Winged Sakura: Mindy's Arc

一款毫无游戏性的塔防游戏。。关键是我TM还通关了。。

虚假宣传的截图 爷i了

Grindy and quite uninteresting tower defence game with okay graphics. Would probably work best on a mobile platform if you want some busywork. On PC there are better options: If looking for tower defence, take a look at GemCraft. If looking for Anime ****, you have roughly 50% of steam catalogue to choose from...

ultimate grind fest

A horizontal row tower defense where you summon temporary defenders (instead of permanent towers). The story is okay I guess for an anime plot. It's more like an introduction to the world and characters because there's a lot left unresolved (though to be fair, there's a sequel). And sometimes characters prioritize certain things or have fun at others' expense (which based on your tolerances/personality can be received well or poorly). Gameplay:[list] [*] Each level contains waves of enemies that come in on a timer. You can send the next wave in early but get no reward (other than having your current summons be able to fight multiple waves for energy & time efficiency). When you win the battle you gain XP and up to 6 items/item components for crafting/selling. [*] You have two main resources: Spiritual Energy (purple) and Energy (blue). S. Energy is used to summon temporary spirit defenders. Energy is used to cast spells. You gain both passively but you also gain S. Energy by defeating attackers. [*] Spirits have cooldowns (so you have to wait between summons) and staying power (how long they stay on the field before disappearing). The majority of spirits only attack their current row. Spirits also attack with a element (which make them better/worse against various enemies) and may have other properties (some spirits can pierce through shield-wielding enemies). [*] You summon spirits in response to the wave of enemies. For example, you'd use anti-shield against advancing shield enemies and then a regular DPS summon to take out the unshielded enemies behind. Or you'd use your own shield summon to stall and group up a bunch of fast-moving enemies and then use an AoE summon to take them out. There is tactical pause on most difficulties but in Insane you have to rely on mouse dexterity to summon things quickly enough. [*] Spells are pretty simple. You have 4 spell slots and choose between damaging spells, energy conversion spells (between S. Energy and Energy), and utility spells (freeze enemies, pause summon timer, reset spell cooldowns). [*] Late in the game you get access to freely toggle transformation which drains S. Energy (and dispels the transformation when too low) but also massively boosts your spirits' power. [*] As you get XP both you and your spirits level up. Your spirits get stat boosts while you get a skill point every two levels. The skill tree unlocks spells and eventually strong passives (like improved transformation and gain energy per kill). [*] Spirits have two equipment slots for a weapon and a trinket. Equipment give stat boosts but they come in various tiers (White/Green/Yellow/Blue/Purple/Orange). You use the crafting system to upgrade tiers and also to boost items to +99. However, the + modifier isn't kept when you upgrade tiers (so don't bother spending too much unless you need to get stronger immediately). [*] There's so much grinding. You have to grind levels for crafting recipes & shop item availability. And then it's really expensive to craft and upgrade things. And you want to delay grinding as much as possible because later levels give you so much more value than earlier levels. [/list] Worth a look if you're interested in row tower defense with a lot of grinding and upgrading possible and can tolerate the anime story & aesthetic. Other thoughts:[list] [*] I'm glad they let you disable leaderboards. I got tired of grinding and just did a money cheat. [*] I appreciate that they let you rebind all of the keys and that there are a good amount of options to customize. [*] The UI buttons are pretty big (which makes it feel like it would play well on a touchscreen device). [*] I wish the item list didn't autoscroll when selling (because it can make you sell something you didn't mean to). At least there's a buyback option. [*] Also when selling, I wish the description box was smaller/placed elsewhere so that it didn't cover the next item to be sold. [*] I wish inventory was compacted (5 silver rings have a single box instead of 5 individual boxes) and with smaller boxes (so you see more items at once). [*] It's really annoying that crafting things to the next tier (like making a yellow weapon from two greens) makes the item lose the upgrade modifier. It should at least take the average of the modifiers. It just forces you to grind even more. [*] Similarly, selling an upgraded weapon should give you more money back. For example, a +0 Crossbow sells for the same as a +99 Crossbow (despite all of the money you put into it). [*] I wish that you were guaranteed (or at least had a much higher chance for) a Data Fragment Reward on a no leak clear to cut some of the grinding. [*] I wish that when you sent a wave early it would give you the cooldowns, Energy, and S. Energy that you would've gotten normally by waiting it out. [*] I appreciate there is a slower enemies option (that seems to have no penalty) which cuts some grinding because you can more easily make story progress (which gives you access to levels with more XP/more coins/better equipment rewards). [*] There is one main room and 3 side rooms but two of the side rooms do absolutely nothing. It would've been nice if there was some point to the rooms but it would also be annoying if they further split up the features (The main room lets you do levels and change options while one side room lets you save, shop, and set skills/spirits). To be honest, it would be easier to just have access to all features in the main room). Maybe one of the rooms should have went to the level select while the other went to survival mode? [*] There's fanservice built in (Why does sealing the contract involve kissing? Some CGs have random from-below angles?) [/list] Bugs:[list] [*] If you back out of a level description while hovering over the rewards then go to level 7 (which makes you hover over the rewards) it shows the reward set of the previous level until you move the cursor away and back again to refresh it. [*] In survival wave 120 Cecilia zoomed off the left side of the board and never returned, forcing me to quit and start from wave 106 (I loaded from autosave and it kept my survival progress which was a nice surprise). [/list]

Line Defense game, instead of Tower Defense. No idea about the plot. Something happened that is more clear to main characters than it is to me. Plot exposition so far I played before giving up didn't exactly tell me anything. I might have stood that but I hated the fact that I need to summon spirits every few seconds making game tedious chore. Edit: Gave another chance after reading guide. Amount of grinding compared to reward just didn't feel sufficient.

[b]TL;DR:[/b] A tower defense game that leans heavily into grinding and farming. ------ Perhaps instead of [i]Mindy's Arc[/i], it should be called [i]Mindy's Farm[/i], considering how much grinding and farming the game contains. And by that, I don't mean to insult the creators; in fact, it's clear that they've put a lot of care into this game. Still, the words "grind" and "farm" have somewhat negative connotations these days, probably because people tend to have more interesting or necessary things to do than repeat relatively pointless tasks over and over again. Maybe this game would have fit better in the 90s, but in today's world, with so many games being released daily and life moving at such a fast pace, it's hard to believe that many people would enjoy this concept. Of course, significant grinding and farming are also associated with modern games (though many of these series started in the 90s), such as [i]World of Warcraft[/i], [i]Diablo[/i], and [i]Final Fantasy[/i], to name just a few of the more famous ones. But the difference is that in many of these games, the repetitive elements are better integrated into the overall experience. Either the story is so engaging that you don't mind the grind, or the repetition is so rewarding and well-designed that it doesn't feel like a chore. However, with [i]Winged Sakura[/i], at least for me, the motivation to continue started to drop sharply. To progress in the story, you need to spend a lot of time in the early levels, collecting coins and leveling up your characters to be strong enough for the higher levels. It might sound harmless—[i]"What's so bad about it?"[/i]—but in practice, it becomes agonizing to repeat the same level 50 times. And every time, it's exactly the same as the last run. The same enemies in the same order. What could be more annoying and boring than that? After completing the same level dozens of times, it becomes not just tedious but also emotionally draining, reducing any sense of achievement. Once you're strong enough to destroy enemies as quickly as they appear, something even more frustrating comes apparent: during the attacks, the enemies stop spawning (each wave has a fixed number of enemies), but you can't manually end the wave to move on to the next one. Instead, you have to stare at an empty battlefield until the timer reaches zero. This means you'll often find yourself sitting idle for 20 seconds or more. And needless to say, the longer you play, the more your overall playtime (and probably your patience) will suffer because of this. To be honest, the story doesn't help to make the grind more tolerable either; it has a bit of a cheesy feel to it. While there are some surprising twists and plot developments, the overall tone and execution didn't quite resonate with me. It's possible that those who enjoy this kind of light fantasy narrative might get more out of it, but for me, it wasn't overly captivating. The sound design is also questionable—it resembles the type of music you'd hear in a shopping mall. This kind of generic background music doesn't work for everybody as it may start to feel goofy rather fast. Moreover, the game has a lot of text and dialogue, but the proofreading is lacking. There are frequent errors, whether it's words being in the wrong order, missing letters, or simple grammatical mistakes. Given how much dialogue is featured in the game, more attention to proofreading would have helped ensure the experience feels polished and professional. It was also frustrating that some dialogues would pop up in the middle of the battlefield. In other words, while you're trying to defend your tower and fend off enemies, suddenly, conversation bubbles between the two main characters appear at the top of the screen. Who has the capacity or desire to read them in such a hectic situation? Now, if I were to point out something positive, it's that the visuals are absolutely fine, and from a technical standpoint, the game functions well. Additionally, the mechanics of tower defense itself are solid; it's just everything surrounding it that leaves a lot to be desired. To add to the overall strangeness, while there are quite a few playable characters, the game can basically be completed with just [b]Evil Bunny[/b] and [b]Fury[/b]. [b]Magicat[/b], who deals solid damage from a distance, can also be a great support character. [b]So here's a tip for potential new players: focus on leveling up these three characters, and that should be enough[/b]. The rest of the roster is practically unnecessary. In conclusion, it seems to me that the creators have gone a bit overboard with the farming and neglected many other important elements. As a result, it's hard to recommend the game to anyone if playing it feels more like hard work without a paycheck than a rewarding or enjoyable experience.

A fun turn-based strategy game for 5 hours before the typical JRPG grind (the bad kind) makes you resent getting emotionally invested in the cute story (which needs at least a bit of content in future games).

这是啥，为什么在我库里

横版点击塔防游戏。LSP可能要会失望，二次元视觉小说的剧情对话，算是一本正经的游戏。一张图图反反复复用好几关。因为之前也有玩过该厂商另一款迷宫逃脱类的二次元游戏。都是无汉化偏冷门的独立游戏。