Trifox

Trifox (2022) is a shooting game where one stick controls your movement and the other controls the aiming. You traverse through the levels, defeating hordes of enemies with a variety of different skills and weapons. While the controls are simple, mastering them is essential and requires lots of skill and persistence.

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You play as the titular Trifox as you brawl with waves of enemies and dash through chaotic and challenging platforming sections where you’re chased by a variety of deadly machinery. Although it’s fast-paced and frenetic, there is also a great deal of strategy involved, as you customise your character with an array of abilities and weapons from three different classes; engineer, mage and warrior, which allow you to approach the game from different angles.

Each of these classes has its strengths and weaknesses; for example, the mage can shoot magic bolts, and the warrior wields a massive hammer with greater damage but a shorter range. You can also mix and match your abilities with a combination of two or more classes for a more personal challenge. Depending on what class you pick, you are also presented with different movement options; the engineer, for example, can use his backpack to fly for short distances.

It's a unique blend of twin-stick shooter and platformer, that puts you in control of what abilities you have, and allows you to approach the game's many challenges in a multitude of ways.

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Our examiner, Ben Kendall, first checked Trifox 22 months ago. It was re-examined by Andy Robertson and updated 7 months ago.