Supercharged Robot VULKAISER

Theme aside, if you have played any of Astro Ports other games, you can expect a lot of the same with this. Which is to say, it is; short, difficult, low resolution, extremely limited game settings and an ESC key that will close out your game, no questions asked, every time. Some things of note on the game; -This game has even less game options available than the previous games, which I would not think was possible. -Music is good and very much a throw back to old school super robot shows. Unfortunately, it is also very loud and with no game options to adjust the audio. -The game's overall story and presentation is pretty on point in regards to the super robot theme. It definitely hits that super robot vibe. Mostly in the style of Mazinger Z crossed with Red Baron. I wish Astro's other titles managed their theme as well as this one. -Difficulty may not be quite as high as previous games, but it can still be rough, especially on higher difficulties. -There are only 6 levels in the game, all fairly short, if you can survive them. Most of your playtime will be simply replaying levels to grind achievements. Overall, if you have played AP's other shoot'em up games and liked them, you will probably also like this one. If you have not played the others, but are bored looking for something to burn a few minutes on and like the theme or shoot'em up style games, and maybe have a buck to spare during a sale, it is probably worth giving a try.

[h1]100% YES[/h1]

[b]Is that a bird? Is that a plane? No, it's Supercharged Robot VULKAISER![/b] The game is a pretty fun and solid horizontal scrolling SHMUP (shoot 'em up), with an old school robot anime aesthetic, which looks pretty good. Gameplay wise, it's pretty simple; Keep a key/button pressed to shoot, and occasionally release it to unleash a stronger attack (which charges while you're firing at a pretty fast rate), press it again to continue shooting. Occasionally, you get the chance to combine your flying robot with different aircrafts, named VulFighters, which changes your attack type and pattern and allow you to do more damage; some are more useful than others. VulFighters will also take damage, and can be destroyed; once that happens, you won't have that available for the rest of the game. Compared to many other SHMUPs, your screen isn't completely filled with extra large bullets and explosions (yours or otherwise), so you can actually see what's coming your way and are able to avoid them much easier. The hitbox is also just a rectangle near the center of the robot (in the form of a glowing circle), so the rest of the robot is immune from damage. Taking damage will not outright destroy you, only lower your energy; however, once the robot is out of commission, it's game over; you have no additional lives (your robot gets partially repaired at the end of each mission). During missions you get text snippets of story character dialog, though it's mostly cheesy one liners. After a mission you get a summary of your performance, in the form of a character dialog, which is different, depending on how you do (like if you barely made it out alive, while damaging most of your robot, or if a VulFighter is totaled beyond repair), which is pretty nice. While the game is fun, it's a barebones arcade to PC port. You have absolutely no settings/options (you cannot chance the resolution, audio volume, redefine keys, etc), you cannot save or select a level (once your robot is destroyed, it's game over, and you start from the beginning). What's worse, is that you can only use a keyboard or a gamepad. You cannot use mouse controls for movement, even though the manual states that you can (you can only use the mouse buttons to shoot), and fight/arcade sticks don't seem to be supported (mine didn't work). So, I was forced to use the keyboard and change the key layout using AutoHotKey; it's playable, though using the mouse of arcade stick to control the movement would have been much better and more accurate (unsurprisingly, playing with a gamepad is much worse than a keyboard, as they are utter garbage, and have extremely low accuracy). The game is rather short, but it can be challenging, and it has several difficulty levels. For its low price, it's worth it.

Pra quem gosta do Mazinger, Robo gigante, Shin getter e toda aquele estilo retro de meka e músicas vai adorar esse jogo e não se engane o jogo parece simples de cara mas possui mecânicas bem interessantes que se você quiser finalizar nas dificuldades mais altas terá que compreender, sendo bem desafiador, sem continues, possui uma trilha sonora excelente e o jogo se trata como se fosse um anime oque é bem legal, Vulkaiser tem quatro níveis de dificuldade: o primeiro é molezinha, o segundo é mediano, o terceiro é pauleira e o quarto é só para os loucos. Ou seja, tem uma dificuldade ideal pra todos os tipos de jogador, do pereba ao atirador de facas. Super Recomendo, um super-sentai dos anos 70 e 80, tanto para nostálgicos quanto para amantes de um bom shooter.

なんか…好きなんすよね…こういうの…

アストロポートさんは様々なシューティングゲームを作成していますが。 その中でも原初、すべての始まりともいえる作品。 コッテコテの古めかしい王道ロボットアニメ風の雰囲気。 後々の作品シリーズ、アストロサーガはすべてこの「バルカイザー」の世界を踏襲している。 公式HPには世界観年表や設定等の読み物もあり、滅茶苦茶丁寧に作りこまれているので必見。 ゲームとしてもシンプルだが全体的なバランスも良い。 セール頻度も高いので入門にもオススメ。

10/10 would drill the Drill Kaiser girl

A truly classic style arcade game, full of love and effort while also being the tiniest file size ive ever seen on steam. I never have any reason to delete this.