Nano Doc

By: Thegreenback

Nano Doc is a side scrolling shooter type game where the world has been infected by a horrible mutating virus that kills loads of people with out warning. As two scientists try a crazy idea to make a little robot to find the virus in the patient and take it out to save them.

The main point of the game is that you are a tiny robot going around in a persons bloodstream. You must take down loads of small viruses as well as a big one that trys to take you out. But you are not alone. Your makers keep you updated on enemies and how they might attack you. You also are fully armed to stop them from killing the host person.

The enemies are varied for each level increasing how hard they are to kill and changing how they attack. In the beginning you start with just a few virus cells that don’t move but shoot back at you. As you get further some rush you with big groups trying to overwhelm you, or spinning around in a circle spamming the screen with shots.

The shooting is different then most as you fight enemies they show up in different colors. From red to blue to green and lastly yellow. As you see them coming up, you hit the buttons on your controller matching the same colors. Red is the B button and X is blue etc. Making it more challenging to figure out what button to hit as the enemies come faster or even in groups of every color. There are also extra things that, if you get fast enough, help you along nicely. By killing enemies, you get a chance to get a short bonus device. Such as increased speed of your shots, shields and shooting all colors at the same time to wipe out all enemies quickly. You can also absorb red blood cells to make your health go back up. Or you can absorb white cells to increase your shooting. You can also charge up cells or viruses into a bomb where you let go destroying and hurting more enemies.

There are 20 different levels to fight through. As the easiest is the first handful but the farther you get in the game the more skilled you have to be. You also get money with the more kills you get from destroying the viruses. And at the end of each level you spend them on upgrading your equipment. Ranging to making you shoot more or faster, have greater health and even extra lives.

At the end of each level there is a giant virus boss. And each one has its own way of attacking you. Some of them spam your whole view with their shots but doesn’t hurt much. As some others only do a few shots but if it hits then takes a lot of your health in one go. As you try and get there health bar down they also call reinforcements to take you out.

The overall is: it’s a fun game. Good use of changing enemies to keep you on your toes. As you feel overwhelmed at times giving you that hard challenge. Can be a good quick pick up game or sit down and try to beat all in one go. So for just 80pts ($1) you should go and try it then buy it. 

I would give this 7.2 out of 10. 
~Thegreenback~