VASARA COLLECTION
Thanks for the additional comments on
State of Mind, guys, I'm buying it right now.
In other related news,
Vasara Collection is 50% off (NA eshop). I see those are apparently overlooked shoot 'em up games (the
HG101 feature on them is quite compelling). Any opinions on this? Maybe our great pal
1upsuper played it?
Edit: I see Vasara releases on the 15th, this is a pre-order discount, so obviously we don't know if the port is good. Still, I would like to hear from people who played the original games.
Don't let Andro Dunos or Visco's other mediocre STGs attempts fool you, Vasara feels completely different to their previous stuff and straight up looks and feels like a few former Psykio devs had finally set up their own studio and released a Sengoku spin-off series (kinda). They are both great, V and V2. Even tho Vasara 2 recycles quite a bit of stuff. Visually it takes cues from Japan's Edo era in a kinda 'Sengoku meets Guwange' flavor. Graphically I think they are up there with the best looking of the prerendered kind (Blazing Star is probably my favorite), gameplay is very Psykio. Movement is tight, you're going to need it lol, you also rely a lot on melee moves to clean out bullets and send them home. More frantic "Manic" STGs than bullet hell, don't go expecting that but know that the games are quite hard.
I personally can't wait, I just hope they have:
•Decent scanlines filter which doesn't come with unwanted blurry image (pleeease!)
•Online leaderboards (I don't have much hope)
•TATE option (edit: confirmed)
Still, 50%off is such an incredible discount for preordering and having this two classic STGs for less than 5€?! I'm blown away, I was expecting €15 at the very least...this shit is bonkers!
Bought and preloaded, of course.
I really hope people will flock in droves to buy this collection, it's such a fantastic deal/package
Fingers crossed for the emulation's quality.
Alas, I've played many shmups, but not those. I did order the physical edition from Strictly Limited Games but that will arrive after the digital release.
There's a physical release coming? Wow I'm even more grateful that they've priced it €5 nonetheless. Really hope it sells well, considering people buy 1€ shovelware in droves just cause they're on sale and dirt cheap.