Kamikaze Lassplanes

TL; DR: a fun side-scrolling SHMUP/visual novel whose story is surprisingly heavy and with mechanics that will likely satisfy most casual and hardcore audiences, but leave neither blown away with its otherwise standard gameplay. Pros: -bright and alluring art style that both pleases and lulls the player into a false sense of calm, allowing the story to hit all the harder when the reveal times come -voice acting, while sparse, is done well -once you get into the flow of the combat loop you hit that "fun zone" that games like Doom: Eternal like to tout -somehow the story makes the existence of plane waifus make sense -the plane waifus have some of the strongest writing in the game, as well as character development that fits their backgrounds and what happens during the story Cons: -small gripe, but: you can't rename the protagonist (not exactly a standard VN feature, but would be welcome here) -numerous grammar & spelling mistakes (at least in English) -by the end the gameplay gets more repetitive than most SHMUPs simply because it lacks the same level of depth, with some mechanics (especially one particularly fun time-slowing ability) introduced and used only in that one stage -the writing can forget itself sometimes, i.e. you'll have a conversation with a character and have resolved a situation, only in a scene directly following to be as if that conversation never happened...it only happens a few times, but is frustrating as it yanks you right of the otherwise good immersion; the story also leaves a LOT of questions unanswered, and much of it seems like it will never be explored Overall, this is quite a good indie effort with fun gameplay, interesting characters, and a good amount of playtime (took me about 10 hours to reach my first ending, and there are eight endings in total). While it doesn't really do anything special in either the SHMUP or VN genres, it ends up being more than the sum of its parts to create a compelling narrative that drives you to see how far down this plane waifu rabbit hole goes.

This is one of those games made with love. The VN story, the shoot em up sections are cool, the art is nice, the ost tracks are enjoyable; none of these elements are groundbreaking on their own, but being put together like this, they elevate this little game to a little hidden gem in my opinion. Yes, there are flaws, yes, sometimes the plot feels a bit rushed towards the endings, I feel like there could be a 2-player coop arcade mode (though ask, would need a lot of rebalancing I suppose), but damn I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy all of what this title had to offer.

Aucun nibard dans les 5 premieres minutes, j'ai ejaculaient sans rien me mettre sous la dent

[Intro] Being an old fan of the OG transformers, I couldn't pass up the idea of a magical girl take on it. So I downloaded the demo, then as one does at my age, promptly forgot about it. [Demo] It absolutely showcases the feel of the game, good and bad, so if you're not hooked by it, you likely won't like the whole game either. [Graphics] I have absolutely nothing to complain about here. The 3D aspects are amazing on all the ships, the cutscenes are great, the on-screen effects are well done and most IMPORTANTLY in a shoot 'em up, they're NOT blocking your view! Only thing I'd wish for was more of the VN scenes, you could use almost any of them as your desktop background, that's how good the art is. [Gameplay] Both the VN and the shoot 'em up parts have simple, but very serviceable controls. Nothing super fancy, but it absolutely works. Also, you can totally play this game with an old SNES controller, if you have one of those fancy USB ones, just saying! (D-PAD FOR LIFE) [Story] First off, I haven't had a story this engrossing and captivating since the Final Fantasy 7 days, I see a lot of inspiration from that era and from Final Fantasy Tactics. This is a story about war and highlights every aspect of it, good and bad. However, the bit of critique I have about the story from a technical writer's viewpoint is that a lot of scenes drag on for too long, having a bit too much exposition by the characters. Yes, it's important to know the motivation, but when the character rehashes the same thoughts more than once, it's a bit superfluous. That being said, you know a story is good when it ends and you go "BUT IT CAN'T END NOW, IT WAS GETTING TO THE GOOD PART!!!!!" without you feeling like you got cheated out of a satisfying ending. While there are threads left hanging, I think that's intentional for a sequel. I will also add something more about the story at the end of this review and mark it with spoilers. You are hereby warned. [Summary] I like the idea of this game as it marries two of my favourite kinds of games and pulls it off decently. I will say that there's so much more potential in this that can be unlocked though. The VN portions are good, but can use more alternative branching options, the shoot 'em up parts are working, but could also use a lot more upgrades. If you're making a sequel, I think it'd benefit from the following: * Upgrade system to encourage getting higher scores for upgrades. If you want an example for it, check out UN Squadron for the SNES, you earn money, unlock upgrades, get better and then you can tackle harder missions. * Selectable missions on a world map, while the VN portion might have to consider modules that interact (and thus making writing more difficult) it's still a good thing. Also, secret gear in stages to encourage re-running missions gives longevity to the game. * More different kinds of Lassplanes with more unique gameplay, while the ones we encounter in the game are interesting, there's not a lot of difference in their gameplay. For inspiration, check out Axelay and Parodious on the SNES, excellent ideas there that you can build on! * Tighter story with options to dive further into the characters stories yourself. While I understand the desire to make sure the player understands the backstory and motivation of the characters, I think notes, stories, maybe even audio recordings could work here. DOOM 3 is a perfect example of how to cram tons of lore into a game, while still allowing the players who are just in it for the gore to play it too. * The ability for me to move around the areas myself as the player. * Secrets, the more the merrier, secret dialogue options, secret random teleports in stages to creepy/wonderful/super weird places, yes please. I understand why the two parts of the game are sort of bare-bones, because the scope is really big here. However, I think that it has such potential of more work was put into both parts. Because I found this game to be really compelling. [SPOILER PART GOES HERE] So, I realized that when you report back to the fortress again after you defend it successfully, there was a really HUGE missed opportunity for a more harsh narrative blow there. We really don't talk that much to anyone else outside of the lassplanes and the main character. This means we never really get some depth of the people that are there, which means that it's really hard for the player to emotionally understand the gravity of what's happened. There's no faces to put to the reality that everyone's gone. If you'd had repeated interactions with people with faces and personas every time you got back from a mission, you'd build a report with them. By contrast, Lunefell felt ten times worse for me as a player, because I had a picture of what that place was and who lived there. Just some food for thought for the writer. That being said, pulling off these different story beats is an impressive feat and the world building is really good. I say that, because my mind is wandering to the outside world fortress, wondering what happened. Because obviously I can't really trust the history being presented. It's somehow reminiscent of Final Fantasy X, which brings all those different kinds of emotions to the table and simultaneously tells a very stark story. I can't wait to see where you take it from here!

Spędziłem z tą produkcją troszkę czasu i muszę przyznać bawiłem się dobrze. Oceniam na 7/10, co prawda jest to ocena troszeczkę zawyżona, niemniej jednak doceniam twórców i ich starania, bo jest wykonana porządnie. Wielu graczy w recenzjach opisało już plusy i minusy tej gry, więc nie będę się powtarzał. Żałuję, że teł i artów (nawet odważniejszych, jak najbardziej da się to wybalansować) nie było więcej. Niestety, ale powtarzalność wizualna w pewnym momencie zostawia spory niedosyt. Fabuła ciekawa, skręcająca w pewnym momencie w poważne wątki i uderzająca w dość "mroczne" tony (nic więcej nie mówię, by nie spoilerować). Brakło mi pewnego wyważenia, zwłaszcza pod koniec gry. Muzyki pana Reikowskiego jak na lekarstwo, ale dobre i to, bo to zdolny człowiek i chcę się słuchać utworów :) Generalnie, powiem tak. Bawiłem się dobrze, grało mi się przyjemnie. Niemniej jednak Twórcy zaostrzyli mi apetyt, co mnie cieszy, bo chciałbym po prostu więcej :) PS: Gdy tak już odpocząłem od gry, przemyślałem sobie parę rzeczy to zamarzył mi się kiedyś KL Remake. Z wieloma zróżnicowanymi tłami, odważniejszymi wątkami romansowymi i bogactwem artów. Po prostu, z większym budżetem, taki blockbuster Kamikaze Lassplanes. I rozmarzyłem się, że byłaby to ocenowo pełoprawna 9-tka :D Gratulacje dla Twórców. Bardzo fajny summer game vibe. Chce się więcej!

这游戏整体我不做评价,因为就打了个教程关卡,不能算好评,只能算中评吧: 这个简体中文是纯机翻的,甚至连润色都没润色,为什么说没润色呢,男主walter沃尔特给翻译成神秘少女(请看商店页面轮播图的第三张,就在对话框上面显示着!!!),女主alba最初的时候翻译成事物,不能说是比极乐迪斯科还晦涩难懂吧,至少可以说大部分句子读起来非常难受,建议切换成繁体翻译进行游戏,当然繁体也是机翻,比如有很多英文的后置定语,翻译成中文也没改顺序,但我觉得是微润过的,至少男主叫沃特而不是神秘少女了www 给制作组的建议 1.这游戏的日常对话肉眼可见的多,如果是机翻的话,建议增加ctrl按钮,可以快进对话,游戏里面虽然有跳过选项,但必须是已读文本才能跳,这就导致我看不懂这机翻是在说什么,所以我想跳过直接战斗爽,但因为没法跳过,所以我必须要看对话,但机翻读起来非常的难受,从开始到进教程打飞机将近三十分钟都在对话状态,看着蛮累的,而且日常对话较为白开水,男女主也没有啥特色可言,总之很难让人眼前一亮,另外,这游戏除了对话以外穿插的文本,比如对方的表情反应,内心活动,场景渲染等等在文本中占比空间很大,多到让我感觉有些冗余了,有种华而不实的感觉,没有gal那些高手文案例如麻枝准那种平平淡淡,精简扼要的白话功底 2.像这种gal对话框还是纯机翻的这种,我一律建议所有游戏都加上双语对话框(第二字幕),这样既可以对看不懂的文本用原英文重新理解一番,也可以在阅读中学习英文,一举两得,至少正反馈还是有些的 3.随便找个日本gal学学交互怎么做的,举例:日志(文本回溯)建议加上是谁谁说的,别整成纯文本...等等

[h3]■購買前須知[/h3] [b]1. 這款遊戲是一般向遊戲[/b] [b]2. 中文為機翻，許多劇情會讓人狀況外[/b] [b]3. 並不是全語音[/b] 如果這些問題你覺得可以接受的話，那麼就可以購入了。 [h3]■遊玩感想[/h3] [b]●劇情[/b] 當初我原本是因為這款遊戲美術有蒸汽龐克元素因此購入的，不過世界觀的蒸汽龐克元素其實不多，這點倒是讓我有點小失望。 劇情挺有意思的，並非傳統的王道路線，而是帶有一種懸疑色彩且與雙女主角共同成長的故事。只不過...角色的行為動機有點缺乏主因，很多似乎都是為了服務劇情而行動，玩下來會覺得有點突兀，除此之外還不錯。 [b]●戰鬥[/b] 本作的清版彈幕遊玩起來很有爽感，操作手感很好、道具也很多，Boss戰設計上也很刺激，而且意外的怪物種類還挺豐富的，非常值得一玩。 [b]●總結[/b] 整體是非常好玩的一款遊戲，雖然我已經失去原先期待蒸汽龐克元素的心情，但是意外的體驗了另一種自己平常不會接觸的遊戲，體驗非常良好。

Reccomended! At the beginning may seem like a slow and romantic story, but in the end it turned out to be a beautiful war story and you might face sad endings if you made some choices..very long game too (reach 24 hours but im italian so i take my time to read, and I still have to see other endings and play in arcade mode.) The shmup part is very good, the normal difficulty is easy so an experienced player should start with hard mode..the enemy and projectile are clear and readable,no confusion.. I did not like that there are not many interactions with characters outside of the trio, and the external characters are not represented by an artwork, it would have made everything even more serious, complete and less romance.

[h1]КАМИКАДЗЕ-КАМИКАДЗЕ, ДАЛЬШЕ МНЕ С ТОБОЮ НЕЛЬЗЯ[/h1] Потрясающий проект, который погружает сразу же в детство, где на подобных самолетиках летали и превозмогали против орд разномастных противников. Только там вид сверху был, а здесь сбоку, но так даже сложнее получается. Сюжет интересен, особенно ключевой поворот, который просто сносит голову и ты поражаешься, а почему что-то подобное не делают в крупных проектах... А после погружаешься в долгую печаль от услышанного и увиденного, ведь вещи показаны страшные. Эротика и ее подтекст уместны и все не скатывается в типичный хентай. Целомудренно, так сказать, даже открывающиеся в галерее дополнительные сцены. Персонажи раскрыты полностью, даже наш безликий протагонист. Геймплей прост, есть разные бонусы, в том числе и присущие только определенному самолету (коих всего два, т.е две пассии, между которыми выбирает игрок). Музыка разнообразна и не выбивается из общей канвы повествования. Боссы имеют разные атаки, а некоторые из них даже фазы и ультимативные способности. Финал открыт и надеюсь будет продолжение, еще мрачнее и беспощаднее. Из нюансов могу выделить некоторые баги при быстрой смене режима огня, а также практически полное отсутствие каких-либо иных живых персонажей в истории. Из-за подобного складывается ощущение, что мир мертв, хотя в диалогах бурно обсуждаются знакомые, друзья и просто люди, которых в сценах нет и даже в качестве массовки для дальних планов тоже. Категорически рекомендую к прохождению, если вы любите оригинальные истории, которые слегка разбавляются интересным геймплеем старых игровых проектов и автоматов.

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