Really Big Sky

It's utterly compulsive. [May 2012, p.111]

Really Big Sky is a very colorful game and really easy to understand. It sadly offers just a handful of bosses and enemies. Still, this game is worth the purchase.

Thoroughly average indie shoot'em up scores with fantastic graphics, but its playability doesn't reach the quality of its visuals. [Apr 2012]

Highly satisfying - provided your reflexes are sharp! If you like HARD twin-sticks shooters and can handle a lot of visual distraction, Really big sky delivers the goods. While the game doesn't have a lot of different baddies and bosses, it mixes and matches them randomly so that every game is different and always challenging. The different modes offer yet more replay value - If you like to rely on your reflexes (and not on your memory) to score big, this game will fulfill you. Pros : - Awesome shooter that will offer quite a challenge even to the best gamer - Great soundtrack (put some headphones on and crank the bass!) - Randomly generated levels keep the game fresh - Funny narrator! - Visually stunning (provided you enjoy strobe lights and trippy/psychedelic visuals) - Simple controls, works very well with Xbox 360 controller (or PS3 controller + MotionInJoy software) Cons : - Framerate sometimes dips quite low, even on relatively recent hardware (Core I7 + Radeon 5850) - Soundtrack change during "bullet-hell" events is quite unpleasant and disrupts an otherwise great musical experience - Only 4 bosses that are easily defeated once you get to know them - Game should not offer to upload scores when it knows your score isn't in the top 100 - This game BEGS for an expansion pack with more baddies and bosses! What are you waiting for, go buy it already!

I really wish there was more to this game than there really is. I feel like I had so much fun playing this game, but I would have had more fun if it were an even Bigger sky... Still worth a shot, since it's a blast no matter how long you play for.

Really Big Sky is a modestly entertaining high score-centric side-scrolling shooter with nice music and very cool visual effects. It has some RPG elements in the form of upgrades for your ship, a variety of bosses and a truckload of game modes, most of which are initially locked. The English-accented announcer amused me, what with calling me a and such. It's a nice little game but I very quickly got bored of it. Worth trying if you like shmups a lot, but there many games that will give you more hours.

It's alright. Really underwhelming. I didn't find it as addicting as Geometry Wars. The music is really cool, but like others have said, the game is vague. It's hard to know what things do, and the progression system of powering up your ship feels kind of pointless. I never really started to feel badass at any point, but I suppose that isn't the purpose? I don't know. It's a cool arcade game, but it failed to keep me coming back for more. It's too bad. I really loved Geometry Wars and played it for hours a few years ago. I was hoping RBS would be similar, but it failed to capture. Chalk it up to personal preference maybe, but it didn't do it for me.

Really Big Sky is a bad game. End of line. Tutorial is ridicolous ("use WASD to move and click to shoot"... and then it ends, yeah, very useful) and you're thrown in the middle of a very bad-designed environment with nothing to do but being mocked by the "Video settings" page which doesn't allow you to properly enter fullscreen for 1920x1080 (in 2013? Really?). What about the upgrade system for the ship? There's a list of... things, and you can allocate... numbers to them; but nothing is explained. What am I doing exactly? You'll find yourself asking that many times if you try to play this game.