Bullet Soul [5pb, April 7th 2011, JP X360]

Started by EOJ, August 18, 2010, 05:07:04 PM

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New shmup from 5pb mentioned in Famitsu, to be formally announced soon:

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2010/08/19/bullet_soul/

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Official site:

http://5pb.jp/games/bulletsoul/
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charlienash87

so this is going to be an original game by 5pb, and JUST 5pb?
Quote from: Joe T. on March 12, 2010, 04:43:59 PM
real shame we can't region lock the region free tards to the shmups forum region-moaning thread.
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EOJ

According to sazanami.net this game will have:

-online replays and rankings
-Lots of secret scoring bonuses, reminiscent of 1980s shmups
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More Pics:

http://www.famitsu.com/news/201008/26032630.html

Looks pretty cookie-cutter. Like a random Naomi STG by Triangle Service. Music should be good, it's by the guy who did the music for Romancing Saga.
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I'm giving it a chance but then I liked things such as Trizeal  ;)

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Well the 5 seconds of gameplay footage looked smooth at least. It would have been nice to properly see what was being done to make those bullets turn grey and harmless. I'm hoping there's a proper TATE mode, probably worrying for nothing it'd be crazy not to have one. I'll be picking this up anyway, got to support new original shooters.

EOJ

5pb has opened a development blog for this game, mimicking what Asada does for Cave on his development blog:

http://blog.5pb.jp/bulletsoul/
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Tesuman

That looks like fun.   Intense and not too technical.

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Now I understand the title, you literally go after the bullet's soul  :lol:.
Looks good.
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Medal

Looking quite good, exceeding my expectations. Herding and canceling bullets during stages may prove to bore me, but if the bosses are built to be lucrative, I could have a lot of fun with it. The last boss shown there had at least half a dozen breakable parts, all shooting independently, so perhaps that will be the case.

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emphatic

So, do those guys suck or is it really hard?  :laugh:

antares

Quote from: emphatic on January 03, 2011, 02:28:20 PM
So, do those guys suck or is it really hard?  :laugh:

There's certainly going on a lot onscreen for the first two stages but with all the bullet canceling I'd say they suck  ;)

It would be nice to have confirmation about a Tate mode.

emphatic

Quote from: antares on January 03, 2011, 04:14:40 PM
It would be nice to have confirmation about a Tate mode.

Yes, no pre-order for me until that's cleared out.

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antares

What's up with the soundtrack CD? AmiAmi  has two version of this game for preorder, one has an exclusive AmiAmi special but they don't say what it is. Is the CD the special? Or is it included in every first print?

EOJ

Official site says the soundtrack CD is included in every first print copy:

http://5pb.jp/games/bulletsoul/spec/index.html
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emphatic

Too bad it still looks like it won't TATE.  :'( A no-buy for me then.

njiska

Quote from: EOJ on January 23, 2011, 05:28:26 AM
Cool writeup about the game at a recent 5pb event:

http://www.denpanosekai.com/2011/01/japan-firsthand-bullet-soul-and-phantom.html#more

Den actually contacted me last night and asked me to promote that no my website. Seems he also asked them about the title being region free and they said they'd consider it si he wants to get people emailing 5PB with support.

http://njiska.com/2011/01/another-possible-region-free-candidate-bullet-soul/
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antares

People should instead tell them that no tate = no buy, region free or not  :whyioughtta:

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Quote from: njiska on January 23, 2011, 10:37:09 AM
Den actually contacted me last night and asked me to promote that no my website. Seems he also asked them about the title being region free and they said they'd consider it si he wants to get people emailing 5PB with support.

http://njiska.com/2011/01/another-possible-region-free-candidate-bullet-soul/

E-mail sent. The more RF shooters the better, get the ball rolling.

njiska

Quote from: antares on January 23, 2011, 11:58:20 AM
People should instead tell them that no tate = no buy, region free or not  :whyioughtta:

Eh, this is a complicated one for me. While I agree no tate in a vertical shooter is incredibly dumb (excluding games like Mars Matrix for obvious reasons), but at the same time this is an original, for console game and it places a lot of information outside of the play area. I'm still going to buy it, but it'll be interesting to review it and see just how frustrating the lack of Tate is.
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