XIIZEAL

XIIZEAL is the first game of the 'Shooting Love series' of Triangle Service, also known as XIISTAG - the original arcade game. Here are the Pros and Cons about the game: The Pros: + The graphic is very good, the actions on screen are very-well animated. You can play either pixel perfect or with filtering mode to smooth out the graphic. Very classic. Very intense, even lots of bullets on screen, the game still runs smoothly at 60FPS. + Simple control scheme. Play with controller or keyboard is up to you. You can config the function of each button to suit what you need. + The music is good, especially the title music is really funky. Not top-notch but still good. + The gameplay is very simple, you shoot and dogde. But the enemies will come at you in every directions so your fighter will be armed with: ~ Normal frontal vulkan shot. ~ The exhaust is also a weapon to attack to enemies from behind but it really weak so be careful when large enemies approach from behind. ~ The strongest weapon in the whole arsenal, the side-firing guns from the left and right wings of your craft, by moving left or right and then go with the opposite direction immediately with the analog-stick. But doing that will make it hard for you to retain control so there is a button will allow you to activate it without using analog-stick. This attack is really strong that can make really quick work on all enemies, including bosses. ~ Finally, if you find yourself in danger, activate the black-hole bomb will create a field that grands you temporary invunerability and cancels all bullets that hit the field while the bomb is activating. Really good during boss fights, and also a method for scoring. + The scoring mechanic will be based-on how well do you use your side-firing shots and the exhaust, everytime you kill an enemy with those 2 weapons mentioned above, a multiplier will appear from 'x2' to 'x12', the longer you retain the multipliers, the more scores you earn. The black-hole bomb can help you get tons of points by cancelling enemy bullets, from 10 points to maximum 1000 points of each bullet hit the field. Use your bombs wisely, as survival tool and also as scoring tool. Collecting bombs when fully stock will give you 10000 each and for power-up orbs will be 1000 each. They drop very frequenly so collect as many as you can. + 7 decent long stages with multiple sections in each stage serve as hidden routes through out the game. And lots of secrets for extra replayability. + Difficulties are just right, even Easy is still hard to chew. Attempting for 1CC is a real challenge, so get ready to die... alot and try hard. The Cons: - Although the visual is clean but sometimes bullets will blend with background make them hard to see. Even worse when the background scroll really fast. - Missing many visual and sound effects from the original. Overall, the game still delivers solid challenging gameplay, with lots of actions on screen, many WTF moments. With the achievements will keep you busy for awhile, lots of secrets to find and many more. Grap this game along with rest of the collection on sales because they are really cheap. Great game. Final score: 8.5/10.

I didn't know this was released on Steam so instead of playing the arcade version, I decided to buy it to support them. A huge problem with this version is the limit of 3 credits. This was not found in any other version. I have no idea why this was even added in. There is no option to turn that limit off. Don't buy this.

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cant make the game work in 60 fps mode, beware if you have a 144Hz or similar display everything is on speed.

おま環の可能性がありますが… フルスクリーンにするとゲームが何倍速で動いてるかわからないほど早くなり、操作もバグります。 具体的には操作受付の間隔がかなり短くなり、一瞬だけ押しても十数回押した判定になります。 自分なりに色々試してみたけど、解決できませんでした。 フルスクリーンにしなければ普通に遊べます。

This game has some unique mechanics with side attacks and back thruster attack. The enemy bullets are similar to the bullets in Raiden, they're really fast. When I first opened the game and looked at the UI, I was like, "Are you kidding me?" but it's understandable considering the company financial situation. All the basic functionalities are there, like screen scaling and rotation. The default arcade mode gives 3 credits. After you beat one stage, the score attack mode for that stage will be unlocked. So, it can be considered as stage selection for practice. After playing for a while, the game somehow gives an additional credit so the next run and onward you will start with 4 credits. I still don't know what triggered that. The original arcade name is called XII Stag in case if you want to emulate this game.

セール時に55％offでΔと一緒に購入。ΔZEALより万人向きなのでどっちか悩んだらこっちがおすすめ。 恐らく銀河一側方に強くそこそこ後方に強い戦闘機を駆って全8ステージクリアを目指すSTG。 近年よく見る弾幕をかわすタイプのゲームではなく、古えの敵配置や破壊可能部位を覚えて早期撃破するタイプのものです。 事前予告無しの高速自機狙い弾がしっかりと殺しにきて最初のうちはイライラしますが覚えてくるとが楽しくなってきます。 爽快感のあるサイドアタック、ロマンあふれるバックアタック、かっこいいドット絵等良い点も多数ありますが エクステンドがないため積極的に稼ぎに行く意義が見いだせずクリア目的だと別ルートに行く必要がないのが個人的に残念。 実績解除はワンコインクリアと時間がかかるバックファイヤーマスターが難関です。私は7時間かかりました。 クリアのコツとしてはボスの破壊可能部位、特に弾の発射部を把握して開幕と同時に(ボム→乗っかりサイドアタック)×２。 各ステージ２～３個のペースで補充できるので惜しまず使いましょう。“ボムは通常兵器と思え”です。 また、ほかの方のレビューにあるキーコンフィグの件は改善されているようです。

take the PS2 port of XIISTAG and make it way better. I love how autoroll in XIIZEAL doesnt ever give you any movement restrictions. heck im impressed that this was supposedly be a better and a more complete version of XIISTAG LIMITED. that syet was like more than a decade old. props to you Mr Fujino! everything runs as smooth as you can play on pretty much any toasters I own. all the cool taito GNet arcade graphics had improved but I kinda miss the boss warning screen turn from a cool reflective sign to a bland lame transparent one. another thing I miss has to be the bomb effect. in XIISTAG the bomb had a cool shaded area made with polygonal triangles. now in XIIZEAL its just another bland transparent bomb attack. lastly whats notably missing is the differences in the titles attract mode. in any ver of XIISTAG there was this part where the logo would fade in as bright as heck and like the traces of it just keeps fading out to the right. in XIIZEAL its just... there. no flashy intros, no cool effects. its just there. I feel like XIISTAG excels in terms of graphics and anything completely aesthetic. XIIZEAL on the other hand is just completely feels competitive. less cool graphic effects, less pizzazz more less. even with its flaws its always been an amazing game by TRIANGLE SERVICE and moreover yet another amazing port to deliver by th people of Degica. props to you all! 12/10 would break my wrist twiddling the analog joystick again.(get it coz its 12. y know XII ZEAL. 12 ZE... oh forget this)

Xiizeal is probably the most impressive gimmick Triangle Service has come up with. The waggle is just a cool idea, although I prefer this Steam version where it can be bound to a button. The fact is that the mechanics in this game are just fun and cool ideas. The way your side shot is uber powerful compared to your regular shot. The way you can use your bomb to temporarily shield an area to spam the hell out of the side shot to wreck bosses. Even the level design where the popcorn enemies will come from behind and run into your ship's boosters, which actually do damage themselves in this game! It's not a mindblowing game, but it's easy to see why this one gets recommended the most out of the Zeal series. If you like this one, Trizeal is my favorite and worth a try as well.

Very cool shooter that i remember playing back in the day called XII Stag. Solid shooter with good graphics and controls. the resolution could use a patch but it still looks and feels great after all these years. i picked it up on sale and have no regrets.