CosmoDreamer

Good game!

I played it for an hour and it had a reasonable amount of enemies and different bullet patterns. My deaths felt fair and with practice I am sure I would be able to clear the game. The game is fairly forgiving with lives if you hit a bullet. Although I didn't care for the art style and maybe life is too short for danmaku, which might be why I put it down even when it was 40% off. It isn't to my taste, but it's a fine game. I might try Like Dreamer when there is a sale.

This is good danmaku-style SHMUP. There's quite a content in a game, 8 stages + 1 Extra stage. 4 Combination of your normal shot, focus shot, bomb and passive. The only one gripe is maybe the trial mode (this game's arcade mode) is quite long with 8 stages and some of the late stages are quite long. I really lose focus during some of the late stages boss fight, but I really enjoyed it though!

かなり面白い。 当たり判定がかなり小さいので、結構避けれて面白さがある。 基本モードが全ステージを一気にプレイするモードじゃなくてステージクリア型なのが今風の弾幕シューティングって感じで良い。

Shin told me this is his favorite game of all time.

CosmoDreamer has instantly become one of my favorite all-time bullet hell shoot 'em ups! :) It's a relatively fast-paced shmup with a cute art style, with the focus more on reaction than memorization. This game offers: - 8 stages, and an extra stage - a stage selection mode, and an arcade mode - customizable shot/bomb types for different playstyles (4 parameters x 4 options) - 4 difficulties, and unlockable [spoiler]revenge bullets[/spoiler] mode - a practice mode that allows you to practice specific stage parts, or the boss - a short tutorial, and an in-game manual that explains the mechanics - the game registers pacifist runs - achievements - online leaderboards for arcade mode / extra stage The game has several options that make it very accessible for beginners (single-stage selection mode, homing/spread shot available, better autobomb settings at the cost of efficiency, stage help settings), w/o affecting advanced players. The game rewards you for: - defeating enemies quickly - getting close to enemies - grazing - item collection (game has a point of collection mechanic) - using bombs to clear many bullets, instead of using them defensively - not getting hit during a boss fight - not (auto)-bombing during a boss fight - picking stronger attack options, at the cost of weaker / no autobomb The soundtrack is from the Japanese royalty free music site MusMus, and can be downloaded for free. Note: I found the Mature Content description on the store page a bit confusing, since I saw no sexual content whatsoever in this game. The only thing that comes close is that 2 bosses have large breasts, but ... that's it. It's just a cute game with a cute and innocent story, about a girl who dreams that she and her classmates can fly.