"Flame Over features a dynamic fire system that burns and spreads according to the materials found in each randomly generated level. Watch fires spread according to the materials available, attacking your fire fighter and generating dangerous hazards across 4 game zones."
The game was developed by Laughing Jackal and Published by Ghostlight. The game will release on the 28th May 2015. The cost of the game is $11.99/£8.99. The game will also release in the future for PS4 and is already out on the PS Vita. There are a total of 36 Steam achievements.
In the game you control a fire-fighter, or better known by his name "Blaze". With Blaze you must go around buildings which are randomly generated each time putting out the fires, saving humans and of course cats. Certain fires require certain types of extinguisher, Water gets rid of general fire and stops it spreading however for electrical fires you can only stop with foam. It is well worth noting that you have certain time in which to do each level and when the timer hits zero Death (A grim reaper) will chase you and if he catches you means it is game over. To counter this, each human save adds one minute to the timer.
You also have health points in the game, you start each level with a certain amount of hearts. You lose health points by being close to a fire which will increase the fire intensity (Pointed to you in a red bar in the middle of the screen around your character). If this is full you will lose a health point. The fires also shoot fireballs which you have to extinguish. Once you run out of health, this means game over.
When extinguishing fires, saving people and cats you get money. You can use this money on skills such as getting discounts on them, being able to hold more water and more time. This is fun as they assist quite a bit.
I started in the game using a controller. The controls were well laid out and I didn't find it too hard to gain mastery over the placement of the buttons. Likewise with the Keyboard, a WASD movement combined with left click for water and right click for foam. F button was interact and Z was for talking to people. It's worth noting however that you can change the button schemes in the main menu which means you have a lot of flexibility with them. The characters movements are easy to control and you won't have no difficulty navigating around.
When you start each level it begins with a very smooth and fun cut scene. Out of all my time playing the game, I have never completed a mission. Embarrassingly enough it's because of my skill level. so I cannot say if the story goes deeper or if there are special cut scenes for completing missions.
The graphics of the game are very peculiar, The are cartoonish and colourful. Almost like Blazes moustache. All the graphics were solid though, there were no glitches or any bad side effects from much action. They all worked like they should have.
The music was composed especially for the game by Rimsky Music in Barcelona. The main song of the track seems to be everywhere and loops over and over. I do like it though but after a while had to turn it off. All the other sound effects like the fire burning and the people talking were fine and added well to the whole experience.
I personally would've preferred if there were difficulty settings as the game for me is really difficult. I do enjoy the challenge but would've loved to been able to spend longer on the levels without the fear of Death grabbing me. Other than that, I really did enjoy the game and the whole fire fighting experience as a whole. This is definitely for the more die hard gamers who enjoy a tough challenge. If you're looking for an easy task then fire fighting is definitely not easy!
The bottom line is that I would recommend this game, it's fun, challenging and very rewarding!
Edit: I did learn how to play the game better and got real far, which was a real fun experience for me. Unfortunately, I got too far ahead of myself and started rushing. Once I opened the door which I forgot to extinguish first, I ended up inevitably dying from back draft. :)
3.0