Bullet Hell Monday

I went in expecting this to just be another shooter until… 🔷The controls I noticed was extremely smooth, the visuals really popped out with color, and the difficulty was mostly just right. 🔷The music creates the feeling of being a Hi-Speed shooter and dodging Thousands of bullets. It fits the gameplay perfectly as the gameplay has bullets being shot everywhere. 🔷There are 3 modes. CHAPTER is complexing. It make you do missions within acts to achieve mission points and move on. CHALLENGE sets all obstacles of each chapter into one big act and has 4 difficulty levels. EXTRA has endless modes. They will set you up against enemies and bosses in a random order with rising difficulty. 🔷As the game requires skill it has many features to make up for mistake. Bombs are the ships special ability, auto-bomb helps preventing you from losing ships incase of misfortunes, and automatic item absorption helps collect items without needing the risk to moving to it, and more. I seems to have very few issues to where it really doesn’t matter as it was handled better than any other ship shooter and that makes this the best one out there…

Just skip the dev’s first game; it was mediocre. This is a massive improvement and as others have pointed out, is comparable to the old CAVE shooters (except in graphics unless you really like geometric shapes). Most of the ship types are gated by payment (can be rented using earned points) but the unlockable ones are pretty good. Tbh the p2w ships really take the fun out of the game, though some have cool mechanics like the blade one. If you are a bullet hell fan, just stick to the base ships and challenge yourself. The levels are designed around them anyway and the bullet type swap mechanic allows for variety in play during a stage. Also, if you don’t want to grind the points to upgrade the base ships, the dev offers a one time payment to do just that, which might diminish enjoyment for some but is a welcome option for those who want to skip ahead to the really hard stuff. All things considered, I really like that the dev thought hard about how to monetize so that people can get the experience they want. Can’t wait for the next, keep at it!

This dev is talented. .Decluster was mediocre at best, and you wouldn't expect their next game to be a huge step up. This game, however, is excellent. It takes 99% of the flaws with the previous game, fixes them, and then adds a ton of awesome features. There are 5 chapters with 10 short levels each, but they are a blast to play through. You also get a 'challenge mode' which plays more like a traditional shmup. And now there's endless mode as well if there wasn't already enough content. This mode is also a ton of fun to play, but it could do with some kind of rank management (a way to manage the difficulty). All of this for a grand total of zero dollars/euros/gold coins/etc. There are dlc ships you can get by paying, but the game doesn't try to force you to buy them and the three default ships are more than capable. If you don't have this game, you're missing out on the very best App Store shooting game.

As a long time fan of shmups/bullet hell games I have to say that not only is this the best mobile shmup ever released, but may be the best and most entertaining mobile game ever released, PERIOD! I commend the developer for not only making a game with amazing controls and graphics for the genre (but with an interesting design twist), but for also making the price points and AP system fair for the player!! Finally a game that actually rewards good skill with a reasonable amount of reward for leveling up items. I’ve been so happy with the system that I gladly paid the money to release the locked ships just because I wanted to reward the developer. Amazing game play and boss designs, and difficulty that is just hard enough to drive you crazy on the hardest levels, usually when trying to complete the hardest tasks. Many developers could learn from you! Look forward to what’s next and will gladly play it. Cheers!

Fans of the vert shooter/bullet hell/bullet curtain/manic shooter rejoice! This game offers up the goods, but remains accessible to less experienced players. The action is intense but grows with you, adding challenge as you master early levels and upgrade your ship. Probably most indebted to the Cave shooters of yore, expect dizzying waves of enemies to attack and psychedelic torrents of projectiles to avoid. The sort of simplified graphics grew on me, I’m used to the sci-fi realism of shooters from the consoles of the 80’s and 90’s but that aside, the action here more than delivers. I’m hard pressed to spend money on any game app but I will likely fork over the few bucks it will cost to unlock the special ships offered here. Most of the upgrades can be unlocked through gameplay though so you don’t have to spend a dime if you don’t want to, but supporting this kind of creative effort is a worthy expenditure. Bravo!