Crisis Wing

Nice simple game overall. This game definitely captures the Toaplan feeling with it's Truxton like graphics and the bullet patterns. I especially liked the boss fights. Maybe except the fourth boss because how lame it becomes when you destroy all orbs and second phase attack is just some aimed bullets which is dodgeable by moving a few pixels lol. This game also uses a Battle Garegga like medal chaining system. However it does one thing better which is making a sound when a medal appears unlike Garegga. It was so annoying in Garegga when a medal spawns without you realising and you lose your chain. But making a sound when a medal appears is a great idea to fix this issue. Still this game is nowhere as chaotic as Garegga though. My main gripe about this game is how long the stages are. I like the enemy variety but some times they get repetetive. Not to mention the game lacks presentation, all levels are just one scrolling background and that's all. Still like i said game has good enemy variety,good bullet patterns and bosses that definitely capture the Toaplan spirit. Which is why i recommend this game to any shmup fan.

Crisis Wing is perhaps the most Truxtan game I've played since Tatsujin. Like that Toaplan shooter, it features fast enemies that can take a few hits, sparse upgrades that make the game way easier if you can manage to max them out and keep them and giant skull faced bomb attacks. Among other things. I'm not wired to be good at Toaplan shooters. So, I find them to be extremely challenging. Given the extremely low percentage of players the even the meager achievements I done, it appears I'm not alone in this. Fortunately, Crisis Wing is generous with the continues. It does use a checkpoint system like some shooters of old. Which prevents the game letting players credit feed their way to the end easily. Especially since you start without any power ups. Did I mention that power ups are few and far between? Speaking of power ups, like Truxton, there's three. Well, four if you are unlucky enough to just get an extra bomb when you don't have any power ups. There's the red spread shot, which is good for crowd control, but even many popcorn enemies can take a few hits before being destroyed. There's the green shot, which is a wide, upward/forward firing wide shot. And finally, blue missiles which have a slower rate of fire. The control is good, though fast. I don't know if it me with poor routing or what, but I find the game wanting to me to squeeze through narrower windows of bullets and that controls often allow sometimes. If you can keep destroying the enemy ships, you can keep the game from becoming a bullet hell, but if your ship is powered down (or you let yourself get out of position grabbing a power up) it can be tough to stay on top of that. I recommend Crisis Wing. But not to newer/novice/casual shump players or even players that don't like how 20th century shooters were. Crisis Wing is a refinement of those 90s shooters, but it also carries a lot elements that made those games quarter munchers. I don't know if I will ever beat this game, even as generous as it is to let me keep trying.