Maf Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 Oh shit, a bullet hell game with high production values? Yes, please Looks like this game was announced 2 years ago but I couldn’t find a thread for it. Not sure I’ve seen it before but it’s on the radar now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 looks good, I really like the world, but that looks a little difficult to read Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfnick Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 12 hours ago, Maf said: Oh shit, a bullet hell game with high production values? Yes, please Exactly my thinking. I’m in on this. Konami though…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DANGERMAN Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I also meant to say it reminds me of Under Defeat in Psyvariars world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 On 25/08/2022 at 11:22, Maf said: Not sure I’ve seen it before but it’s on the radar now. @mfnick It's not Konami per se. The game was in development for almost two years at an indie studio (founded by some Pixar alumni, interesting career switch). Konami just swooped in as a publisher last year for some reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandsomeDead Posted August 26, 2022 Share Posted August 26, 2022 I don't really know what Konami are up to these days. They've certainly lost a lot of goodwill over the last, heck, 20 years probably with occasional worthwhile games. It's hard to say if their turn to a shittier business paid off in profits. Maybe it was, it's hard to tell. I suppose them still existing means something. But they've got to be aware of that reputation, and surely there are those there that care about their legacy and want them to be there again, and I suppose that's how decisions like this are made. I'd like to see Konami get their shit together and maybe this is a start. Those Contra and Castlevania collections come from a place of care too. Even that other new-ish Contra game didn't come from a place of cynicism to me; they tried something and it didn't work out. So critical support for Konami when they make good decisions. I hope this is one of them. Like Dangerman, I also get Under Defeat vibes from it. I'm not a shmup guy but I liked that and this does look very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted September 2, 2023 Share Posted September 2, 2023 This is, thankfully, still alive and Konami are bringing it to TGS: https://www.konami.com/games/event/tgs/lineup.html#0.5 A new trailer is expected but I hope they can finally give us a release date as well. Edit: Seems they confirmed a physical release a few ago weeks ago, maybe it's not too far off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted June 9, 2024 Share Posted June 9, 2024 Trailer is a nothinburger, but it's coming out on the 6th August. If this is even half as good as it looks we'll be in for a treat, but I try to go in with reasonable expectations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryokutai Posted June 12, 2024 Share Posted June 12, 2024 Very unusual for a big outlet to spend so much time on a game like this, but nice to see (even though the very American format with the cheering crowd is insufferable). Generally speaking it still looks promising, but there are a few things that I find a bit worrisome. For one they seem to imply that not all damage is avoidable (the ship has an HP bar) which I think is a fundamentally bad way to design an action game. I'm fully on board with Koji Igarashi's ideology that it should technically be possible to get through a game without taking a single hit, no matter how difficult it would be. Secondly at some point they show some sort of customisation/inventory and I'm not a big fan of that. I think shoot'em ups should be streamlined above all else and have their complexities in a layer below, but that's just me. And lastly they show a certain segment with randomised level geometry which kind of defeats the purpose of getting better trough replays? Hopefully it's just an exception and not a recurring thing. But that all said it's obvious they're trying to do something a bit different than your usual Japanese shoot'em up, so I'm ready to find out whether it works or not. Some stuff in Sine Mora would probably have put me off on paper but it turned out to be one of my all-time favourites, so you never know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted August 1, 2024 Author Share Posted August 1, 2024 This game is free on Epic from 08/08/24 https://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/pc-cygni-all-guns-blazing-free-to-keep-4389503 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maf Posted August 6, 2024 Author Share Posted August 6, 2024 Sick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spatular Posted August 9, 2024 Share Posted August 9, 2024 Wasn’t intending to get this unless it got good reviews or get it later/cheap, but as it’s free… it shows the Konami logo then crashes to desktop. So I’ll wait till it’s fixed or google has more ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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