Gunvalkyrie

released on Mar 18, 2002

Gunvalkyrie is an alternate history/science fiction video game developed by Smilebit and published by Sega for the Microsoft Xbox. Originally developed for the Sega Dreamcast, its visual style was very similar to the final Xbox version. The Dreamcast version's distinguishing feature was that during the game's development, GunValkyrie utilized a unique control scheme using both a light gun and a controller. This control scheme was dropped when development shifted to the Xbox version. The gameplay is very different from most third-person shooters, due to a unique dual analog control scheme, which is the main contributor to the steep learning curve of the game. Players travel to various worlds investigating the disappearance of several colonies, with only giant mutated insect creatures left behind. These insects comprise the bulk of the enemies you face along the way. Players control Kelly or Saburouta with both analog sticks, the left controlling forward/backward movement and turning, while the right aims their weapons, and when clicked, allows quick-turns. Clicking in the left stick while pointing in a direction causes the character to boost. The left trigger is a boost/jump, and when combined with the left analog boost, can be strung together into combos to keep the player off the ground entirely, which is a necessity for some levels. Face buttons are used to select weapons, and the right trigger fires the selected weapon. The game comprises ten levels, the story unfolding via text between levels, or the occasional in-game cutscene. At the beginning of most levels, excluding boss battles, you have the choice of picking either Kelly or Saburouta. Kelly's primary weapon is fast but weaker, and she's overall faster and more maneuverable. Saburouta is slower, has more limited maneuverability in the air, and carries a stronger primary weapon, the Matchlock Cannon. Basically the two characters make up the two difficulty settings, with Kelly being the "Normal", and Saburouta being the "Advanced" setting. The real difference being that Kelly's style allowed several lock-on targets, while Saburouta's weapon splashed and was aimed at specific targets. Because of this, Kelly's gameplay is more frantic and requires less direct focus, while Saburota required specific aiming and direct attacks to be effective. Kelly is also the only character to upgrade her gearskin. The artistic style of the game is similar to the steampunk subgenre of fiction, but the game's designers prefer to call it "elec-punk," described as a step even further, with the harnessing of electricity for imaginative new uses. The game's stages are divided into indoor mechanical looking levels, with lots of gears and ornate metalwork, and outdoor stages, set in very organic looking valley's, craters, and other fantastic otherworldly locations.


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''smilebit on their way to make a game be so archaic it takes forever for it to be fun'' -my friend

Tive skill issue, ainda não bati o boss final

É um jogo bem daora apesar de Naglfar's Pit 1, que é uma fase insuportável, e dos controles. Sim, os controles são legais, exceto quando o assunto é controlar a câmera, sério, muitos trechos vão ser muito chatos de lidar por conta dela.

I had this game on Xbox as a kid. i thought it was the coolest game ever because there was rockets and jetpacks. Now as an adult, i can actually play this game because i can read now and realize the control scheme is weird.

This game's control scheme is awful and the general moving around feels bad. The aesthetic is neat, though. This game is probably better watched than played.

jogo em que o boneco faz movimentos absurdos dependendo da nossa habilidade sempre me coloca numa mentalidade de "se esse personagem aprendeu a se mexer tão bem assim, será que ele teve tempo para alguma outra coisa? será que tem hobbies? ele jogaria videogame? ele sabe LER?" e o legal de gunvalkyrie é que você só descobre a resposta pra essas perguntas nos últimos dois minutos de jogo. até lá é só bater o ponto, mesmo

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I thoroughly enjoyed it! Challenging and fun. That being said, i don't think many will get behind it since it uses some rather "unconventional" controls. But if you can adapt to them and not mind the rather lacking enemy variety (it's mostly alien bugs that come in all shapes and sizes lol), you're gonna have a good time. Good soundtrack, fun bosses (i didn't dislike any of them but maybe Mimir was my least liked boss, still ok though), level design was cool. If i can say anything else about it, is that it feels like an arcade game at its core. Good game