8 games (revamped and with a brief history of the development), 26 prototypes and 2 pdfs with cartoons; Epic Battle Fantasy Collection offers exactly what my 10 year old self was looking for when I was little.
I was never really that big of a fan of Epic Battle Fantasy (RPG) back in the day, but what my brother and I loved was Bullet Heaven and I'm so glad to see it restored with the addition of 5 playable characters, each one just as good as the other.
I love shmups/bullet hells and very rarely do I usually go from character to character or their shot types, but literally from the moment I opened the game I didn't stop until I got 100% out of it, which led me to think hard about which character I was taking in each stage and it was so much fun to see a shmup that incites so much to want to play through everything. Unfortunately, it is the only game that suffers from quite strong stuttering (i.e.; it runs at 30 fps and with 1fps drops that last two whole seconds) and it's a shame because it's my favorite game of the whole collection, but luckily I managed to get used to it and enjoy it.
The rest of the games are also fun and run well at 60fps.
I wish more devs would do things like this, compiling their flash games of the era and put them on steam because I enjoyed it a lot.
I write the review having played 5 hours, without having played Epic Battle Fantasy 1 + 2 and Adventure story, which is probably the main reason why people would buy this, but I doubt my review will change as every game has that early 2000's charisma and "cringe", which to be honest, I enjoy it quite a bit.
I was never really that big of a fan of Epic Battle Fantasy (RPG) back in the day, but what my brother and I loved was Bullet Heaven and I'm so glad to see it restored with the addition of 5 playable characters, each one just as good as the other.
I love shmups/bullet hells and very rarely do I usually go from character to character or their shot types, but literally from the moment I opened the game I didn't stop until I got 100% out of it, which led me to think hard about which character I was taking in each stage and it was so much fun to see a shmup that incites so much to want to play through everything. Unfortunately, it is the only game that suffers from quite strong stuttering (i.e.; it runs at 30 fps and with 1fps drops that last two whole seconds) and it's a shame because it's my favorite game of the whole collection, but luckily I managed to get used to it and enjoy it.
The rest of the games are also fun and run well at 60fps.
I wish more devs would do things like this, compiling their flash games of the era and put them on steam because I enjoyed it a lot.
I write the review having played 5 hours, without having played Epic Battle Fantasy 1 + 2 and Adventure story, which is probably the main reason why people would buy this, but I doubt my review will change as every game has that early 2000's charisma and "cringe", which to be honest, I enjoy it quite a bit.