Genome Guardian 2

I know the "Jester" guardian is meant to be joke, but opening a web browser to a random link unprompted seems risky. All other aspects seem good, but opening links unwarranted just sours the game.

テキストのユーモア、親切なチュートリアル、ストイックなネオン。 硬派なローグラシューターかと思ったが、プレイ感はやや微妙。 ３０ウェーブがまず長い。もう少し圧縮できたのではないかと思う。 ぽつぽつ敵が出てくるウェーブを突破して、中間ショップで何も買えない事が多々ある。 ビカビカ光って強烈にドーパミン漬けになるかと思ったが、ショットにはオーバーヒート概念があり、化物のような弾幕を撃ち続ける事が難しい、思考の余地があるシューターとなっている。くそほどわかりにくい例えとしてシリアスサムのように考えて敵を倒していく感じだ。 ウェーブ中間でトライアルが発生するが、これもまた全然テンションが上がらない罰ゲームで、強化パーツを買う資金はともかく、リロールやメタ進行通貨ともう少し苦労に見合うような報酬が欲しかった。特殊な武器とかね。 無限のビルド、好きな人はずっとやる隠れた時間泥棒というより……知育？そんな雰囲気を感じる。強い組み合わせを探すのは楽しくもあるが……想像を絶するハイパーインフレはあまり感じられなかった。

I was impressed by this game from the beginning but then... I witnessed Jester guardian 🤡 I mean, the game can get visually intense and drop absolute bangers during normal play, sure. But Jester is something else - a descent to madness through total sensoric overload with extreme attention to detail. Possibly the very peak of both art and insanity. May Alpherior live long and prosper so he can share more of his genius (and insanity) with us!

Exellent sequal - more of everything, well balanced & very entertaining!

It's Genome Guardian with even more stuff. If you played the first Genome Guardian, you already know that's a really good thing. If you haven't: this game is a roguelite wave survival game with a weapon fusion & upgrade system that gives you a million bajillion different options for powering up your weapons during a run, on top of a million bajillion different options for your character/perks/etc on a run-to-run basis. These options are substantial, some to the point of creating an entirely unique playstyle. If you like experimenting with different bonuses, mixing and matching stuff to see what happens and how strong you can get, you'll probably like this game. Also, the dev (solo dev, I think? forgive me if I'm wrong) presents information in-game in a way that's very candid and, at times, witty, which I really appreciate - I like when games kinda pull down the veil between the developer and player and talk to the player directly, makes it feel more... "human", I guess? Anyways, in summary, this is an excellent sequel to a game that was already excellent.

Even better than the first one!

A serious evolution of the first game. Core mechanic is the same, just a boatload more content, game modes and genuine experimentation and build choices.

Just not very interactive

This game is genuinely insane with the amount of playtime, play styles, and customizations it offers you. Upgrades and achievements galore. Lore, chaos, and comedy on the side, and awesome songs from a variety of artists. Definitely worth the price. The demo was enough to get me hooked, and checking in on how the game has been dedicatedly expanded since then has only continued to blow me away. Only thing I regret is not putting in a good review sooner.

The Best Bullet Heaven game I ever played. Mostly because of insane amount of tactics involving many different combinations of parts you can combine to get unique interactions and great satisfaction when it just works out really well.