Cube Gothic

I love the artstyle and the overall and how unique all the visuals are, but the gameplay is pretty bad. If you like shmups in any capacity you will not like this one. Still worth checking out though.

雰囲気だけは合格だったんだけど、ゲーム本体があまりにも開発者の自己満足が過ぎる仕上がり…。 ストーリーも雰囲気のみで有ってないようなもの。 悪魔城ドラキュラの世界をオマージュしたらしいがチンプンカンプン。 肝心のシステムはSTGとしては敵が硬すぎ、自分の弾は弱すぎ、回避が難しすぎ、理不尽なトラップてんこ盛りといいところを探すのが難しい…。 ステージ途中で急に迷路やマインスイーパーもあり混沌としている。 ボス戦が不思議な謎解きが含まれていて首を傾げざるをえない。 音楽が変化なしなのもツラい要素。効果音も地味で爽快感がない。 …とゲーム内容とリンクするような地獄めぐりを味わうこととなる。 この感覚どこかで味わったことがある…と思い返してみたらバンダイの『R?MJ』だ！

An odd fun brutal bullet hell shmup game that also has crazy non shmup sections like: Castlevania like retro platforming(including an optional secret 8-bit retro boss), a large simple maze and...minesweeper!? There was even a few bosses that require simple math solutions to expose their weak points. Visually the game is very similar to the first Gothic game "Seal of the Curse" & the OST fits really well with its dark atmosphere. The story is kind of a cluster ♥♥♥♥ to where even if you play all three games of the Gothic trilogy, (btw this is the 3rd & last game) I still can't fully wrap around what the hell is happening but I do enjoy some of the obscure dialogue that I'm not bothered by its cheesiness :P Difficulty is describe by one word: Insanity!! The game has extremely high difficulty throughout the entire game to where some levels like the coffin level(level 5) was just straight up ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ because it felt like you needed good RNG to get through it before the boss which the boss itself was easier than the damn level. Would I recommend this: Based on my experience on bullet hell games, I would personally say that Touhou Project games on higher difficulties are much harder than this game(at least the 10th & 12th games since those are the only Touhou games I've played in the past) so if you like high difficult shmup games than this one is up your ally while first timers should be warn that this game will kick your ass 😈