NEO AQUARIUM - The King of Crustaceans -

i gooned to this game when i was 12

ゲーム「NEO AQUARIUM - The King of Crustables -」はたぶん全員向けじゃない。このクソを考えたやつは SICK C⚓NT。カラッパゲームス合同会社のことは心から愛してる。グラフィックみたいに、美しくて気持ち悪くて。信じられないほど JANK。でもそのニッチで攻撃的な性質と、境界的／𝑳𝑰𝑴𝑰𝑵𝑨𝑳ビジュアルのせいで、最終的な作品は ORGASMIC でマゾっぽくて、それが最高だと思う。たぶん。よくわからん……。まるで THE CIA SOLD CRACK COCAINE TO AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES みたいに、このソフトは現実をひっくり返して、お前の哀れで従順な人生に対して、コントロールも主体性もないって感じさせてくる。ファックユー。このゲーム、なぜか驚くほど（でも驚くべきじゃないほど）メカニクスが深い。だからマニュアル読め！めっちゃ貴重な情報が詰まってる。例えば、なんで ORGANIC MATTER のメーターがあるの？まあ、あってもいいだろ？ファックユー。終わり。

Neo Aquarium is one of those rare games that somehow manages to be both completely absurd and genuinely compelling — laser-firing crustaceans shouldn't work as a combat system, but the limb damage mechanics, meter management, and wildly distinct movesets for each creature give it a surprising amount of depth. The Snow Crab that can only move sideways, the Hermit Crab that retreats into its shell to negate damage, the Barnacle that barely moves but melts your health bar — each fighter feels authentically weird in a way that keeps you experimenting. The soundtrack is legitimately great, swinging between smooth jazz and Japanese vocal rock in a way that somehow fits perfectly. Controls take real adjustment and the game does almost nothing to explain itself, so expect a rough first hour before things click. If you can grab it on sale for a few bucks and have a friend to drag into local multiplayer, it's absolutely worth it.

This is singlehandedly the most influential gaming experience I have had the pleasure of playing in my 2 decades on this planet. Thank you creators of NEO AQUARIUM - The King Off Crustaceans, this game has truly shifted my perspective in a way no other piece of media has yet managed. It has been an eye opening experience

By far the best game I have EVER played! Insane story, amazing graphics and the best soundtrack in gaming history (I shed more than a tear). Love the replay function <3

It's never been better than this

This is peak

Really great idea to do Mech shooter with crabs It has a good foundation but very, very poor execution. Good Super unique destruction system that makes full use of the crustacean theme. Each limb determines your movement speed and if your crab has claws, the ability to grab objects/melee. Taking damage will destroy each limb and slow you down, you can regrow your shell but it takes skill points and leaves you vulnerable. Also, you can purposefully choose to purge your limbs to turn them into flying turrets or swords, at the risk of having less speed and armor. Some charged skills are more effective with all your limbs intact so you have to regulate your limb usage closely. Bad Annoying "fake bad translation" text : It gives itself away by going overboard in the opening text and overstays it welcome by the second level. Lots of 2000s era internet humor, forced typos and non sequiturs that takes away from what would be an interesting story about sea creatures being captured and forced to fight in an aquarium for entertainment. Would be far funnier if it just played itself straight. A few songs also try way too hard to sound like Japanese "engrish" covers. I can only assume they were going for the Youtuber audience. Hard to understand controls: There's no tutorial at all and the control tips are very vague. After trial and error you can understand the breakaway system and your different attack and skill modes, but mechanics such as the power, oxygen, temperature and "organic" meter eluded me. I have heard criticism's of the crab's movement, but that seems authentic to the way they swim in real life. Feedback on when shots connected or hit you are also not clear, so battles can become very disorienting. I think there's some sort of blocking system but there aren't any sounds or effects for it, so sometimes hitting the enemy with melee will delete half their health, and other times it will do nothing at all. A score list of the sea creatures you killed during the stage appears at the end, but I'm almost certain that they do not actually appear and the numbers are made up. Repetitive: From what I was able to play of the story, you have to play the same stage repeatedly until you complete the campaign and unlock a new one, unlike most fighting game arcade modes where you get a variety of locations throughout each play-through. A big missed opportunity considering how diverse ocean environments can be. There seems to be a level editor but I couldn't figure it out due to the controls. BUGGY: Game would always crash during or when restarting level 4 of the story mode. Never was able to get past this point. Ace of Seafood is a very different game, but I enjoyed that one far more. I hope that someday either this developer or another could retry AoS or Neo Aquarium with a higher budget because the concept is very strong.

Nice Soundtrack!

Absolutely incredible game. So glad I came across it. High shrimpgest you shrimp it. Shrimply shrimptastic!!! 🦐🦐🦐🦐🦐🦀🦀