![]() ![]() You’ve got just one boomerang to whack enemies with from afar, but the item doubles as a makeshift deflective shield for incoming ranged attack when it’s back in your hands - hence the name of Arrowfist Games’ project. This early access game gives you few tools to work with, and even fewer health points to spare. This is the chaotic carnage of a bullet-hell shooter, blended with the ever-changing stages and rooms that are synonymous with roguelikes, and the result is a pretty hectic action game. ![]() That’s Deflector’s very simple premise: carve your way through rooms of monsters, all of which are trying to kill you with outstretched appendages, gnashing teeth, and deadly orbs zig-zagging in your direction. How does it always circle its way back to where you’re standing after dashing around an arena filled with enemies? Not a clue. How does the boomerang still operate with twin blades slashing back and forth on either end? Don’t know. They’re something that fascinated me as a child, and 20-something years later I still don’t really know how or why they work.ĭeflector is like someone taped two swords to a boomerang, Mad Max-style. The sleek wooden objects careen through the air in a perfect circle - in theory, at least - before returning right back to where they began in the palm of your hand. It's also pretty buggy right now.īoomerangs are cool as hell. Deflector is a pretty hectic early access action game that's got its risk to reward ratio a bit off balance. ![]()
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