Not to be mean, but this game feels like a game made by people who have never played any games. It looks like a game, it has a bunch of features someone looking at gamers would think gamers like - guns, robots, swords, platforming - but none of it feels right. 

The movement feels awkward, you're too slow for the huge levels, you have no control in the air so platforming is a chore, and the dash kills your horizontal momentum at the end for some reason. Combat is extremely simplistic, and even then the sword doesn't feel satisfying to use at all. It's easy to miss enemies that are right in front of you, which is especially annoying when you're fighting the big guys with the weak spot on the back. There is no satisfying feedback when shooting either of the guns, enemies either die in one hit or take 10 machine gun bullets without flinching before suddenly exploding. The only thing that feels like it's had any proper effort put into it is the cutscenes. The animation is really quite good, although the writing and voice acting could use some work. Are you sure you guys don't actually just want to make a movie?

I get that it was a senior project and you probably had deadlines you needed to meet, but it doesn't feel like you did any kind of gameplay testing. No aerial control and the dash ending you with zero horizontal velocity feel like really simple mistakes that should have been picked up after the first playtest.

That said, it is impressive how big the scope of this game is for a school project, hopefully you guys go on to make bigger and better things!

i started the game yesterday and i already know my opinion of the game. EPIC!

This was cute! It felt to me like some kind of reverse Metroid situation. Where Metroid is defined by its isolation and claustrophobia, Samus Aran out on her dangerous missions all alone in the world, with Halen you have this space adventurer character out on dangerous remote missions but then getting stuck in that isolation with a talking sword? This is a neat idea!

Boss fight was janky. Couldn't hit him with sword at all. But could beat him without moving by just standing still and shooting repeatedly. 

Understandable from a smaller game. But was confused about what I was supposed to be doing. Are you supposed to just stand still and spam shooting? Because that worked for me!

This game is so good I love it. Those enemies who charge at us tho are so annoying I spent half an hour just trying to kill one. Love this tho and love the voice acting. 10/10

wow great game! finally someone who places the controls in the pause menu :D !

The Trailer was awesome trying the game now.

The game is amazing! It is fun.