaik.

Actually really fun! Naturally creates cool moments with different characters and quirks

way better than it has any right to be. awesome game.

I've played it all the way through at least three times across eight years and whenever i come back to it the gameplay feels fresh. hiding around corners and teleporting around the guards is tense and then going full murder spree by blasting open windows and swinging swords feels fluid. and if things look too hard you can always just hit the ship with another ship. that you also stole.