@@moonsoon1038 Well, if 40+ years of shmup design are any indication, that’s a very bad thing

@@moonsoon1038 not a good thing for accessibility

Indeed. Sounds like a game I'd enjoy watching an All Cutscenes speedrun of, but not one I'd personally enjoy playing

can i ask what those cards are?

@@lordhvemarcy6183 Just downloaded the game again and checked my endgame save. This is what I have equipped which I believe is right. I'll note the armor in particular is huge because it is a form of increasing health to take stress off the fight. Also the Ghost guns because the seeking bullets mean you can worry less about aiming. 2x Ghost Gun, Card explosion (card cycle plus damage), 2x hand cannon, Ethereal Armor, 2x War Spirit, Triple Seeking Swords

Just watch some different videos, this guy plays the game like a complete fool, you will most likely find other videos to show the game to be much easier when people actually play well.

@@GordonSeal Well, everything plays easily if you're a pro 😄

It's a tough game but extremely fun and doesn't get too frustrating

@@jessiejames968 I think I'll keep it on my wishlist and buy it on sale some day 🙂

This is what I needed to see. No thanks if it’s hard

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Metroidvania is just a synonym for 2D without explicit platforming now

Well... Liked a lot owlboy. Great game.

Metroids Fusion and Zero Mission are both linear games, and both games even tell you where to go next.

Oh, there is 😂

@@sanda386 I meant to say I wish it wasn’t so difficult and there was easy medium hard mode lol aha

@@segagirladventurespico I got it, 😜 I was just being facetious

@@sanda386 oh lol ok lol 😝 silly me but my fault should explained what the heck I meant lol when I read my msg above lol 😂

It's really not that hard, but bullet hell games are supposed to be challenging, that's kind of the whole point, compared to most bullet hells I'd say it's pretty average

Lol agreed. And this is why elden ring, dark souls, etc Can kiss my ass! I do not understand why people enjoy dying 100 times in one spot... I understand the "accomplishment" concept and rewards... but these games just go fucking overboard. Not to mention having to return to the place you died to recollect your loot or experience is the worst idea for games of this difficulty! that's my rant 😂

Git gud scrub, its an easy bullet hell metroidvania, video games are supposed to be challenging, go play stardew valley

@mathewhosier9739 git gud??? Hahaha is that English? Calling someone a scrub cuz they don't like a shitty game? Ok fan boy, I'm sure you talk like that to someone's face hey tough guy

@mathewhosier9739 too bad you can't call me a scrub to my face hey coward

It's not a gimmick, it's just standard screen shake that most action games have, I always turn screen shake to max when it's an option

Yep, today. Just easier to say the release date than to hope the video goes out at a certain time.

Yea, plus it's extremely polished

The full soundtrack album is available on music services like Spotify and Apple Music and it’s totally fantastic, so you can easily check it out in advance if you’re curious 💡 .

Nah, touhou games are usually this colorful and polished

It's not, I beat it in 10 hours

A deck of card has something an inventory doesn't have, and that's randomness. I don't think this game has randomness in the equipment so "cards" is mostly a stylistic choice, but deck building is a valid challenge in a videogame. Sure, you choose the cards in the deck but you don't know in what order you will pick them, so you have to be rather careful.

Totally agree. Cards make sense in physical real life, where a sword card is far more doable than an actual sword for lots of reasons, and monster/spell cards are the only option for monsters and spells or other totally made-up things at all. Choosing to represent things as cards in games, on the other hand, seems completely unnecessary. There's no need for that conceptual limitation at all when the game can give my character an actual (in-game) sword just as easily as a sword card. I will make an exception for video game versions of real life card games though. Playing them online allows for much, much easier long distance card game playing than would otherwise be possible with physical cards, and cards aren't an unnecessary downgrade when it's a digital version of a game that was designed for physical cards in the first place. So that use of cards in video games does make sense.

Deck building does have a strategic aspect. If you can just pick your powers, then you always have those abilities. But it becomes a puzzle if you have to pick a certain number of cards, and how many of each card, plus those options are limited by your card inventory. Say you have a minimum of 10 cards in a deck, then a card you have 1 of vs a card you have 3 of is a third as likely to show itself. Depending on how cards are drawing and used, a powerful single card becomes a risky strategy to rely on. Do you choose cards that synergize with each other and give you relible powers? Or, do you throw in your single cards and go for whatever comes up? Mind you, if the game doesn't build these kind of customizing choices in then it doesn't do much other than randomize your abilities. But a strong deck building mechanic with interesting build options can add alot to a game that might not normally use cards.

Final boss aside, the rest of the game is hard but fair imo - too hard for players new to games, but not so hard any experience gamer couldn't complete it with some perserverance. Not sure whether real bullet hell fans would be happy with the difficulty. The final boss is like, several minutes of intense bullet dodging with teleporting enemies that shoot bullets in all directions. Good bullet hell players would probably find it easier than me, who very rarely plays them.

Me. I’m that market haha. Not sure if you meant the art or metroidvanias. But I’m a huge fan of metroidvanias. And the art style while a bit too “cutesy” for my taste looks good. And I love the flying around part

They're probably easy to make. It's a spiritual successor to Asteriods or 1962's Spacewar!

Speed runners

Not everyone has the same patience level as you do.

​@@DR19Xpatience is easy when you don't have ADHD lol, but it's less patience and more just not sucking at video games, I'm not saying I'm that good but I didn't think it was that hard

I don't know how you drew that conclusion, all he complained about was one frustrating boss fight, and a minor quibble about backtracking.

Balanced game Journalism?? Lol,this can all be boiled down to " I sucked at the game so now I'm gonna bash it"