The evolution is clear in this game, it's really cool to see a franchise evolve that much. It's actually the first of the franchise that it seems worth to talk a lot about it, so let's go.
First of all, what's more interesting about this game for me is that the chances of a failure were huge. The hardware it was made in was outdated and the Arcade Divison of Cave would be ended if the game didn't do it well, maybe this sudden change of aesthetics of space ships to robot anime girls was a way to appeal to more people, because they couldn't risk to be a failure. but i don't know, maybe the true is that the team was fucking insane and they just threw anime girls in it.
Now about the actual game, it's a refined version of the previous games, as all sequels should be.
The shooting is even more safistying because of how many giant bullets come of your space ship, it just crush all in your way. The hyper gauge is fun too and there's a good variety in the ships and characters. I felt that the game is a bit more fair than the previous one, the hitbox feels smaller but maybe that just me.
The soundtrack is masterful, Manabu Namiki did a amazing job in this game, it complements the atmosphere of the stages very well. Looking foward to his others works, i will eventually hear it in other games.
The stages are still somewhat generic, but the stage where you're in the space (stage 3 i think) is a beautifiul level, in a vertical screen at least, it's just astonishing. Those giant space ships in the background of the stage and how tiny you are in comparison is what strikes me the most. The first stage is pretty cool also, but my personal favorite is definitely the space one.
The sprites are always beautiful, but i'm not that big of a fan of this anime girls to be honest, at least the artstyle is unique enough. Is not that bad and don't even appear enough to matter btw.
To be fair, it's a great game. It's that type of game that even if you're bad, it's fun as fuck and that's what makes it worth to play it and also it's a short game, give it a try. It will literally take it 20 minutes/1 Hour MAX to beat it. btw if i played this in a arcade the money i spent in credits would be enough to buy a fucking island lol
First of all, what's more interesting about this game for me is that the chances of a failure were huge. The hardware it was made in was outdated and the Arcade Divison of Cave would be ended if the game didn't do it well, maybe this sudden change of aesthetics of space ships to robot anime girls was a way to appeal to more people, because they couldn't risk to be a failure. but i don't know, maybe the true is that the team was fucking insane and they just threw anime girls in it.
Now about the actual game, it's a refined version of the previous games, as all sequels should be.
The shooting is even more safistying because of how many giant bullets come of your space ship, it just crush all in your way. The hyper gauge is fun too and there's a good variety in the ships and characters. I felt that the game is a bit more fair than the previous one, the hitbox feels smaller but maybe that just me.
The soundtrack is masterful, Manabu Namiki did a amazing job in this game, it complements the atmosphere of the stages very well. Looking foward to his others works, i will eventually hear it in other games.
The stages are still somewhat generic, but the stage where you're in the space (stage 3 i think) is a beautifiul level, in a vertical screen at least, it's just astonishing. Those giant space ships in the background of the stage and how tiny you are in comparison is what strikes me the most. The first stage is pretty cool also, but my personal favorite is definitely the space one.
The sprites are always beautiful, but i'm not that big of a fan of this anime girls to be honest, at least the artstyle is unique enough. Is not that bad and don't even appear enough to matter btw.
To be fair, it's a great game. It's that type of game that even if you're bad, it's fun as fuck and that's what makes it worth to play it and also it's a short game, give it a try. It will literally take it 20 minutes/1 Hour MAX to beat it. btw if i played this in a arcade the money i spent in credits would be enough to buy a fucking island lol