ASTRONAUTILUS

[note: this review was made before loopbreaker update, so it's heavily outdated] good roguelike shmup with a lot of obvious effort pulled into. people mention monolith a lot, i'd also add a game downwell to the list of obvious influences (my fav roguelike-genre-salad game so far). i can definitely see why game didn't got that popular though - even if bullet-hell, shmup is a specific genre and indeed game kind of lacks in dynamic. not that i see it as a problem imo - the gameplay is very nuanced and challenging. also, maybe that's around where rogue-like indie started running out of it's welcome? i dunno me dumb just wanted to write something meaningful in review. graphics are tasty, music is great and it hurts to see game w/ so much effort pulled into ost to not get that much attention. totally liked the game. found it hitting this strange gap in my wishlist (sorting by %rating), among other games that had not enough reviews to form rating to compare with other games. was totally worth it!

a great, tightly designed roguelike shmup. fantastic art and ost, as well as a remix album thrown in for good measure (which can be bought same as the normal ost, go buy them). the gameplay is tough but fair due to being a dense bullet hell, in both its stages and bosses. buy this game and play it

monolithチックな横スクロールSTG！ この手のローグライクSTGにある装備アンロック要素はなくかなりコンパクトにまとまってます ただし難易度はかなり高いです ・一面から飛んでくる撃ち返し弾 ・海の底へと潜っていく設定上常に画面左に流される自機 ・ステージクリア後のショップや自機のアップグレードの出現がランダム　酷い時は何もなし ・ブリンクなしだとかなりキツイ後半面のステージギミック ・[spoiler] 最終面アンロックキー集めの中ボス戦がボム使用不可[/spoiler] ある程度STG自体に慣れてないときつい部分はありますがmonolithよろしくドット絵とBGMは魅力なのでやろう！

this game is so ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ good

weno

It's crazy how this game is just the best one <3 But like fr this is such a fun game to play, the mechanics are sooo cool, the characters and world building are such a joy to experience and the soundtrack is insanely good. There are a few slight bugs but none were gamebreaking or made me enjoy the game less. This is definitely one of my favorite games and it is a joy to replay. I recommend picking it up if you like bullet hell games with a large amount of variety, replayability, and cool characters :3

Good shmup roguelite, the pearl mechanic is interesting and fun and the levels don't get repetitive. Very well designed bosses.