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Aliens In The Yard

This is a really straight forward game that does what it set out to do well.  As a child, I always dreamed of using fireworks to fight off an invasion on my home from an hostile force.  You can play this seated or standing, it is a fixed position shooter.  The bad guys come from one direction at your house and you grab fireworks out your stashes to your right and left to repel an alien invasion in your neighborhood.  Each level is a wave, and you see how long you can hold out.

Graphics & Sound:  Just fine, cool fireworks.
Controls:  Simple and easy to learn, but the pace picks up and you will find your hands busy as each wave level increases.
Comfort:  10/10 Totally chill for couch play, you can sit down and manually place your ammo stashes height/location on each side.  Love the customization for comfort here.
Replayability:  You might have your fill after a small number of runs, but if you have friends to chase a high score or want to break your own, the challenge becomes sky high.

Overall:  Nice sort of "turret shooter" type game that fireworks fans will get a charge out of.  It isn't overly ambitious, and it does not have to be.  It fills its lane well.  Kids will probably love it, I have had fun with it and plan on keeping for rugrats and/or as a sit down game to have beers and pass around for high scores.