Cavity Busters

Dear reader, allow me to describe the run I just finished. I got an upgrade for the shotgun that let me shoot rockets instead of bullets. The explosion could hurt me too, but I figured I would just keep my distance if I used the shotgun. Then I got more bullets per shotgun shot, and increased this number to the point that if I shot a single shot with the shotgun, the explosion was so large and so loud that the game's audio glitched itself out of existence. I looped my run. I then picked up an upgrade that makes shotgun bullets bounce off the walls. I thought nothing of it, as this upgrade is generally good for any type of shotgun ammo. It only occurred to me after picking it up that I had effectively created a room full of nukes bouncing off the walls, exploding at any moment. The screen filled up with bullets and explosions and lasers. The bullets flying around were being shot faster than they despawned, so at a certain point the room looked less like a chaos of yellow bullets and more like a solid yellow backdrop I could ignore as I looked for the enemy bullets I was supposed to be dodging. At a certain point, though, I'm pretty sure the game stopped rendering the final boss' bullets to make space for my bullets. Either that, or I couldn't see the attacks through the explosions. Not the hardest game ever, but the gameplay feels fresh for a bullet hell roguelike and it's damn fun.

Isaacクローンの中では独自要素を入れつつも割と良く出来ていると思います。一時的に壁に張り付き、攻撃や回避を行うボンバーマンで言う、みそボン的な行動、高ジャンプで攻撃を回避、敵を踏みつける手段や、IsaacのRedkeyの様に、本来なら何もない場所に部屋を作成・・・というより隣の部屋を開通してアイテムの捜索、ショートカットを試みる事も出来る。 一見、弾幕が凄そうなゲームに見えるが、無敵状態で攻撃を回避できるダッシュが優秀で、割りと大雑把に回避しても被弾しなかったりする。しかも一部の敵の攻撃はダッシュで当たれば敵へ撃ち返し可能、返した弾も割りとダメージソースにもなるので、慣れてくれば、自ら弾幕にダッシュするようになります。 歯を敵に飛ばしてダメージを与え、引き戻すみたいな攻撃方法で、序盤は感覚的にはソードオフショットガン撃ってる感じになります。強化アイテムは結構癖が多いというか、後々シナジー効果を望めるものの、被ダメに直結するデメリット付きの強化アイテムも結構あるので、なんでも適当に取得してたら、自分の首を締める羽目に。一度は取得してみないと効果が分からないので仕方はありませんが、治療法やアイテムを捨てさる施設もあるとは言え、安定してクリアするなら取得しない方が良いかもしれない。 みそボン化やジャンプシステムについて 正直な所、みそボン化は無理に使わなくても良かったりする。それよりも壁際で壁の方向へとダッシュするとみそボン化する仕様が厄介で、敵の攻撃を普通にダッシュで回避しようとしたら、壁に張り付いたっていう、行動ミスが結構多発するからです。 ジャンプは、回避手段としては優秀ですが、踏みつけはダメージソースとしては物足りないので、この2つの要素は、独自要素ではあるけど、それほどゲームを面白くするシステムでも無いのが残念というか、ダッシュで弾幕回避しながら歯を飛ばす基本システムだけでも十分に楽しめる。 Isaacの様にDLCが積み重なったボリュームのあるゲームと比べるのは酷ではあるが、アンロック要素を開放しつつ、真のラスボスや高難易度モードをクリアを目指すと、25－30時間は遊べるかと思う。もうちょっとプレイ時間伸びても良かった気がするけど、大雑把な回避でもなんとかなる為、腕前の向上に躍起にならずとも、ある程度クリア出来る点が満足してプレイを終えてしまった要因かもしれない。

Comparisons are always a dangerous thing; but this one is a special case because of the genre. You cannot talk about modern roguelikes without mentioning the binding of isaac (The older one) and how that made an everlasting impression on the rest of the games that followed. After some years of becoming something akin to what it now represents said game, Cavity Busters came along to bring forward even more improvements to the genre. Now you don't have such an over-reliance on tank/twin-stick movement, the first thing that you see is that the usage of mouse + keyboard is necessary to play this one [i](it also has an adaptation to controller, yes)[/i], and the pace gets increased due to the possible accomodations that this brings forward. Another notable mention is the skill expression aspect that a whole new layer of movement also adds, this game has a bullet parry and a dash with I-frames to allow the skilled player to traverse much more efficiently many challenges, [i]there is even a mention and acknowledgement of the inspirations inside of the game if you look for this in particular[/i], these two combinations already give it a whole new set of qualities and layers of mechanics to enrich both the experience and difficulty. Now, onto the gameplay itself, there are still many more wonders to encounter, a system that rewards aggresive and explorative players the most, a fast-paced way of dealing with everything and an exquisite mode of implementing upgrades and such things to boost progression for whoever can withstand the given task. It is an amazing game, and it has enough content to give the player perhaps hundreds of hours before becoming repetitive; and as always, it has enough alternative modes to offer completely different ways to enjoy the base gameplay! TL;DR I'm happy I was able to finally buy it, I enjoyed playing it while it was in beta and now get the enjoy quite a polished finished product. If you want to give something a try, this one is, sadly, a hidden gem.

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Very good game! On the surface level it may just seem like a basic Isaac/Gungeon clone, but the game is full of so much nuance. The diseases provide a very interesting system of risk vs reward, the movement techs are fun to use, the characters are all super distinct, and the game makes use of a lot of smaller mechanics without it feeling too cluttered. There are a few nitpicks however. The movement techs can feel a tiny bit tacked on sometimes, and a lot of concepts in the game are not very well indicated. Other than that, it is a fantastic game, and i recommend to anyone!

Really fun and unique game.

Really fun and satisfying bullet hell. Most of the characters FEEL like different characters. It doesnt fall into the problem of them just being some modifiers slapped onto the normal character. The gunplay is fun and it's overall just fun