The Therapist Gamer

Super Time Force Ultra is a 2D sidescrolling game with dozens of playable characters.  They each have a unique moveset and weapon.  You play through the level until you inevitably die, and that's where the twist comes in - you can rewind time to play the level again, either as the same character or a new one.  But there's another twist!  Your first character will run through the motions you just put him through and thus he basically fights alongside you.  You are given a generous amount of lives for each stage, and by the time you complete a level there are weapons blasting apart enemies everywhere!

 

That's basically how the game works.  This creative mechanic is well explored in the game and there are some great boss battles.  Most of the bosses simply couldn't be beaten with only one character within the time limit, which means you will fight the boss as best you can, die, then rewind time to start the fight again.  Before long you'll have 10 characters blasting away at the boss.  At the end of each level you can see a complete replay of the level with all of the characters going through their part.  Even though you took 10 minutes in real life fighting a boss, the replay might only take 10 seconds.  It's satisfying every time.  

 

Every TIME?!  Get it?!!!  This game has about a million time-based puns, and they are all written is a self-aware way so it works.  The game also features a hard mode where you can't use a character in a level if they have already died.  This is significantly more challenging than the regular game mode and provides hardcore gamers with a good challenge.  You can get your characters back, however, if you can save them from their death; that is, if you kill their assailant before they deliver the deadly blow, then you can recover the killed character.

 

I had a ton of fun with this game and I'm excited for whatever these developers come out with next!