Before I go into the (relatively brief) review here, I want to say thanks to my buddy 12thSilverDragon for getting me this as a Christmas gift. Much appreciation from me, thanks for the fun gift.
Now I haven't played Gunvolt 1 or any of the other games so to say that the big story twists at the end didn't mean anything to me would be an understatement. Though the general plot of helping these powerless kids survive while they're being hunted by super powered robot people making contracts with stuff was perfectly fine.
For what it does it's not super special but it's passable for this kind of game.
I will say one complaint I do have is in regards to Kohaku's design. I hate it. It's an incredibly uncomfortable fetishistic design that I really don't dig, and as far as I'm aware this is kind of just a thing that IntiCreates does in the Gunvolt series so that's gross.
The gameplay is pretty fun, focusing primarily on movement resulting in fast paced levels where you bounce up and down and all around. It's inherently satisfying though I didn't find any of the levels to really stand out super well.
I like the Bullit system and how it essentially gives you a resource to manage for the sake of not taking damage as well as being able to do your dashes, and having multiple ways to refill it in order to keep your combo chains is very efficient at keeping the pace.
Really the only other issue I have is that I didn't really bother with the EX Weapons. Outside of the Anchor Nexus which ties directly into Copen's moveset giving you essentially a homing attack, I didn't really bother with the others because they felt incredibly situational. I've been told they're super powerful but... eh, I didn't feel the need to use most of them unless it was required to get a bonus medal or something along those lines.
I didn't really have an issue with the score system, it was alright, and the game wasn't scaling properly to my monitor so the score was always out of sight (which I don't mind I don't care about score related stuff anyway).
The music is great, especially the J-Pop which rewards the player for playing well. The bosses were relatively ok, not a super big fan of the Final Boss but it's whatevs.
I honestly don't have much to say on this game, it's just really solid and easy to pick up and play. Would I recommend it over something like Mega Man X, no, but it's still a good time.
Now I haven't played Gunvolt 1 or any of the other games so to say that the big story twists at the end didn't mean anything to me would be an understatement. Though the general plot of helping these powerless kids survive while they're being hunted by super powered robot people making contracts with stuff was perfectly fine.
For what it does it's not super special but it's passable for this kind of game.
I will say one complaint I do have is in regards to Kohaku's design. I hate it. It's an incredibly uncomfortable fetishistic design that I really don't dig, and as far as I'm aware this is kind of just a thing that IntiCreates does in the Gunvolt series so that's gross.
The gameplay is pretty fun, focusing primarily on movement resulting in fast paced levels where you bounce up and down and all around. It's inherently satisfying though I didn't find any of the levels to really stand out super well.
I like the Bullit system and how it essentially gives you a resource to manage for the sake of not taking damage as well as being able to do your dashes, and having multiple ways to refill it in order to keep your combo chains is very efficient at keeping the pace.
Really the only other issue I have is that I didn't really bother with the EX Weapons. Outside of the Anchor Nexus which ties directly into Copen's moveset giving you essentially a homing attack, I didn't really bother with the others because they felt incredibly situational. I've been told they're super powerful but... eh, I didn't feel the need to use most of them unless it was required to get a bonus medal or something along those lines.
I didn't really have an issue with the score system, it was alright, and the game wasn't scaling properly to my monitor so the score was always out of sight (which I don't mind I don't care about score related stuff anyway).
The music is great, especially the J-Pop which rewards the player for playing well. The bosses were relatively ok, not a super big fan of the Final Boss but it's whatevs.
I honestly don't have much to say on this game, it's just really solid and easy to pick up and play. Would I recommend it over something like Mega Man X, no, but it's still a good time.