New shmup BIRDCAGE just announced. Features a RSG-like sword

[beer gas canister]

Not much info about this yet since the announcement just dropped. Looks fancy: https://twitter.com/musashinoelegy/stat ... 1169937414

[Ms. Tea]

This looks fantastic. Really looking forward to it. Also really looking forward to Barry Topping (Paradise Killer composer) doing a shmup soundtrack. This is going to sound great.

[xxx1993]

The graphics look very much like Siter Skain or Soukyugurentai... Also, are all the bosses female? Kinda reminds me of DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu...

[Lander]

Rad, love the level of production on show - it's a rare shmup that takes the Treasure / Eschatos cinematic approach to presentation, and I'm all for it.
Also getting a very light touch of MGS1 codec stylings from the green-tinged UI aesthetic and SWORD ACTION SHOOTING GAME supertitle.

Though the sword itself looks like it could use a bit more polish - mechanically it appears faithful to the RSG incarnation, but using static trails instead of dynamic geometry robs it of the sense of motion you get from the original.

Also, are all the bosses female? Kinda reminds me of DoDonPachi Daifukkatsu...

I'm cool with it so long as their ships don't literally transform into giant nendoroids.

Ibara's all-female boss cast collectively mocking me with the ojou-sama laugh, I can handle, but going full action figure is too far.

[xxx1993]

Oh yeah, I forgot about Ibara...