Maiden and Spell

I don't usually play many bullet hells or fighting games, but Maiden & Spell somehow just works. It has: [list] [*]Addictive PvP [*]Charming story [*]Great soundtrack [*]Very welcoming [strike] cult [/strike] community [*]Lich of Flowers [/list]

Super fun. I like that characters are unique and have gameplans the player can execute, it is not just fill the screen with ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥. It is a fighting game whhere everything is reactable, but the mental stack is overloaded tremendously. Much recommended.

Probably the best version of a PvP Shmup I've ever tried or seen. Not only is dodging and knowing your opponent's moves important but knowing your own moves is its own handful of learning and mid-match concentration at the same time. Focus too much on one or the other and you'll get hit and fail to hit your opponent. Really intense and a lot more balanced and well thought out than I thought. You'd really think in a game like this you can just spray unfair patterns willy-nilly and get hits so the entire match is just trading blows but whenever somebody gets hit, it feels like somebody was outsmarted and outskilled rather than something random and unfair happening. Part of this is thanks to the fact that all attacks are designed in such a way that even if they come out suddenly, if you know how to space yourself against the opponent nothing can really trap you completely. For example, all characters have an arrow on them to that points towards the opponent which shows where their aim is. What makes it fair is that this arrows is automatic and slowly moves towards the opponent. You can easily outpace this arrow without relying on weaving precariously in between bullet patterns to not get hit. Attacks that are summoned directly on top of you gives you a ton of leeway to not get hit even if you're moving at ridiculous speeds, and attacks that WILL just get you killed suddenly if you sit in the wrong spot are easy to see coming because you become acutely aware of the fact that these attacks usually come directly out of the opponent's body at specific ranges. This is the kind of bullet hell that features very fast moving projectiles prominently but they're JUST slow enough that with ordinary reflexes you can reactively weave through swarms of them if you're spaced far enough from the opponent. Last but not least, you don't feel ping in the slightest. Playing against an opponent with 200 ms ping doesn't feel weird at all. The game DOES have singleplayer though I feel it's not really the highlight of the game, it's enough content for the price even if there wasn't PvP. You basically play as the same characters as in multiplayer fighting against the same characters you can pick, though you have to unlock more to play the others. The difference is that the bots are really stupid so they rely on long super attack patterns on their last lives to make it more exciting, mimicking how bosses would behave in an actual Shmup. There's also some other minor SP content that will keep you playing for a while if you're into side challenges.

utterly peak every character is amazing. though it's short and i feel has room to grow, the story is great, and i absolutely love how the move set of the enemies are the same as when you're playing, and even the ones who aren't playable still have move sets that you can see. I love in the last level, chapter, thing [spoiler] instead of playing as the main group as you'd expect, you play as the buffed up boss! [/spoiler] it really through for a loop, and was a great surprise

im addicted to this fighting game and i love its community

Fun and unique take on the bullet hell genre. Quite charming characters, music and backgrounds!

Good Bullet-hell fighter. Tasty/10