2024's Unrivalled SHMUP: DEVIL BLADE REBOOT

2024's Unrivalled SHMUP: DEVIL BLADE REBOOT - Bullet Tengoku

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Bullet Tengoku has finally landed, and we're taking a look at what is likely going to be the year's best shooting game; the so-far unrivalled Devil Blade Reboot! With humble beginnings in Dezaemon Plus on PlayStation and steeped with developer pedigree, this is a game that's destined for greatness but also carries a bit of controversy (which has allegedly been toned down in a recent patch.) Let's take a closer look!
0:00 - Brandish The Blade
1:02 - Longstanding Tradition: Welcome to Bullet Tengoku
2:33 - Humble Linaeage: About Devil Blade Reboot
3:40 - Dancing With The Devil: Playing Devil Blade
7:08 - I Triple-Dog Dare You: Taunted into Scoring
9:51 - Look At Me (But Not Too Close): Presentation & Controversy
12:15 - Setting a High Bar: Closing Remarks
12:52 - What's New for Tengokuno
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@WhimsicalPam Ай бұрын

The game actually has an online leaderboard, but you can only find it in the steam page under the achievements section.

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

Nice to know, but it's clearly buried to the point that most won't find it.

@SpidersSTG Ай бұрын

If you hit ESC it brings up a system menu where you can access the leaderboards from in game.

@StudioMudprints Ай бұрын

Cryptic. But useful!

@jonnyeh Ай бұрын

My favourite shmup since Crimzon Clover

@AlviEao Ай бұрын

That was a fantastic video! Devil Blade Reboot has a fascinating history behind it, especially given Vanillaware artist Shigatake having worked on the game for so long.

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

100% agree. I think I'd like to figure out a way to obtain and archive a bunch of Deza games for use with Deza+ and Deza2.

@trangus Ай бұрын

So glad you’re doing a new series! I hope this comes to console soon.

@Undermog Ай бұрын

Great video, and good luck with the new channel :)

@JackofNothingess Ай бұрын

Yes! Shmups are awesome!

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

I, too, love a little of the ol' Pew-Pew-Pew! I'm planning a cool video that looks are the three games that really got me into shmups, with both their arcade versions and US & JPN home versions. I think it'll be neat!

@JohnGavalas-xh5ub Ай бұрын

@@Tengokunonice looking forward to it 401 subscribers now if you like shoot em ups i subscribe

@Ihozcvga Ай бұрын

Same quality content under a new name. Nice! Hope it works out for you. Digging the new intro and intro song.

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

Thanks, I hope you enjoy the new content! My next video will feature an arcade PCB in an all-new sister series! The numbers are already promising; 66% the performance on ~280 subs versus the 14k subs channel. It's wild how little the other one is actually viewed, but it's kind of vindicating my suspicions.

@Ihozcvga Ай бұрын

@@Tengokuno the algorithm works in mysterious ways! Looking forward to the next vid.

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

I don't think it's actually that mysterious: my other channel was ancient and it stands to reason that the vast majority of my subs have been inactive (or bots) for a very long time.

@pawrock9295 Ай бұрын

Great video with top production values. Thanks.

@gaminglakitu Ай бұрын

I can't wait to keep up with what you guys have for the future. Everything you guys make is great and I can't wait to see the future of the channel!

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I have a feeling it's going to be a lot of fun to make.

@jermanator181 Ай бұрын

Great first epsiode! Devil blade is a gosh dang master class in fun.

@Mortis_XII Ай бұрын

Online leaderboards are essential for me. I used to play at arcades and seeing someone else’s initials on a leaderboard drove me to surpass it. We are 2020+ year so no leaderboards is baffling to me

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

They exist but they really suck. Basically, you have to hit escape, and a submenu for the game comes up, likely a wrapper from Shooting Game Maker. There's a small button that says Leaderboard, and it brings up the Steam Leaderboard with is pretty awful when comparing yourself to the world. There really should have been something made in the game itself that better shows your position relative to the others around you. Is the next guy up 2,000 points higher? A million? Who can tell?

@retrosuperbox8434 Ай бұрын

Top quality production as always. Great game too!!

@charlenemaximum Ай бұрын

awesome video reviewing an excellent game! looking forward to seeing the next episode!

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

Hey! Thanks for stopping by, happy to see you liked this video! There's definitely some really neat stuff incoming, if I do say so myself =)

@yuolden Ай бұрын

I'm making an indie STG, but the references (masterpieces) are 20 years old, so the reference is outdated in some ways to apply to a newer game. The play screen of the reference is also based on the arcade STG with a portrait screen, but most players who buy games that are not enthusiasts most non-enthusiast players don't use a portrait screen. The horizontal STG is different in design and orientation, which required a lot of thought and experimentation. This game has given the creators new inspiration and a new direction.

@tdfitzsimons Ай бұрын

Great video! Excited to see what's coming next, too.

@ShadowBasch Ай бұрын

It's finally here! Gratz on the first review on the new channel! Devil Blade certainly looks interesting, I hope we get that juicy console port eventually! Very excited for future videos!

@Eksratu Ай бұрын

Best of luck with the new channel!

@kalofkrypton Ай бұрын

Great start! What a wicked looking game. Hopefully it'll get a console release!

@sethsez Ай бұрын

Fantastic video as always, excited to see what you do without the shackles of the old channel holding you back any more!

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

My next one is going to be really good, I think. And I found something cool on eBay that will kick it off in a way I couldn't have possibly anticipated being so fittingly good.

@Mortis_XII Ай бұрын

I’m slow, what was the previous shackles?

@davenoel5036 Ай бұрын

Hell yeah dude! New channel, new sub. Game is super dope too.

@Chan_Prado Ай бұрын

Great review and video, Ed!

@MegaDeth859 Ай бұрын

Looks good so far. Good luck

@packpock4369 Ай бұрын

This is the shooter of the year. It just does everything right you want in a shooter. It's total quality..

@Opimusp Ай бұрын

great video as usual🙏. hope you achieve the goal for this month!

@Ramza_88 Ай бұрын

Digging this game! I'm a beginner and managed the easy 1cc fairly quick. Normal feels very attainable because of the amount of bombs you get too. And even for someone like me who mostly only focuses on survival, the extra hits you can take after going into boost mode does a good job of making scoring feel attainable.

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

I tried playing for survival only but I'm one of those players that once they figure out a thing and gets used to the idea behind that thing - in this case getting giant scores for fast extends - I just can't go back, even if it means wasting time and having to restart over and over.

@Ramza_88 Ай бұрын

@@Tengokuno yeah! at the very least, the benefit from getting those extra points in the first few levels is worth getting a decent scoring route to get those first two extends quickly. thanks for the review!

@NLSagat Ай бұрын

Was a big fan of bulletheaven but get this reboot. Wishing you all the best and will try and like/share/comment and subscribe! Happy to see the quality is at least as good as if not better and very curious about the non shmup content!

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

I think you'll like it, it's going to be fun to produce~ !

@Chan_Prado Ай бұрын

Great video! Looking forward to your upcoming content.

@Mingodough Ай бұрын

It’s finally here :)

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

Time to SOAR~~!!

@SpidersSTG Ай бұрын

Great video, great info, great pace! Return of the King … again;) Congrats on the new channel. Just wanted to add that the “litigious” tone of the Prohibited Content was patched out last week since Mark’s video. Maybe worth adding a note in the description?

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

Will do!

@Jihi2 Ай бұрын

Just found the new channel and subbed. Big, big fan of your Bullet Heaven series!

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

Thanks for coming over!

@RetroHetho Ай бұрын

Your work is always of the highest quality, can’t wait for the next video.

@chunderfins Ай бұрын

GREAT vid!! also, glad i'm not the only one who pronounces it "Zer Oranger" hahaha

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

I say it all the time lol

@TheRestartPoint Ай бұрын

awesome

@juanpablomartinez2224 Ай бұрын

👌👌👌

@tommy516 7 күн бұрын

Its amazing!

@JohnGavalas-xh5ub Ай бұрын

Hopefully this comes to Switch one day

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

If it does, hopefully it's properly optimized to prevent input delay!

@henryfleischer404 Ай бұрын

Well, this looks great! I'm curious- the ships rotate in 3 dimensions in a way that looks really good, but still pixelated. Any idea how that's animated?

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

Many, many frames. It's all actually 2D, but it's also not at all surprising, given the simply jaw-dropping work Vanillaware (of which Shigatake was a part) has done in the past. If you haven't yet, check out Odin Sphere or Muramasa: The Demon Blade. Both are exceptional, and impossibly gorgeous.

@POWERUP-wh3to Ай бұрын

Great video and great start for your new channel! Love the logo and the designs 😍. I've just started a new channel too and my first video is about Devil Blade too, haha. In case someone wanna see it, it has english subtitles. I even did a small interview to Shigatake 😊

@scowsh Ай бұрын

Reboot for the reboot (sorry 😂)Great to hear your thoughts on this game, loving the production & og tunes too 🙌

@j.l.9689 Ай бұрын

Awesome video, awesome game. Always wanted to ask you, not taking ports into account, what your favorite console for shmups is?

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

Favorite shmup console top-3: PC Engine, Saturn, Xbox360. Runner-up: Dreamcast!

@Opimusp Ай бұрын

I hope the channel grows faster, as it should as you are one of the best to review shoot em up. I appreciate your videos you made on the other channel. I have a perhaps difficult question to answer. but I play almost exclusively on the Switch since I had another child. so my mega drive, saturn, dreamcast and 360 are just gathering dust now in the video game room along with all the 100's of shoot em up games. I have all M2's games. But which three shoot em ups with a global leaderboard do you think are the most fun for the Switch? i find i like global leaderboard a bit more now than completing 1cc. regards Emil from Sweden

@Tengokuno Ай бұрын

Thanks for the kind words. We're already getting similar numbers on viewership here, so I'm sure things will look up soon! On Switch, I'd definitely say Crimzon Clover leads the pack. Sol Cresta has a great Caravan mode and neat scoring. I'm not really sure off of the top of my head about others, but I'll get back to you if I think of another!