Fenrir: First Operation

Battle System- 4/5
This is a top down action game where you kill enemies by shooting directly forward. You can lock your character's direction by pressing the shift key, which will allow you to strafe. You have a health and ammo meter which are constantly displayed via a HUD, and both can be restocked by picking up various items scattered around the maps. You'll spend the entire game wandering through a space station fighting off guards and other strange creatures, and it's actually a lot of fun. Checkpoints are frequent and will instantly respawn you on death, throwing you right back into the action. The bosses are where the real fun comes in, and there are a handful of them even though the game is incredibly short. The only flaws with this system are strictly technical, and considering it's made with rm2k3 I can't think of a good way around most of them. You'll encounter the odd bug such as bullets being stopped by invisible walls, or enemies who will get stuck trying to navigate towards you. Fortunately none of these bugs are game breaking, and are at worst a small annoyance. Even though it's not perfectly polished the bottom line is that it's a lot of fun to play.

Storyline/Characters- 3/5
You are a soldier raiding a space station full of crazy aliens and scientists. It's a story that would be right at home in an FPS, and is told through raw actions rather than lengthy cutscenes. You'll probably spend 60 seconds at most reading dialogue, but you'll know exactly what's going on because you are seeing it firsthand. It's a simple plot for a simple game, and it works.

Level Design- 3/5
Not a whole lot to say about this category. You'll be blasting through each area very quickly, and you won't be concerned with much other than diving behind cover in order to avoid enemy bullets. The game does include two very short chase sequences that are rather intense, but other than that there's not a whole lot going on here. I felt there was more potential to make levels interesting considering the custom made battle system, but I guess this game was just too short to go beyond the basics.

Graphics- 3/5
The game appears to use primarily graphics ripped from Pokemon and a few edits. Everything is nice and consistent, but I'm not sure this was really the best design choice for this style of game. More than anything else I'd have liked to see a bit of blood and a few dead bodies here and there, considering the level of violence you experience.

Music/Sound- 2/5
Nothing but the RTP here. No major complaints in this category, though there a handful of scenes I thought could definitely use a different song. In particular some of the chase sequences and battle themes were probably a bit too upbeat to match what was happening in the game.

Random stuff I liked-
The 2nd Boss. I never thought I'd feel like I was playing a Bullet Hell game in rm2k3, but for a brief moment I did.

Random stuff I hated-
Not a thing.

Final Thoughts-
It's a short game, but it's also a fun game. Definitely worth a download if you're a fan of action games.