27th December 2016, 6:29 PM
3DS
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Liberation Maiden - Playing on the default difficulty, I beat this game in a bit over an hour the first time I played it. I did get one game over at the final boss (you get five continues in this five-level game), but you can continue from the beginning of the last level you reached, so I beat the final boss on my second try. So yeah, this is a really short game, and it's mostly pretty easy too... but it's a lot of fun while it lasts! This game is an overhead-ish shooter, a bit like a Desert Strike or something, so you can move around on a flat plane but have no height control, but a lot faster-paced and more fun. You move with the circle pad (or strafe, if you hold R), and aim on the touchscreen. The controls work great and feel natural. You have two weapons, one of which fires when you let go of the touchscreen for a moment (lock-on missiles, fire on release), and the other which fires while you press on the touchscreen (a laser beam), so both weapons work great without any added buttons being needed. The touchscreen moves a cursor around the screen and it does adjust your view as well, so it's a fairly conventional control scheme. The game's great fun to play, and the story stuff is ridiculous anime nonsense in a good way. The game is paced well too, and there is a decent difficulty spike at the end; most of the game is fairly easy, but the last boss is definitely tougher. So yeah, this game is good, I just wish there was more of it! It ends very quickly... and the ending is a blatant sequel-hook non-ending, too, and the game doesn't have a sequel, so that's a bit disappointing as well. Still, this game is fun, so it probably was worth the discounted price. There is also a Hard mode and some achievements to try to get, if you want to get more out of it beyond the first playthrough. Each achievement unlocks something on a grid of backstory-information things, so you learn more about the surprisingly detailed backstory each time you get one. I doubt I'll try for many more, but that is nice. But yeah, this is a fun little game that uses 3d and the touchscreen well. Get it while it 's on sale if interested.
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Liberation Maiden - Playing on the default difficulty, I beat this game in a bit over an hour the first time I played it. I did get one game over at the final boss (you get five continues in this five-level game), but you can continue from the beginning of the last level you reached, so I beat the final boss on my second try. So yeah, this is a really short game, and it's mostly pretty easy too... but it's a lot of fun while it lasts! This game is an overhead-ish shooter, a bit like a Desert Strike or something, so you can move around on a flat plane but have no height control, but a lot faster-paced and more fun. You move with the circle pad (or strafe, if you hold R), and aim on the touchscreen. The controls work great and feel natural. You have two weapons, one of which fires when you let go of the touchscreen for a moment (lock-on missiles, fire on release), and the other which fires while you press on the touchscreen (a laser beam), so both weapons work great without any added buttons being needed. The touchscreen moves a cursor around the screen and it does adjust your view as well, so it's a fairly conventional control scheme. The game's great fun to play, and the story stuff is ridiculous anime nonsense in a good way. The game is paced well too, and there is a decent difficulty spike at the end; most of the game is fairly easy, but the last boss is definitely tougher. So yeah, this game is good, I just wish there was more of it! It ends very quickly... and the ending is a blatant sequel-hook non-ending, too, and the game doesn't have a sequel, so that's a bit disappointing as well. Still, this game is fun, so it probably was worth the discounted price. There is also a Hard mode and some achievements to try to get, if you want to get more out of it beyond the first playthrough. Each achievement unlocks something on a grid of backstory-information things, so you learn more about the surprisingly detailed backstory each time you get one. I doubt I'll try for many more, but that is nice. But yeah, this is a fun little game that uses 3d and the touchscreen well. Get it while it 's on sale if interested.