∀kashicverse -Malicious Wake

[TrippyCake]

Full version will be released 12/31.

And then we'll see if it's as good as HELLSINKER.
Let's all watch warmly the days until the end of the current year.

[Aisha]

Here is the official PV for the game, as well as the site for it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBMolW-Y-cw
http://endless-shirafu.com/akashicverse/index.html

It has already been consigned to a few (albeit Japan-only) doujin shops, but I'm not sure if they'll start selling it on the same day as Day 3 of Comiket 83. Sometimes there's a delay.

I'm really looking forward to this one.

what does omake mean anyway?

also the game looks GREAT! I'll have to check it out.

Along the lines of "bonus" or "extra". It looks like they kept the omake boss in the full version, but it's no longer referred to as such. I'm also hoping that ∀lternative ∀rguments mode is also included, but I'm not holding my breath.

[TrippyCake]

what does omake mean anyway?

also the game looks GREAT! I'll have to check it out.

Along the lines of "bonus" or "extra". It looks like they kept the omake boss in the full version, but it's no longer referred to as such. I'm also hoping that ∀lternative ∀rguments mode is also included, but I'm not holding my breath.

Well, in the PV at 1:04, if you pause at the correct frame, you can see it say BLOOM! the same way it said OMAKE! when the boss is shown.

[BPzeBanshee]

Yeah, I'm hoping for Alternative Arguments as well, that mode was radical.

Definitely looking forward to this. I'm useless at reading Japanese but is there a listed price for this yet?

I swear if this game gets shit on launch purely because of comparison to HELLSINKER I'll lose all faith in this forum.

[SuperSoaker360]

Sweet. Time to get my Comiket connection going to snatch me a copy. I doubt it will be as good as Hellsinker but I think it will still be a very trippy experience.

[Aisha]

Yeah, I'm hoping for Alternative Arguments as well, that mode was radical.

Definitely looking forward to this. I'm useless at reading Japanese but is there a listed price for this yet?

I swear if this game gets shit on launch purely because of comparison to HELLSINKER I'll lose all faith in this forum.

Looks like 1000円 if you get it directly from the circle at the convention, and 1470円 if you buy it from the shops, which don't ship overseas.

And yeah, I'm also hoping that it's judged on its own merits. It wouldn't surprise me if the circle did use Hellsinker for inspiration, but I've seen the game through Stage 5 and I think they're doing their own thing. Based on that, I don't think Akashicverse is as cryptic as Hellsinker, and the visual design is a lot more abstract and colorful; and of course, the mechanics and gameplay are completely different. To me, the biggest similarity between the two games is the bullet style.

[mauve]

Ever since I started poking at HS, unrelated people were telling me how much this game seems similar to it, and, frankly speaking, I just don't see it?

It's stylish and sharp and all but the gameplay seems pretty different.

[O. Van Bruce]

Ever since I started poking at HS, unrelated people were telling me how much this game seems similar to it, and, frankly speaking, I just don't see it?

It's stylish and sharp and all but the gameplay seems pretty different.

Well, the connection is the trippiness of both games. AkashicVerse is like an exagerated version of Hellsinker.

For me, it doesn't get on the level of atmosphere that Hellsinker does but sure, the gameplay is fresh, interesting and awesome at the same time.

[nasty_wolverine]

To be honest, I am with muave...
though this game seems really good, and i would like to get my hand on it if i could...
but this is no where near hellsinker... only people who have played the hell out of hellsinker will understand what I am saying...
there is only one HELLSINKER

[Udderdude]

This game looks like a good balance between modern CAVE scoring systems, and the ludicrous complexity of Hellsinker.

[Observer]

What Udderdude said: this is more like CAVE meets Hellsinker meets Radio Zonde. If anything, the Akashicverse brings me more memories of Radio Zonde. It has a bit from here and there but the core mechanics are essentially its very own thing.

Like I once said: it's almost fighting game commands in a shmup where you trigger different "methods" to achieve a huge array of devastating attacks. Not for anything you are prompted to do the tutorial first to get a hang of this since later on there are enemies that are "METHOD ONLY" and you can only take them out using those moves.

edit: and you can turn into a boss, which brings what probably is one of the greatest STG quotes since KEEP YOUR DIGNITY.

There are many CAVE references, including Hibachi and some bullet patterns. The Hellsinker vibes are present in A.D.A.M. (which is the Akashic system for the game considering the Twitter app is called the same and has its own logo, kind of like a cousin of that Total Karma Compressor System named "Garland") and the awesome engrish in the quotes. (CONTACT HAS BEGUN)

What I love of the game is the synchrony, trying to make even bullet patterns "play" with the music (most prominently seen in stages 2 & 3 bosses and the insane Omake boss), besides the backgrounds and enemy formations. So this is more like LSD: The STG, with plenty of original stuff to stand on its very own.

I'm really looking forward to check the final version. Seems it only has 5 stages so I'm hoping more content will be added later so it doesn't feel so barebones.

The only info I could gather is that the main character is apparently called "Hime/Himeno". Or that's the Omake boss, I can't remember. The story part of the site isn't up yet.

So, yep, I don't think it quite reaches Hellsinker but I don't do ranks like that, I only have Great Ones on a big throne where they all stand proudly together. (Crimzon Clover, Hellsinker, Kamui, RefleX, Diadra Empty, Samidare, etc.)

[O. Van Bruce]

To be honest, I am with muave...
though this game seems really good, and i would like to get my hand on it if i could...
but this is no where near hellsinker... only people who have played the hell out of hellsinker will understand what I am saying...
there is only one HELLSINKER

tfw HELLSINKER 2

[BPzeBanshee]

Some can of worms huh? I guess we'll find out just how good it really is when it gets released in January (or New Year's Eve for those in Japan).

I just don't want this game to be looked down upon and remembered as "that doujin that's trying to be Hellsinker but isn't as good", because clearly this game is unique in itself, and going from the trials it's already quite good. I'm hoping they've expanded on the trial in regards to the Omake bosses, and that there may be a Alternative Arguments version either included on Launch or released in some form later in the future - with those aside I can't really say anything wrong about this, except that maybe a change of resolution option for widescreen monitors with no 4:3 adjustment built-in would be nice.

[O. Van Bruce]

Some can of worms huh? I guess we'll find out just how good it really is when it gets released in January (or New Year's Eve for those in Japan).

I just don't want this game to be looked down upon and remembered as "that doujin that's trying to be Hellsinker but isn't as good", because clearly this game is unique in itself, and going from the trials it's already quite good. I'm hoping they've expanded on the trial in regards to the Omake bosses, and that there may be a Alternative Arguments version either included on Launch or released in some form later in the future - with those aside I can't really say anything wrong about this, except that maybe a change of resolution option for widescreen monitors with no 4:3 adjustment built-in would be nice.

Oh yeah, the game is awesome by itself, no doubt about that, but the shadow of HELLSINKER is too big and in the end, a lot of people relate it to Akashic.

[BPzeBanshee]

The shadow of Hellsinker is indeed large now, but who's to say this game won't have a bit of a legacy some years down the track? I will have a chuckle for sure if a doujin gets made in 5 or 10 years time and this forum's otakus of the future try to compare it to Akashicverse because it "looks similar".

[O. Van Bruce]

The shadow of Hellsinker is indeed large now, but who's to say this game won't have a bit of a legacy some years down the track? I will have a chuckle for sure if a doujin gets made in 5 or 10 years time and this forum's otakus of the future try to compare it to Akashicverse because it "looks similar".

Then, we'll get some old shmupers complayning (probably me and more people ) about how no one value the TRUE origin of the game and blah blah blah.

[Observer]

The bottom line is that I care about seeing more STGs being made more than anything else. If they take inspiration on the truly great ones, even better!

By the way, these guys first worked on a visual novel so they had quite the genre shift. I'm glad they are delivering this.

I'm gonna ask about 16:9 support, did anyone check the latest trial? Wasn't an option regarding this added?

Anyway:

PHALAEONOPSIS EX MACHINA IS READY. GO!

[Aisha]

The bottom line is that I care about seeing more STGs being made more than anything else. If they take inspiration on the truly great ones, even better!

By the way, these guys first worked on a visual novel so they had quite the genre shift. I'm glad they are delivering this.

I'm gonna ask about 16:9 support, did anyone check the latest trial? Wasn't an option regarding this added?

Anyway:

PHALAEONOPSIS EX MACHINA IS READY. GO!

The C82 trial is the latest trial and the AConfig.exe packaged with it doesn't seem to have any option related to 16:9 support, but I could be overlooking it because it's mostly written in kanji and I'm too tired to deal with that right now. In fact, the config application is exactly the same as the one packaged with the older web trial that's currently available for download. I don't see a 16:9 option in the game's options menu either.

WELCOME TO GENOCIDE GARDEN

[O. Van Bruce]

PHALAEONOPSIS EX MACHINA IS READY. GO!

WELCOME TO GENOCIDE GARDEN

Yeah, I was forgetting this, Mauve

lulzy ENGRISH (with CAPITALS) on both games.

[Subterranean Sun]

The shadow of Hellsinker is indeed large now, but who's to say this game won't have a bit of a legacy some years down the track? I will have a chuckle for sure if a doujin gets made in 5 or 10 years time and this forum's otakus of the future try to compare it to Akashicverse because it "looks similar".

Actually, judging from the demo, this game has a pretty good chance at excelling Hellsinker. It's basically what Radio Zonde would be if it was finished, and I've always liked RZ as much as HS, if not more. It's hard, it has great music, it's heavy on stratgy but still demands basic bullet dodging skill to 1cc. Unless the creator managed to screw up the last few stages, I think the final product should be at least as good as HS, if not better.

[LtC]

The shadow of Hellsinker is indeed large now, but who's to say this game won't have a bit of a legacy some years down the track? I will have a chuckle for sure if a doujin gets made in 5 or 10 years time and this forum's otakus of the future try to compare it to Akashicverse because it "looks similar".

Actually, judging from the demo, this game has a pretty good chance at excelling Hellsinker. It's basically what Radio Zonde would be if it was finished, and I've always liked RZ as much as HS, if not more. It's hard, it has great music, it's heavy on stratgy but still demands basic bullet dodging skill to 1cc. Unless the creator managed to screw up the last few stages, I think the final product should be at least as good as HS, if not better.

I second this. I'm really looking forward to this game myself.

[BPzeBanshee]

That's certainly possible too. I'm not swaying to either side (+/-) at the moment until I get a hold of the full game though, that way I can do my best to play this with an open mind and not some pre-conceived idea of what game this game will be like, other than what I experienced in the Web trial.

[O. Van Bruce]

That's certainly possible too. I'm not swaying to either side (+/-) at the moment until I get a hold of the full game though, that way I can do my best to play this with an open mind and not some pre-conceived idea of what game this game will be like, other than what I experienced in the Web trial.

We'll only have to wait and see. In any case, this won't have anything to do with Hellsinker even if it's a better game than it.

[SuperSoaker360]

Actually, judging from the demo, this game has a pretty good chance at excelling Hellsinker. It's basically what Radio Zonde would be if it was finished, and I've always liked RZ as much as HS, if not more. It's hard, it has great music, it's heavy on stratgy but still demands basic bullet dodging skill to 1cc. Unless the creator managed to screw up the last few stages, I think the final product should be at least as good as HS, if not better.

Now this has peaked my interest. I haven't actually tried Radio Zonde myself so I guess I'll look into that game sometime down the road then.

EDIT: Playing more of Akashicverse and I can't get over how badass that pulsing warning sequence for the boss is.

THE SAME TYPE CONTACT RECEIVED
CONTACT BEGIN
>ACCESSING . . .

[Lord Satori]

To be honest, I am with muave...
though this game seems really good, and i would like to get my hand on it if i could...
but this is no where near hellsinker... only people who have played the hell out of hellsinker will understand what I am saying...
there is only one HELLSINKER

tfw HELLSINKER 2

huh? what's tfw mean?

also, don't mention a hellsinker 2. false hope isn't a good thing.

[Cadrin]

"tfw" = "that feel(ing) when"

I'm not going to say the H-word, but you know that there are some similarities. Judging from the PV, it doesn't seem like the game has changed much from the latest Comiket demo, which is a bit worrying. I was kinda neutral about the music and the graphics. I'm not sure about the former, but the latter doesn't seem to have improved much. We'll see in a couple days.

PHALAEONOPSIS EX MACHINA IS READY. GO!

Moth orchid ex machina, eh? What does that even mean?

[nasty_wolverine]

it looks like they took all of hellsinkers weapons systems and put it in one character, since they didnt want to use gazilliion keys on the keyboard, they put in the command system, but it definitely plays more similar to radio zonde than hellsinker... i think the only things they borrowed are the weapons, the LSD feel of the backgrounds and HUDs, and the music, honestly the music sounds some hellsinker themes sped up or slowed down...

[SuperSoaker360]

EDIT: Moved the post over to the General YouTube Shmup Thread.

[O. Van Bruce]

asdasdasdasd

Cadrin, noooooo, it means The Face When

[nZero]

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Cadrin, noooooo, it means The Face When

No, he's right. You wanted to use mfw (my face when)

Now let us never speak of this again.