Author Topic: Bullet Soul [5pb, April 7th 2011, JP X360] (Read 35501 times)

EOJ · « **Reply #30 on:** January 23, 2011, 03:10:01 PM »

It's this generation's Blast Wind.

EOJ · « **Reply #31 on:** January 23, 2011, 05:47:45 PM »

Where is an official (or at least credible) source saying the game lacks tate?

njiska · « **Reply #32 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:09:18 PM »

So far the only source is Elixir and he claims his source for the tate information is secret. Which basically means he's a useless cocksucker who's probably pulling it out of his ass. You could try writing 5PB's PR dept and asking. I would if i knew the language.

brentsg · « **Reply #33 on:** January 23, 2011, 08:24:21 PM »

At least this time he's got a 50% chance of being right.

EOJ · « **Reply #34 on:** January 23, 2011, 09:14:26 PM »

Secret sources!

Gotta love it.

I wouldn't be surprised if a tate option is excluded, but I'll wait for some credible source to come along with this info.

njiska · « **Reply #35 on:** January 23, 2011, 09:18:02 PM »

Quote from: EOJ on January 23, 2011, 09:14:26 PM

Secret sources! Gotta love it.

I wouldn't be surprised if a tate option is excluded, but I'll wait for some credible source to come along with this info.

Agreed. The decision to place all your information outside of the game window made me suspicious about tate from the beginning. I guess we'll know for sure by march.

EOJ · « **Reply #36 on:** January 24, 2011, 03:19:30 AM »

Write up from a Japanese guy, with a new video in the link:

http://konaken.jugem.jp/?eid=284

He says the cancelled bullets don't add much (if anything) to your score, and the scoring feels more like games from Seibu, rather than Cave. Graphics are said to be excellent.

hipgnosis · « **Reply #37 on:** January 24, 2011, 10:29:19 AM »

The gameplay looks kind of weird. The player cancels all the bullets before they are even close to him and the game seems very easy. It's not gonna be very interesting if the difficult doesn't ramp up dramatically.

charlienash87 · « **Reply #38 on:** January 27, 2011, 12:21:27 PM »

Quote from: EOJ on January 24, 2011, 03:19:30 AM

feels more like games from Seibu

this gets me pretty damn excited

EOJ · « **Reply #39 on:** January 30, 2011, 05:03:43 PM »

More pics and another new gameplay vid:

http://ktstg.blog.shinobi.jp/Entry/823/

emphatic · « **Reply #40 on:** January 30, 2011, 07:22:27 PM »

It does look like a lot of fun. I might pick this up in a couple of months.

EOJ · « **Reply #41 on:** January 30, 2011, 07:25:38 PM »

I'll get it when the price drops a bit. $90 shipped for this is too much.

hipgnosis · « **Reply #42 on:** February 09, 2011, 01:07:46 PM »

The scoring system is starting to make sense: http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/02/10/bullet_hell_how_to/ Might be a pretty challenging game if you are going for a high score. Reminds me a bit of Mushi Futari BL Original.

Medal · « **Reply #43 on:** February 09, 2011, 08:21:34 PM »

Whoa, awesome. It's like Dangun without the collection. I may have to trade my DFK1.5 for this sometime down the line.

drunkninja · « **Reply #44 on:** February 09, 2011, 10:15:49 PM »

Ehhhhh........I still dunno. Everything I'm seeing just has so little dodging. They just blow up enemies then their bullets become harmless. Not really my kinda thing $:-\$

Medal · « **Reply #45 on:** February 10, 2011, 10:51:17 AM »

KOA · « **Reply #46 on:** February 13, 2011, 12:37:15 AM »

After watching the most recent video, I'm pretty hyped up for it more than I was before.
Also, off-topic but...

Quote from: EOJ on January 24, 2011, 03:19:30 AM

Write up from a Japanese guy, with a new video in the link:

http://konaken.jugem.jp/?eid=284

He says the cancelled bullets don't add much (if anything) to your score, and the scoring feels more like games from Seibu, rather than Cave. Graphics are said to be excellent.

She*

tiobilli · « **Reply #47 on:** February 21, 2011, 03:14:36 AM »

?Tate mode is (not) confirmed? Is this game closer to a Cave game?

njiska · « **Reply #48 on:** March 04, 2011, 01:49:10 PM »

denpanosekai just wrote me. Apparently 5PB says it's region-free.

TheSoundofRed · « **Reply #49 on:** March 04, 2011, 08:09:54 PM »

I really like the way this game looks. Sad it seems to lack any other modes other than the shown arcade mode. Not sure if it's worth the price of admission at this point.

EOJ · « **Reply #50 on:** March 28, 2011, 05:38:06 PM »

Alright, I caved and preordered this. Hopefully it will be good.

emphatic · « **Reply #51 on:** April 01, 2011, 09:10:56 AM »

Hell yes!

Pre-ordered!

Icemael · « **Reply #52 on:** April 01, 2011, 09:46:29 AM »

Do we know if it can TATE to the left, too?

emphatic · « **Reply #53 on:** April 01, 2011, 12:50:14 PM »

Quote from: Icemael on April 01, 2011, 09:46:29 AM

Do we know if it can TATE to the left, too?

I think it's safe to assume so. If you zoom in on that image, the PORTRAIT setting has a + before the value. Also, 5pb has done two TATE enabled CAVE ports already, so they should know what's what.

njiska · « **Reply #54 on:** April 01, 2011, 12:57:52 PM »

Here's hoping it's 4:3 as well!

antares · « **Reply #55 on:** April 01, 2011, 01:31:33 PM »

Quote from: emphatic

Pre-ordered!

Maybe you should have waited until 4:3 support is confirmed. They could still pull out a Guwange with this

emphatic · « **Reply #56 on:** April 01, 2011, 01:56:08 PM »

Well, that's really a worst case scenario. But as it's region free, I can always sell it here in Sweden quite easily.

But as it has smoothing on/off, individual scaling and zoom I just have to trust my gut.

Icemael · « **Reply #57 on:** April 01, 2011, 06:11:11 PM »

Quote from: emphatic on April 01, 2011, 12:50:14 PM

Quote from: Icemael on April 01, 2011, 09:46:29 AM
Do we know if it can TATE to the left, too?
I think it's safe to assume so. If you zoom in on that image, the PORTRAIT setting has a + before the value. Also, 5pb has done two TATE enabled CAVE ports already, so they should know what's what.

Cool. I'll probably get this, then.

EOJ · « **Reply #58 on:** April 06, 2011, 05:11:34 AM »

Early indications are this game is pretty awesome. Famitsu X360 gave it 8/9/8/7. Some of the reviewers' comments were:

-Light difficulty, a wide range of bonuses, and the game kicks in to high gear in the second loop
-In the first loop, you can make patterns just by destroying enemies, but in the second loop, you'll have to do a lot of bullet dodging too. The game has been finely balanced, and it's just magnificent.
-On the surface it looks like a Danmaku shooter, but underneath it's really more of an old-school shooter. A lot of strategy is required.
-I wish I could have found this game in an Arcade 10 years ago.

My copy has shipped so I should have it by the weekend. Can't wait to dig in.

EOJ · « **Reply #59 on:** April 06, 2011, 02:28:51 PM »

More info:

-No options to change difficulty or number of lives
-Autobomb ON/OFF
-Unlimited credits
-4:3 screen support! There are five main screen options: hori (display outside), hori (display inside), rotate 90 (display inside), rotate 180 (display inside), rotate 270 (display inside).