Shoot the Bullet works like a normal danmaku game, with one main difference. You still have to dodge bullets that are thrown at you, but you are unable to shoot at the boss to deal damage. Instead, you must use Aya's camera to take a certain amount of pictures of the boss. To assist the player, Aya's camera is capable of eliminating all of the bullets within the viewfinder when a shot is taken, even if the boss is not within the photo. The shot is considered successful when the boss is featured in the photo, and it will be given a score based on certain criteria including the amount and type of bullets in the photo. The bosses included in this game come from the games Embodiment of Scarlet Devil to Phantasmagoria of Flower View.
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SHAMEIMARU-SAMA... I KNEEL!
2005 foi o ano que o ZUN decidiu experimentar um pouco com a fórmula dos touhous, e por mais que PoFV não tenha me agradado tanto, eu até gosto bastante desse aqui. eu gosto da Aya, e eu gosto como as mecânicas de fotografia são usadas como moldura narrativa. o loop de gameplay é bem gostosinho.
acho que eu amaria ele mais ainda se tivesse como alternar as dificuldades (o jogo inteiro é no modo lunático), mas estaria mentindo se dissesse que o desafio intenso não é parte do apelo pra mim, por mais que signifique que eu provavelmente não vou conseguir completar esse jogo.
acho que eu amaria ele mais ainda se tivesse como alternar as dificuldades (o jogo inteiro é no modo lunático), mas estaria mentindo se dissesse que o desafio intenso não é parte do apelo pra mim, por mais que signifique que eu provavelmente não vou conseguir completar esse jogo.
FUCK THIS GAME
Last time Wriggle nightbug appears and she doesn´t even talk? bullshit
Last time Wriggle nightbug appears and she doesn´t even talk? bullshit
Yeah, I'm not gonna be able to finish this one
I'm amazed by how good this game is, I came up knowing absolutely nothing about this after playing TH9 and I don't regret playing it at all, I would even say it has become my favourite TH game for the moment with TH8.
This game is quite unorthodox, you don't shoot anything, don't go through any long stages with multiples ennemies. Instead, you only fight bosses in really short stages which are around 1min max and your goal is to take photos of the boss with your camera.
Your camera also has the power of removing any bullets on its screen, so it's a defensive tool as much as your way to win the stage, this camera must be charged each time, you can wait for it to charge itself slowly OR charge it yourself by being near immobile for a moment, each level requires you to use a different strategy with very different pattern each time and it's a lot of fun to find the way to actually win.
The game is very hard, you'll die a lot of times BUT what I love about this game is that dying has absolutely no consequences, you didn't lose 1 hour and need to beat each stages like any touhou game to fight the final boss again. Here in this game, you'll die, press a button and you're back before the boss instantly and it allows the player to try different things without worrying about the consequences, trying out things is key in this game.
Your character, Aya Shameimaru is very fast and to compensate with her really high movespeed, you get to use 3 different speed modes which allow you to adapt to different patterns. There are times where speed is key and you'll want to cross the entire screen very quickly and other times to be as slow as you can for precise dodging
Overall I had a lot of fun in this game, it becomes a lot harder during the second part of the game where I could take 1 to 4 hours for a single level.
As for the flaws I would say its soundtrack is really poor for a Touhou game, I know it's a spin-off but it's still disappointing.
Lastly I'm a bit bummed that there's no ending, dialogues or anything of the sort in this game.
I recommend it to any touhou fans wanting a different, fresh experience.
This game is quite unorthodox, you don't shoot anything, don't go through any long stages with multiples ennemies. Instead, you only fight bosses in really short stages which are around 1min max and your goal is to take photos of the boss with your camera.
Your camera also has the power of removing any bullets on its screen, so it's a defensive tool as much as your way to win the stage, this camera must be charged each time, you can wait for it to charge itself slowly OR charge it yourself by being near immobile for a moment, each level requires you to use a different strategy with very different pattern each time and it's a lot of fun to find the way to actually win.
The game is very hard, you'll die a lot of times BUT what I love about this game is that dying has absolutely no consequences, you didn't lose 1 hour and need to beat each stages like any touhou game to fight the final boss again. Here in this game, you'll die, press a button and you're back before the boss instantly and it allows the player to try different things without worrying about the consequences, trying out things is key in this game.
Your character, Aya Shameimaru is very fast and to compensate with her really high movespeed, you get to use 3 different speed modes which allow you to adapt to different patterns. There are times where speed is key and you'll want to cross the entire screen very quickly and other times to be as slow as you can for precise dodging
Overall I had a lot of fun in this game, it becomes a lot harder during the second part of the game where I could take 1 to 4 hours for a single level.
As for the flaws I would say its soundtrack is really poor for a Touhou game, I know it's a spin-off but it's still disappointing.
Lastly I'm a bit bummed that there's no ending, dialogues or anything of the sort in this game.
I recommend it to any touhou fans wanting a different, fresh experience.
Heavy-RNG patterns bog this one down rather quickly, but in spite of that it's a neat little curio of a game: a dodge-em-up where you have to get close to, and photograph, bosses to beat them. Has a surprisingly engaging photo-scoring mechanism, a la Pokemon Snap. Kinda cool!