You are Roy Becket, a young pilot with dreams of becoming as skilled as his adoptive father. When a galactic war with an ancient mechanical alien race reaches its boiling point, Roy is forced to spring into action and take control of an otherworldly bipedal war machine in hopes of saving what's left of humanity. Joining Roy is a young girl who claims to have escaped the clutches of the nefarious aliens. Forever altered through horrible experimentation, she now possesses the very abilities humanity will need to push back the doomsday clock. Together, they must battle an unrelenting army alone and reunite their shattered family. The End of All Things is in sight. At the edge of eradication stands Astebreed.
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Real good bullethell shooter, I thought stylistically it’s a really cool Mecha with dynamic angles.
I like the use of bullets, sabre and homing missiles that can be used together in tandem.
Points going against it is not the anime storyline itself. But the stylistic direction taken when localising this.
Dialogue is spoken in Japanese with subtitles during the shooting segments with some image gallery cutscenes interspersed between the action. Making the game hard to follow, and it’s sorta obtuse anyways, using many Space Opera stables.
It’s a short game at an hour, but games like this are often replayed for score attack, trophies and at higher difficulties.
I like the use of bullets, sabre and homing missiles that can be used together in tandem.
Points going against it is not the anime storyline itself. But the stylistic direction taken when localising this.
Dialogue is spoken in Japanese with subtitles during the shooting segments with some image gallery cutscenes interspersed between the action. Making the game hard to follow, and it’s sorta obtuse anyways, using many Space Opera stables.
It’s a short game at an hour, but games like this are often replayed for score attack, trophies and at higher difficulties.
Great schmup action and I love how each level naturally transitions into the next. I couldn't give two shits about the story though
Hard to read subtitles during a shmup which is a shame because this game really seems to want me to care about the story. Otherwise very fun and stylish.
First thing I see when booting up the game is a steam community post of two children making out. I refuse to play this game
As a shmup noob, this game was the perfect level of forgiving and achievable. I felt like I actually earned my victories rather than pumping continues (even though I did have to continue more than a few times). It also has a lot of mechanics that grew on me. There's certainly a feeling that the game has some depth beyond surface-level. That said, the story is a bit nonsense and it's difficult to follow because it's subtitled as you're trying to avoid hundreds of bullets. On top of this distraction, there's a lot of visual clutter which can at times make it difficult to concentrate. Astebreed still looks great and I loved how perspectives would shift, but it would have been nice to have foreground elements more distinctive. I can see why shmup fans love this one so much and as a mere visitor to the genre, I also enjoyed it a good deal.
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Couldn't tell what was happening for 90% of the time but still had fun. Game is very easy for most of the time but the final boss has an insane difficulty spike, wtf