Игрок 0777·Рекомендует·1 ч в игре

Tive a grata surpresa de redescobrir esse game na Steam. Meu primeiro contato com ele foi em 2005 em através de uma demo para PC. Fiquei fascinado com os gráficos na época que me lembravam muito os de Ps2, o tempo passou e quase 20 anos depois tive a oportunidade de rejogar o game em 2023. Uma experiência gratificante e nostalgica.

Игрок 9103·Не рекомендует·3 ч в игре

Really wanted to love this game. The dev is clearly a fan of Joy Division (every stage is named for one of their songs), so we were off to a great start. It’s quite atmospheric, pairing dramatic scenes from an anime space battle with an OST that is by turns epic and delicate. The Mothership and Boost mechanics are also quite interesting. In any other shmup, missing an enemy doesn’t generally matter that much; here, every enemy that escapes deals damage to your mothership, and once its shields are gone, it’s game over. There is also a 3-minute time limit to each stage, which can easily be exceeded if you’re moving at normal speed, so you need to Boost through as much of the stage as possible (this also helps with score, which is needed for shield recovery between stages). Lot of interesting mechanics at play here. Unfortunately, the main weapons just aren’t a lot of fun. You have either a laser with a straight-on shot—no angles whatsoever, nor any upgrades—or a sword that can be slashed a few times or spun when held. Both are so limited that they offer basically nothing in terms of strategy or improvisation—just move to the appropriate Y levels in the order they appear, and if you didn't, you’re screwed. You have limited missiles, but they are consumable and are only replenished between stages. Getting hit also gives you a considerable knock back stun, making recovery and repositioning more tedious than it should be imo. I wish I could overlook these issues, because the good stuff here is really good. But they’re so fundamental to the experience that you’ll never not feel them dragging the experience down.