New G.Rev shooter (Strania XBLA)

[hirounder]

Seisou Kouki Strania...hardware is undecided, could it be that 360 game Maruyama was talking about at Cave festa...or maybe/probably arcade since it will be playtested at Hey this weekend...





http://www.grev.co.jp/str/index.html

[Zaarock]

Those screenshots remind me of Cybattler with the sword and multiple weapons, would be pretty awesome to have a modern Cybattler. Not liking the HUD though.

[louisg]

Dope!!

[sven666]

looks awesome, any mention what platform yet?

does indeed look like a 3D cybattler.. which ofcourse would be all the more awesome

[Domino]

COUNT ME INTERESTED!

[Observer]

FUCK YES MECHS!!!!!! Count me in.

Also, agreed on th Cybattler comment. Now where is my Itano Circus?

edit: don't you guys find ironic that after hearing so much moaning about the lolis and overall 'pussyfication' we are getting this? Obviously, I would assume the pilots are all little girls, lewd young girls (which I guess might be preferred compared to plain lolis) or something like that. Forget about having Kenshiro and the motherfucking fist of the North Star as the pilot.

[BIL]

Hell yes. Mechs & ships + Under Defeat-caliber destruction please.

[croikle]

It's G-Rev, the pilots are little boys (not that you could tell by looking at them).

[adversity1]

FUCK ME

The one weekend I have to go back to Osaka.

[undamned]

looks awesome, any mention what platform yet?

Dreamcast.
-ud

[kozo]

COUNT ME INTERESTED!

Also, what a classy way to use up the extra space on a widescreen display. Render the graphics but keep the playing field to the center. I like it. Agreed on the HUD, it needs work, but this is probably just a preview at this early point.

[jandrogo]

The font in score and the boss energy level bar are exactly the same as in Under defeat

[Observer]

Thus, this will be Under Defeat in space, with mechs and kickass music, provided they opt for a Psyvariar-like OST... which I hope will happen. Jazzy techno punchi punchi.

[Plasmo]

After these weird Senko no Ronde games and the not-so-good Mamoru-kun now a G.Rev game I can finally look forward to again!

[mrtie]

Exciting! I Wonder whats it's running on it looks better then the Naomi(IMHO), but not really type-x2 territory either, I wonder if they could be switching over to the Wii arcade hardware, or would that just be too crazy?

[adversity1]

Exciting! I Wonder whats it's running on it looks better then the Naomi(IMHO), but not really type-x2 territory either, I wonder if they could be switching over to the Wii arcade hardware, or would that just be too crazy?

It's not impossible. Maruyama was expressing frustration with MS at the CAVE Matsuri roundtable.

FYI, in the Grev official blog type thing, they talk about this game and say something like "we're not sure if this kind of game will work in today's arcade environment. So for now the platform is undecided."

[Kron]

Well they must have decided it will work in an arcade environment as the second screen has insert coin(s) on it. Maybe its on that new Sega hardware (Ringedge/Ringwire). Probably Type X something though.

[nZero]

Considering Senko no Ronde DUO runs on Type-X2, it seems to me they'd continue the trend at this point.

Also, glad to see a new straightforward blast'em up coming out of G.Rev. The number of digits on the score display made my day

[Jeneki]

I suspect an arcade release, since it has "INSERT COIN(S)" in one of the screenshots.

[BulletMagnet]

I suspect an arcade release, since it has "INSERT COIN(S)" in one of the screenshots.

Considering that it's being loke-tested at HEY, I'd say that's a pretty safe assumption. Anyways, going to wait for more info on how this thing works before saying much else on it, myself.

[hirounder]

I suspect an arcade release, since it has "INSERT COIN(S)" in one of the screenshots.

Yeah I overlooked that, maybe it'll go KOF Sky Stage route and end up as an XBLA/Arcade game, best for all ...doubt Maruyama would switch to Wii though.

[Daigoro]

looks awesome. id buy a domestic/region free 360 version.

please.

[AraraSPAMWitch]

I'm digging the mechs, but I find the useless, darkened space on the edges really quite ugly. If it's a vert game they should just make it tate, but if they're angling for a successful console release, I guess they figured this would be more sellable...

[Kiken]

I like how the hitbox is displayed as the intersect of 3 red axial vectors. It makes it very easy to discern.

[peace4myheart]

A new shmup is always good new, but the second and third pix look so bland. Love the mecha but not digging the art style.

[Thunder Force]

Fantastic.

[Dave_K.]

I'm digging the mechs, but I find the useless, darkened space on the edges really quite ugly. If it's a vert game they should just make it tate, but if they're angling for a successful console release, I guess they figured this would be more sellable...

I'm sure thats just showing you the cutoff for 4:3 vs 16:9 display. Taito Type-X2 games typically lets you choose between 720p widescreen or 480p normal screen size.

[bucklemyshoe]

looks dope! & hell yea to mechs!

[Cuilan]

It's G-Rev, the pilots are little boys (not that you could tell by looking at them).

I hope you're right. Come on G.rev, don't disappoint me.

[Raizen1984]

Not sure why everyone is saying this is going to play like Under Defeat. Sure, the text looks the same and the boss' life bar is in the same place, but otherwise it looks completely different.

I wouldn't be surprised if it turned out to be a dual stick shooter like Mamaro-kun or Omega 5. The screenshots and enemy placements give me that impression.