Massively entertaining horizontal shmup. It has a beautiful artstyle inspired by (it seems) Miyazaki’s ‘Castle In the Sky,’ a wonderfully satisfying scoring system, and gameplay that never fails to delight even after 30+ hours of play. The bosses are spectacular little shooter-puzzles, and (IMO) feel a lot fairer than in some of Cave’s previous offerings.
The attention to detail in environments is just absurd, considering you can barely take your eyes off the action for even a second to appreciate them.
Overall, I love it. It could be a 5, but the power-up system feels a little shallow, and I can’t help but think there should be one more pilot thrown in for a little more diversity in play style.
UPDATE: 8/23/21 - Probably put around 50-100 more hours into this to get a 1CC, which I did today (fuck yes). Every time I started it up I was excited to play--it never got old. And I'm STILL excited to keep going for higher scores. Changing this one the 5 it deserves.
The attention to detail in environments is just absurd, considering you can barely take your eyes off the action for even a second to appreciate them.
Overall, I love it. It could be a 5, but the power-up system feels a little shallow, and I can’t help but think there should be one more pilot thrown in for a little more diversity in play style.
UPDATE: 8/23/21 - Probably put around 50-100 more hours into this to get a 1CC, which I did today (fuck yes). Every time I started it up I was excited to play--it never got old. And I'm STILL excited to keep going for higher scores. Changing this one the 5 it deserves.