Disaster Arms - Impact Project B.A.H.N.

A fantastic side-scrolling boss rush game, much akin to something like Alien Soldier. The challenge is fair, the music is great, and it is a strong contender for something to just pick up and play. Recent patches have given some nice quality of life changes, and there is a mode that gives you infinite continues if the higher difficulties prove too challenging. Had a great time playing it on the Steam Deck.

I'll write more once I get deeper through the game, but I've finally found a game that captures that Alien Soldier feel. A few quick thoughts: 1.) The game is balanced around the "shoot straight ahead and strafe" control style, which is a really inspired design choice. 2.) I love the hand-drawn art style. 3.) The soundtrack absolutely rips, and captures a lot of what I love about Treasure's soundtracks for the genesis.

Muy buen juego, mucha variedad en sus jefes, controles muy fluidos y buena dificultad con un arte muy bonito. Muy recomendado.

Amazing game, lots of arcade action, nice graphics and cool solid mechanics. It's definitely a fun game. There's a lot of variety in the level design which keeps this linear game fun and engaging until the end. There's a lot of mechanics from the beginning, which some might percieve as overwhelming, but since you can rewatch the tutorial, the mechanics are all fun, and the beginning of the game is quite lenient, it's not a real problem. It's a game you can pick up and play and simply have fun, but there's mechanical depth to it. I played in basic mode, which is not really an easy mode, but rather an mode where you don't have to start from the beginning if you lose all your lives, so it's gonna kick your ass. The difficulty is fair tho, only the this one "boss" you have to chase down took me a long time to figure out how to beat it, but your mileage might vary. Things I didn't like were: the gravity mechanic was a bit too confusing at times. If you fall down a pit, the game shoots you back up and that can get confusing or you might hit a ceiling and go back down, or simply disappear like it happened to me in one autoscrolling level. The text goes too fast, there's an option to slow it down, but I think it should have been a bit slower by default. This is more personal, but I don't like to fight so many bosses, I prefer running around levels, but here you spend more time fighting bosses than doing anything else; however, some games are boss rushes and this is what this game is going for and does it well enough for me to actually finish it. Overall, highly recommended. I'll try the other difficulties in the future.

過去作のSomnaBusterが面白かったので購入。 メガドラ風のBGMと大胆なデフォルメの効いたグラフィックは健在。(このアートスタイル大好き) 日本語に対応していてストーリーが追いやすいのも嬉しいところ。 内容は、短めの2Dプラットフォーム→ボスを凄い勢いで繰り返すというもの。 8エリアに30体という密度なのでほぼボスラッシュと思ってよい。 難易度にもよるが、コンティニューに回数制限があったり回復アイテムが少なかったりとアーケードゲーム的な雰囲気を感じた。 攻撃方法は遠距離のショット、近距離のパンチ、必殺技で大きく分けて3種類。 ショットはさらに4種類を切り替えられるが、いずれも攻撃範囲が広めでそこまで意識することは無かった。 パンチと必殺ゲージのチャージがセットになっているのがミソで、慣れるとガンガン必殺技が撃てる。 総じてテンポが良くて楽しかった。 ・一点だけ気になった点 [spoiler] ラストに弾を避けてゴールを目指すパートがあるのだが、ここだけ操作感覚が違う上にタイムリミットもあるのでかなり焦る。 個人的には最後まで同じシステムで遊びたかった。[/spoiler]

Indulgent in a way more games ought to be, and all the more emotionally resonant for it. The Treasure-inspired action platformer every kid who grew up with even one of their games wanted to make. We've all imagined our own Disaster Arms in our heads, and you can actually play this one.

worst part about this game is realizing that when i (hopefully) eventually make my own Alien Soldier (1995) successor it will have this to compete with Legitimately very good. The dev's signature art style is in great form, and I love all the skeletal animations. The soundtrack is impressive in that it captures the Genesis sound in a way I think most "retro" games fail to. It's no walk in the park either. Some of the bosses are brutal! The controls are a little awkward at first, but again, as an Alien Soldier send-up it makes sense. Definitely a highlight of 2025

This is a fantastic homage to the late, great company Treasure's Alien Soldier, but much more accessible in terms of weapon management and simplified aiming. Lots of creative bosses; fun chunni storyline; rocking YM2612 (Genesis/Megadrive synth) soundtrack; what's not to like?

オマージュ元のエイリアンソルジャーは未プレイですが、SomnaBusterの作者さんなら間違いなく面白いだろうと思って購入。 お話はシリアスな一方で、巨大ロボットやエイリアンがたまに人間臭い動きをして愛嬌のある感じ、まさにコナミ・トレジャーの系譜。 それ以外にもいろいろなゲームから象徴的なシーンが散りばめられており、満足度の高い作品です。 難易度は3つ、簡単なものからベーシック・アドバンス・インパクト。 ベーシックはコンティニュー無制限で自由にステージを選べる、気軽にストーリーを追える難易度。 その他はコンティニュー回数制限あり・途中セーブなしのアーケードゲーム形式となります。 アーケード筐体を想起させる操作説明も相まって、通しプレイが華という印象。 途中で最大HPは増えていくし、穴に落ちてもダメージだけで済むのでアドバンスなら意外と余裕があります。 全ステージ通して40分くらいの長さで、脳から指先へ神経が直列する感じ、主人公と一心同体で走り抜ける感覚が楽しい。 インパクトは敵の弾速・攻撃パターンが増加する設定で、むやみに敵のHPを増やすとか姑息な調整ではないのが好感触。 予習ができない分常にスリルと隣り合わせ、パンチやダッシュを文字通り己の手足として活路を開け！ [spoiler]MELON PANもどきにまんまと引っかけられたのは屈辱だ[/spoiler] 個人的な好みは[spoiler]スコアの扱い。 スコアなんて本来ゲームそのものと関わりのない値で、マジで興味ない人間からすると盲腸みたいな存在で……それが意義あるパラメータに転じる瞬間に驚きがあるし、ちょっくらスコアを稼いでみようという動機にもなるのがよいところです。[/spoiler] 日本語翻訳の実装がストーリーを理解しつつスムーズに遊ぶうえでありがたいところ。 初期版は文字が改行されずにウインドウからはみ出て読めないところがありましたが、現在は修正されています。 BGMも引き続きメガドラサウンドで盛り上げてくれるし、深層心理に切り込むような旋律で生物工学の世界に深みを与えてくれます。 サントラも前作のSomnaBusterではぶつ切りが多かったのに比べて、ほぼ2ループでフェードアウトするよう統一されており、聴きやすく改善されているのでおすすめ。

Wow, don't miss this one. Gunstar Heroes meets Pizza Tower in a game of high intensity short bites. It's half run n' gun, half boss rush, all style and heart. An insane amount of effort has been put into the artwork and the music, which is pure irony because most levels are flat out designed to be completed in three minutes or less. It can be as easy or as hard as you want; it's one of those games that rewards players for becoming skilled at it while still being a full and digestible experience for those who are less good at video games (myself). Soundtrack kicks major a$$. Definite highest point in a game with a lot of high points. Five stars, grab this thing.