Blaze of Storm

At the time of writing I've a little over four hours of play time with this game and, in the most praiseworthy way, it feels like I've poured dozens more into it. Time flies when you're having fun so goes the cliché. Part of this comes down to the game having a much stronger focus on getting a high score without being highly difficult or having an obtuse scoring system that requires an encyclopedic knowledge of enemy patterns, revenge bullets or anything like that. Not that I dislike those things in other shooting games but Blaze of Storm lays its cards on the table plainly and doesn't try to trick you with layers upon layers of mechanics. You have a weapon and a subweapon, you shoot stuff as quickly as possible and collect bonus diamonds to increase your score. That's it. It's a package that is highly welcoming to people new to the genre and levels the playing field for everyone to try and get a high score in their mode of choice. There is also an excellent caravan mode that seems to be pretty popular among players. It's the mode that I now play the most and it's the first time I've been hooked by such a mode for many years. With all of that said, there are also three difficulty modes. I am pretty good at shooting games but by no means a savant and I beat the Expert difficulty in one credit after a handful of attempts. It's not super difficult but the other difficulties also provide a good experience without feeling like they've been compromised. This is an excellent shooting game and I'm looking forward to seeing what the team do next.

テンポの良い縦スクロールSTGで、程よい難易度なので初心者からたのしめると思いました。 慣れてくれば装備を選んで速攻でボスを倒したり、キャラバンでハイスコアを狙うのも楽しいです。

This definitely feels like descendent of Raging Blasters, which is a great game in itself. This has good feeling weapons, very cool bosses, especially considering the graphical style, snappy controls. There's a little bit of visual clutter and confusing background animations, but once you play for 10 minutes you have a good handle on what is and is not a hazard. Terarin good.

ドット絵で構成された縦STG. サイバースペースをモチーフにしているので、グラフィックの描き込みが低くても、 表現としては十分だと思う。 ＜意外と忘れられてるサブウェポン性能＞ ・CHARGE　→　発射した弾当てるんじゃなくて、画面上端から折り返す攻撃がそこそこ強い ・SATELLITE　→　RBで範囲拡大。　サテライトを敵に重ねて攻撃する方が強い ＜惜しい所＞ ・配色。　もう少し目に優しいとかバリアフリー設計な配色切り替えが出来ると 　幅広い層に訴求できる要素があると思う。

展開が速い！　無駄が無い！ ボスの数が多い！　だけど倒すのが面倒とかじゃなくて倒すのが面白い！ DLCでも良いので、サーチレーザーとかロックオンレーザーみたいなのも使ってみたい！

ノーマルで一回しんで、コンテニューでクリア。 STGは殆どやったことないが、 アーケード感と令和感を併せ持ったゲームで、遊びやすく、爽快。 良いゲーム。

cleared all the difficulties on my first try. game is too easy. the scoring system is literally just dont die and kill all the enemies (way too simple) the highest score on the leaderboard right now is only slightly higher than what i got and i wasnt even trying to engage with it. i played the game for about 2 hours at most and im pretty much done with everything theres no reason to continue playing.

I played the original Raging Blasters and you can really see the growth in art and coding in this new title, Blaze of Storm. The developer really does a great job with the difficulty onboarding new players to the genre. I can't get through any of the traditional shoot 'em ups or recent modern hits like Zero Ranger / Blue Revolver, but was able to get through normal mode on this first playthrough. But going to hard mode after, the challenge ramps up and there's more difficulties to go, making for a smooth and fun challenge to progress curve. The music/art/visuals are all really well done, each level is a joy with new things happening all the time and so many wonderful, unique, and well designed bosses crammed into the 7 different stages. I know I don't have a very long playtime atm but can say I am very happy with my purchase and as a casual player this is one of my favorite entries I've tried and I plan on playing well into the future. It's also been fun to see the growth of the developer and I applaud their work and growth with this game.

さっくり楽しみたいなら良い感じ、ほぼ敵弾消せるので少し物足りないかも？ （難易度上げたら変わるかな？ ただ、作者の同系前作を触ってると画面が近く？て戸惑うかも… この手のゲームお約束、一番の敵は苦手な武器の取得（－－； 避けて被弾、取ってしまって動きが乱れて被弾～ それは其れとして、ガニアンsteamに来ませんかね？だめかな…

Another good one by Terrarin. I always love the unique combination of PC Engine'esque asthetics and gameplay. Good variety of sub-weapons although in 90% of cases, the Satellite weapon is the one to use; a bit overpowered in most cases.