TriggerHeart EXELICA ENHANCED

[後半に日本語レビューあり] [h1] The definitive edition that “enhances” TriggerHeart’s story — Faintia joins with high-resolution narrative [/h1] Originating in arcades in 2006, TriggerHeart EXELICA is a vertical-scrolling STG known for its unique system of capturing enemies with the “Anchor Shot” and throwing them, as well as its variable difficulty system V.B.A.S. This PC edition ENHANCED follows the line of the PS2 version ENHANCED (2009) while being reconstructed for the modern era as a “story-focused definitive edition.” The most notable feature is the addition of Faintia as a playable ship. With her own laser-based attack design and a separated leaderboard, she opens up new possibilities for score research. Compared with the PS2 version, her implementation is slightly re-balanced. The Enhanced Story Mode has been completely refreshed, with about 70 event stills remastered into high resolution and now fully voiced in Japanese. The animated opening produced by P.A.WORKS and the theme song “Gravity Error” sung by Ayane are also included, making this version one that strongly emphasizes narrative. In terms of gameplay, the tactics of the Anchor Shot and the interplay with V.B.A.S. remain intact, but the scoring multiplier specification differs from the 2024 “standard” PC edition. In Enhanced, the multiplier is fixed, shifting the strategy from the previous style of “throw to raise multipliers” toward “precision-oriented route building.” The Dreamcast-exclusive “Arrange Mode” is not included, but Arcade Mode supports vertical (TATE) play, and Training Mode is also present. Technically, this is more than a simple port. By analyzing and reconstructing from the PS2 ROM—where little source information remains—arcade-like effects and cut-ins have been faithfully reproduced. Without losing the original anime-style visuals, it has been polished for modern hardware, making it a remaster of high archival value. As a basis for comparison with the standard edition: those who want to pursue Arrange practice or traditional score exploitation should choose the standard version, while those who want to enjoy Faintia’s participation and the high-resolution story should choose the ENHANCED version. Since the two complement each other, it is reasonable for players to decide based on their own way of enjoying the series—whether one or both. [h1] トリガーハートの物語を“強化”する決定版——フェインティア参戦と高解像度ストーリー [/h1] 2006年のアーケードに端を発する『トリガーハート エグゼリカ』は、敵を「アンカーショット」で捕縛して投げつける独自のシステムと、可変難易度V.B.A.S.で知られる縦スクロールSTG。本PC版『ENHANCED』は、PS2版『ENHANCED』（2009）の流れを汲みつつ、現代に合わせ再構築された「物語重視の決定版」となっている。 最大の特徴は、フェインティアが自機として参戦した点。専用レーザーによる攻撃設計やランキング分離が実装され、スコア研究の新しい選択肢が広がる。PS2版からは少しバランス調整された実装となっている。そしてエンハンスド・ストーリーモードは全面的に刷新され、約70枚のイベントスチルを高解像度化、さらに日本語フルボイスで展開。P.A.WORKS制作のアニメOP、彩音「Gravity Error」の主題歌も収録され、物語性が前面へ押し出されているバージョンとなっている。 ゲーム面では、アンカーショットを用いた戦術とV.B.A.S.の駆け引きが健在だが、スコア倍率の仕様は無印PC版（2024）と異なる。エンハンスドでは倍率が固定化されており、従来の「投げて倍率を稼ぐ」攻略感覚から、「精度重視のルート構築」へとシフトしている。ドリームキャスト限定の「アレンジモード」は非収録だが、アーケードモードは縦画面（TATE）対応で、トレーニングも実装されている。 技術的にも単なる移植に留まらず、現在情報があまり残っていないPS2版ROMからの解析・再構築によって、業務用さながらの演出やカットインも再現。原作のアニメ調ビジュアルを損なわず、現行機向けに磨き上げた保存的価値の高いリマスターといえるのではないだろうか。 無印版との比較基準として、アレンジ修行や従来のスコア稼ぎを突き詰めたい人は無印版を、フェインティアの参戦や高解像度ストーリーを堪能したい人はENHANCED版を、というのが合理的な基準ではないだろうか。双方で補完し合う構造とも言えるので、プレイヤー各々のシリーズの楽しみ方でどちらか/どちらも選択しよう。 [quote][b]Check out our Steam curator ([url=store.steampowered.com/curator/36364102-Horny-Hentai-Festival/]link[/url]) , YouTube channel ([url=www.youtube.com/curatorhhf/]link[/url]), and X(Twitter) ([url=x.com/hhfcurator]link[/url])![/b][/quote]

The shmup contains a rather fun and unique (relatively speaking) gimmick - you can "catch" enemies, and then either swing them around, use them as a shield, or have them explode into other enemies. The game's stages has a lot of different ways to utilize this gimmick, from frantic bullet hell to outright "puzzle" sections. This version will likely have the not-unwarranted stigma of being too similar to the other release of Triggerheart, by the same publisher no less. They erred (big time imo) by running a kickstarter for the other port (based off the Dreamcast original), and before that one had finished (but had reached its funding goal), announce a second crowdfunding campaign for this game, which is based off of the PS2 "Enhanced" port. A more savvy move (that would require more effort) would be to combine both into the ultimate package. This stunt naturally sours one on the greedy nature of small shmup publishers, but don't let that distract you from a good game. So what are the differences? The main differences for Enhanced are: -this includes an extra playable character, Faintear (your rival in the main game) -this includes a Story Mode with VN-style CG drawn scenes (versus the story mode in the other port which is dialog boxes in-game) that is fully-voiced -this lacks the "arrange mode" which is an ultra-hard version of the game in the other port -this tweaks the scoring to put more emphasis on swinging/throwing enemies into other enemies (the og game had a chip multiplier that makes scores balloon, allowing several hundred million points in stage 1 alone) EDIT: NeoStrayCat has written up a very helpful guide denoting all the differences across the many versions of Exelica. Read it here! https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=1585607#p1585607 It's up to you to decide which of these features you want the most. The story mode is goofy, long-winded anime cheese, but that has its place in the world I like to think. The graphics were derided when the game first came out, but I think while definitely "indie" they look well enough and set the stage. There is nothing here as hideous as Exzeal or Trizeal. The music is excellent all around, and it even has an anime intro, so you know they wanted you to care about these anime girls in robot swimsuits. The overall difficulty is not too high and using the training mode to iron out the kinks, one might reasonably expect a 1cc. The bosses are tough, but the game's "adaptive" difficulty will actually show you more or less of boss fights depending on how many items you collect. If you have more than 3000 score medals collected, you will see more phases of a boss fight. Less, and the fights will end early - and in some stages, your rival Faintear will not appear unless you beat the boss with 3000 or more medals. You need these encounters (and not continue) to qualify for the good ending! A nice incentive to learn the game. A minor complaint is the game's relative low-resolution settings. 1080p and 1600x900 seem to be as high as it can go. I don't know if this is just to placate the underpowered switch, or if it's just the old ps2/xbox 360 code, but not having everything in higher resolution is especially lame. While it doesn't bother me to the point of complaining (outside of this paragraph), they should have tried a little harder. Overall, this game is a fun and unique shmup with some striking character design, neat gimmick-centered gameplay, and an overall package that you will enjoy if you are a fan of shooting games.

Will not go beyond 1080p. Or at least it will not go to 1440p on my desktop. 720p, 900p and 1080p were my only options. Full screen takes that resolution and linear scales it to the monitor resolution making the game blurry. I do not have a 4K display so I could not test that. Seems like if your refresh rate is not a multiple of 60hz it will do half vsync. On the Steam Deck OLED with it's 90hz display it was capped to 45fps until I dropped the refresh rate to 60hz. It was fine after that. However on the Steam Deck that are massive performance issues. When there are bullets and score pickups on screen the game will slow to 45/30 fps. When I use a bomb on the 1st stage boss the game slow to 20/15 fps. There was no slow down on desktop PC with a 7700x CPU and 9070XT GPU. I can only think there is some proton tweak needed to get the game to use the Steam Decks hardware properly. The deck should be able to hand this game. I have no issues with other 3d shumps. f Refunding for now. This barely feels like an enhanced version. To quote the top review from the previous port "the port is pretty bare-bone, with very few options, and arguably too expensive. But at least it works."f TLDR this is a 35 dollar DLC character repackaged as an updated game.

無印からOPアニメーションの追加、キャラの追加などキャラの魅力を広げる強化にシリーズ初プレイの私には満足できる内容でした。ただ、時代を感じるグラフィックやシンプルなアーケードモードは（なかなか高めの価格も相まって）当時のファン以外は手に取りにくいのではと思います。前作をすでに持っている人も悩むと思います。前作のトゥルーエンドを収録されていないのでシリーズ決定版とも言えない内容なのも難点です。しかしキャラには魅力があってストーリーモードも楽しかったので、私のようにシリーズ初体験でエグゼリカをいま手に取るなら無印よりこちらがおすすめだと思います

避け<スコア稼ぎシューティング 時系列を追えるのはいいがエンハンスドストーリーモードは台詞が入るたび停止するのでテンポが悪い まあフェインティア好きなら無印よりエンハンスドがオススメ ただクリア時のカットインが基本1枚だけなんで寂しいですかね あと別売のサントラに彩音のGRAVITY ERRORはないんで注意

フェインティアのイラストで、ぎりぎり見えていた割れ目が今回なくなってる。 なぜだ？あれがこのゲームの全てだろ。 アップデートで正しく修正しろ。 人類を敵に回してどうすんだ。 ゆるせねぇ。

very swag and kool

i love throwing enemies into other enemies, and it's great that this version lets me do that as much as i like without lowering the multiplier. if i could have chosen between this and the previous version also on steam, i would have chosen this one. very fun game edit: oh, also, the linux support was another reason why i wanted to get this game, but it runs very slowly on my ancient thinkpad x220 with linux. runs fine on the less-ancient t480 with windows at least

[h1] 这次，终于把完整的加强版端上来了 [/h1] TriggerHeart，最早是一款2006年诞生于街机平台的作品，由于其在街机平台上获得了巨大的人气，随后分别于2007年和2009年将加强版作品移植到了DC平台以及PS2平台。而在游戏发售后，过了快20年，仍能够被拿出来炒冷饭，可见其人气与质量之高。 本作的主要玩法是俯视角的弹幕射击游戏，近几年来STG类型的游戏是越来越少，一方面是因为较为硬核的游戏玩法，容易劝退大部分手残玩家，另一方面也是因为STG游戏现在以及越来越难整出新花样了。而本作则是在06年的原版中，就大胆地创新出了锁链投掷的玩法。在本作中玩家可以通过长按锁链键将敌机抓住，被抓住的敌机既可以用来挡子弹，也可以用来投掷出去砸向敌人。虽然只有这一处玩法上的创新，但是对于STG玩法逐渐趋同的现在，已经是非常有趣的设计了。而剧情模式的多结局条件也比较明了，续关通关只能达成普通结局，而不续关通关就能达成自机角色的真结局。 而对于目前STEAM上的两个版本，也有必要单独聊聊。 于24年发售的Trigger Heart Exelica，虽然与本作一样，都是重置版，但游戏内容本身其实是移植于2007年的DC版，在街机版本的基础上增加了Arcade/Story/Arrange/Training等模式，并且新增了网络排名功能，画面水平也进行了一定的升级，还支持繁体中文。 而今年发售的TriggerHeart Exelica Enhanced，则是移植于2009年的PS2版，在DC版本的基础上，新增了一名专属武器為可以持续给予敌人伤害的的雷射武器的新自机，并且在DC原版的基础上，新增了70张全新CG以及全语音的主线剧情、由PAWORKS制作的开场动画以及Ayane献唱的主题曲，对现有的角色也进行了一定的平衡性调整。可以说本作毫无疑问就是TriggerHeart的最好版本。但是令人比较匪夷所思的是，本次TriggerHeart Exelica Enhanced只有英语和日语两种语言。 综上所述，本作是一款经典的优秀STG游戏，对于目前STEAM上的两个版本，老版本自带官方中文，方便游玩，而新版本虽然没有中文，但是是目前最完善最完整的版本，各有优劣，这方面就交给玩家自己取舍了。 [quote] 亲亲亲！亲亲亲！噗铃噗铃！爱你爱你！姆尼姆尼！叻咯叻咯！姆拉姆拉！[url=https://store.steampowered.com/curator/44515001]不动不动不动卿[/url]亲亲亲！亲亲亲！爱你爱你！姆尼姆尼！噗铃噗铃！波隆奴璐璐！叻咯叻咯！ [/quote]

I played this game a lot on the Xbox 360, and as far as I can tell, it is all here and accounted for. It's lovely to play again, and the anchor mechanic is super addictive and fun, and it sets it apart from the pack! I think the art is great, too. So overall this was a very positive experience. However, I have to point to a pretty big issue I was having. The sound was horrid. It was really crunchy and poorly balanced, shaking me out of my seat when I defeated an enemy. It wasn't pleasant at all. I tried playing with the Enhanced soundtrack as well as Arcade, and it didn't seem to make much difference when it came to the jarring sound effects. My ears might be playing tricks on me, but I swear the Enhanced soundtrack sounded really bad. The Arcade one was great. But the Enhanced one sounded too crunchy for me, like they accidentally supplanted a high bitrate soundtrack with a lower one meant for small files sent by email. I'm not an expert, so maybe the game's sound effects were this jarring in the Xbox Live Arcade version I've had by my side for all these years. I don't recall it being that way, though. Other than that sound issue, again, a wonderful time. One of my favorite shmups of all time. I can't wait to play my number one favorite, Castle of Shikigami III, very soon after posting this review! These games aren't lighting the Steam charts on fire, but I'm grateful that this publisher has afforded us the opportunity to relive them, the teeny-tiny niche of a community that's already in a niche genre, that we are.