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Game Review Double Feature: Espgaluda II and Do-Don-Pachi Resurrection
Since my first experience with a shoot-em-up (“shmup”) game by the developer Cave, I’ve been quite eager to play more from their catalog. I was very surprised and excited to learn that Cave has two of their games up for download from Apple’s App Store. Those games are Espgaluda II and Do-Don-Pachi Resurrection. At first, I was a bit skeptical, and I thought to myself “How does one control a shmup game without a D-pad?” but then quickly realized that the powerful touch screen on Apple’s devices solves this problem easily. Blending together some impressive controls and graphics unlike those ever seen before on an Apple handheld, these games make for some very pleasant and affordable entertainment you can take with you when you’re on the go.
Game Review: Deathsmiles
Japanese shoot-em-up (“shmup”) games are often notorious for being insanely difficult. In a world where shmups such as Ikaruga and Castle of Shikigami challenge the player to an extreme level of frustration, it’s refreshing to see Deathsmiles. While Deathsmiles is certainly no pushover, it offers hours of fun gameplay across various degrees of difficulty so that players of all skill levels can enjoy it.
Deathsmiles takes place in the fictional world of Gilverado. A group of young girls have been trapped inside this magical land for several years. Jitterbug, one of the girls’father, is obsessed with finding a way back to the real world, and in doing so, he’s accidentally opened the gates of hell! Demons are pouring into Gilverado, and it’s up to the girls to stop them.
Of course, if you’re playing this game, there’s a good chance you don’t really care about the story; you simply just want to blow stuff up. So let’s move onto the gameplay…
Deathsmiles allows you to choose from up to 5 characters, each of which have their own distinct bullet patterns, movement properties, and familiars. Your familiar is a small creature that follows you where you go and provides some extra firepower to help you out. All the characters seem fairly balanced, and they are all very playable, even for beginners.
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