There’s plenty of appeal in a shmup that calls back to the arcade classics, but Crisis Wing feels a little too constrained to stand out.
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More than 20 years since its debut, G-Darius HD brings an arcade classic to Switch and PS4 – and it’s still as groundbreaking as ever.
Yurukill: The Calumniation Games mixes a Zero Escape-style adventure game with bullet hell shmup, and Homura Kawamoto writing the story,
Alfa System’s classic shmup Castle of Shikigami 2 is coming to Switch and Steam, with two new modes and brand new English translation.
As part of 30th Anniversary Celebrations, four classic Cotton games will make their international debut on current platforms later this year.
One-button bullet hell Good Knight is out now on Steam Early Access, promising ‘butt-clenching’ action mixed with Filipino horror.
Cotton Reboot takes a cult-favourite retro shoot-’em-up and delivers a bold remake full of new ideas, while also preserving the original.a
DariusBurst: Another Chronicle EX+ brings the latest revision of Taito’s acclaimed arcade shoot-’em-up to Switch and PS4 on June 11.
The original Shantae finds a natural home on Switch, R-Type Final 2 resurrects a classic shmup, and Kingdom of Arcadia is fun, if forgettable.
Barrage Fantasia is rock solid indie bullet hell wrapped in stylish pixel art, though it lacks some of the genre’s common bells and whistles.