Hey there
I may not have posted here and there a lot but I cannot help myself making proselytism for this beautiful and rare jewel called Eschatos.
I can't find any reviews anywhere nor the regard that it deserves, especially compared to bullet soul.
I can't stop playing it, the graphics may seem ancient (to be polite) but I looooove the design, the invention and the generosity of it.
The normal mode has a simple but direct score system that keeps you coming back (perfect wave destruction raises the multiplier, missing one enemy brings it down) and the hard and hardest mode (with complete different patterns) will give plenty of challenge for the best of you (last time I checked the first on the leaderboard didn't go past the 6 wave or something on hardest...)
An endless mode gives you the opportunity to loop the 4 difficulty levels in each mode (advance and original)
Advance mode on the other hand is more Cavish/"Yagawish" in its score system design (the better you score, the harder is the game), giving the feeling to play a game from a total different nature (original is really old school)
Though I really would have loved to see a dozen waves added (I think it may be a little bit short) the game is so refreshing, with such a strong identity that I am completely hooked.
I'v got that simple test to judge the goodness of a shmup : you don't feel like playing, load any shmup you'd think about.
If one hour later you're still playing though you didn't feel like it on the first place, you' re dealing with a good cat.
MMP does that to me, and Eschatos does that to me.
The 2 other games are extraordinary, you can see where Eschatos is coming from and how brilliant Qute bullets and bullets patterns are and how strong their personality is.
Plus a tons of little things that shows the love and the work well done : the way your score eligible for leaderboard is in white color (even after a quick restart) , in grey color when it's not (after a continue or while practicing) and how it flashes in yellow when you break your high score; the multiple little secrets you unlock after every good game (new ships, graphical options, game modes etc...) etc ...
Instant love for me, I cannot stop recommending it.
PS: I forgot to speak about the music ... Well that's the best shmup soundtrack I'v heard since Gradius V and Guwange imo (though I have a certain weakness for MMP's OST but it's a guilty one ...)
