Cycle Chaser H-5

This is really good, even more considering the asking price. The graphics have a very distinctive look, which also makes bullet visibility a non-issue, I can always see everything very clearly. The soundtrack is awesome. And the shmuppy part, well, it's incredibly good. You have a ship with 3 different weapons that you can change as you wish (and you can unlock another 2 ships)... the different weapons don't make a heavy impact in the game - this is not Hellfire - but the system works nicely. The score system is also very simple, you raise your multiplier by using your bomb which spends 100% of your shield. You can raise up to 300% by hitting enemies, and when you get hit you also lose 100% (And also a bit of your multiplier), if you get hit with less than 100% you die (And lose a big chunk of your multiplier). So it's basically changing safety for multiplier, and then try to kill as many enemies as you can. Everything so far is really good, but level design really shines, with excellent and very variable attack patterns. There are a couple of attacks here and there that feel a little unfair as they will get you off-guard the first time you see them, but that comes with the genre. The game has 7 levels, and a full run lasts for about 30 minutes. I 1cc the game both in the Basic and Advanced modes, which are very generous with the shield. Those are great for newcomers on the genre, but experienced shmuppers will have no trouble beating them (though the score system gives you a lot of room to try to improve your score) There's a harder mode where the shield only activates at 300%, and from what I saw, the amount of enemy bullets raise by a lot on this mode, so I'm sure that one is pretty challenging. There's no reason why this game is not getting more love in the shmups community. It's an awesome game, one of the best indie shmups I've ever played in a while.

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Impact Project内の続編2作品をプレイしてから、過去作も遊んでみようと購入。後の作品にも使われている敵やBGMのオリジナルってこんな感じなんだ、という目線でも楽しめました。 基本は3武器を使い分けて進むシンプルな横STG。アイテム回収とかパワーアップとか手間な要素は省いて、敵編成を迎え撃つことだけに集中させてくれます。どのモードでも以下のようにリトライしやすく手軽に遊べる作り。 -コンティニュー無制限 -ボス戦前にチェックポイントあり -到達済みのステージから再開可能（ボス戦からも選べる） ゲージを溜めることで青い敵弾を打ち消すスーパーショットを撃ったり、シールドで被弾を肩代わりしてくれたり。離れた敵は1、近くの敵は5という風に、接近して敵を倒すほどゲージ回復量が増える仕組み。ボス戦でもミサイルなどを破壊してゲージ回復するチャンスがそこそこあり、機能を活かした立ち回りをさせてくれます。このあたりの弾消し・ゲージ回復の駆け引きは後のDisaster Armsにも共通するところで、そのSTG版みたいに遊べました。 ADVANCEモードをクリアすると2つの新武装が解禁され、癖が強めながら上手く当てたときの瞬間火力が高くて楽しい。最高1000くらいだったdpsが2000に上昇と、数値で示してくれるのが敵にお見舞いしてやろうというモチベを高めてくれます。 IMPACTモードはもはや弾幕ゲーで、敵の処理が遅れるとすぐさま地獄絵図に。相対的にシールドよりもスーパーショットの消費が安くなり、いかに効率よく撃てるかが試されます。ゲームオーバーを繰り返す中、段々と雑になっていくコンティニュー画面が笑いどころ。 PS・Switch・Xboxではステージが追加されたバージョンも発売されています。通しプレイで30分くらいが個人的にはちょうどよく、これ以上長くなるとダレるかも、とも感じるのでSteam版でも十分に面白かったです。

Great sense of style that permeates through every part of the game from the intro, to the menus and every illustration. It's a good shmup as well with inspired enemy and boss designs. I'd recommend cranking the difficulty up a bit if you've played a few of these before though as the basic difficulty is very forgiving.

Very short, but fun for what it is.

Fantastic shmup. The difficulty is perfect, the music is awesome, and the artstyle is really unique. There's some really nice replayability, as well. The game isn't too long, and there are some challenging achievements to work towards. My only complaint is that the 2 unlockable weapon styles are not that fun to use due to them being worse than the default arsenal. I really like PD_CGT's work. I'm excited to see what they put out in the future. One of the most underrated indie devs out there, in my opinion.