Aliens have invaded Earth. You have been chosen to protect humanity. By whom? Just a hyperdimensional being, but don’t worry about it because the aliens are coming! You’re barely given a chance to try out your newfound powers of supersonic flight and shooting lasers from your hands before the alien vanguard arrives. They weren’t expecting a superhero though. Ascend your humanity and step into the role of Earth’s guardian in Megaton Rainfall!

Developer: Pentadimensional Games

Publisher: Pentadimensional

4 hours played // Review copy provided // $15.99



You will likely accomplish your first mission with relative ease. It helps that you’re indestructible. It also helps when the aliens’ weak points are brightly flashing red! Is this poor design on the part of the aliens? Do your newfound powers highlight enemy weaknesses? Or is it simply a familiar game mechanic?

Whatever the case, take care to hit the aliens and not the cityscape! Just because you’re invincible, doesn’t mean that the pedestrians are! Unlike most games, where your health bar represents your character’s health, the health bar in Megaton Rainfall represents the health of the city and its people. If you accidentally destroy a building instead of an alien, there will be human casualties. These casualties negatively affect your health bar, and when your health reaches zero, you are sent back to the last checkpoint. It is a clever mechanic that helps immerse yourself as Earth’s protector and keeps you from going berserk with your powers.

Boom goes the alien!

Even You Have Your Limits

While it feels somewhat restrictive to limit your destruction, Megaton Rainfall is otherwise a rather open world game. Between missions, you are able to explore. At first, your explorations are limited to Earth, but once you achieve superlight flight, you can explore the entire universe. That’s right — zoom around and feast your eyes upon other planets, stars, nebulas, and galaxies. The universe is vast, but shallow as a puddle. The universe offers little besides the randomly generated landscapes and galaxies, all of which are selected from half a dozen images. The game does, however, include a neat side quest that fleshes out the backstory on the origins of the universe. This side quest also gives you some sights to show off how pretty the game can be.

Spaaaaace. . .

As nice as Megaton Rainfall looks at times, it also has its flaws. The title was originally designed for Playstation VR, so even with limited graphical settings, the capabilities of the Switch are challenged. Don’t look too closely at anything, or you might not like what you see. The game also has its fair share of graphical glitches and framerate stuttering. The bugs aren’t only graphical — I ran into several problems that required me to restart the game, causing me to lose mission progress. The game’s VR roots show between the awkward flying controls handling and goofy 3D lettered speech. I could easily overlook any one of these issues, but combined, they ultimately hamper what is otherwise a really cool experience.

Sometimes clunky, but overall enjoyable! I’ll leave the bigger alien fights for you.

Praise for Megaton Rainfall

Despite its faults, I enjoyed my time with Megaton Rainfall. I had fun blasting different alien ships to bits using all the powers at my disposal, all the while trying to keep the city safe! The variety of alien crafts keeps things interesting, with each being more creative than the last. In between missions, I could unwind by sightseeing around the universe. The well-crafted soundtrack added atmosphere with its new age techno style. While the plot isn’t particularly noteworthy, it is refreshing to hear a new superhero story. While I wish they built on the hero’s story and relationship to humanity, that wasn’t the game’s focus. On the other hand, four hours is a rather brief experience, considering the price. No matter how you dice it though, Pentadimensional set out to make a fun game where you blow up aliens and explore the universe, and they have done just that.

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