Cave built up a strong fan-base over its years of development and Espgaluda II is a perfect example as to why. It’s instantly accessible but surprisingly deep, with plenty of room to experiment with the gameplay mechanics to maximize score. The game options are excellent as well, and it’s especially nice to stick the Switch screen into the Flip Grip and play in sideways Tate mode.
Espgaluda II
Live Wire · Sep 9, 2021
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■ Story Galuda is a biological weapon that connects the Holy Spirit and humans through alchemy and mechanical engineering. The military nation "Shinra", which gained the power of Galuda, was destroyed by the two Galuda "Ageha" and "Tateha" that they created. Three years have passed since that war. After an experiment that touches on contraindications, "Soma" has artificially acquired Galuda's abilities. And the only Galuda who was born, "Asagi" who was the assassin of King Soma. "Tsubame" and "Janome" who are also artificial Galuda and prince and princess of Soma country chasing Asagi. Then, Ageha and Tateha head to rescue Asagi to stop the tragedy. The battle with the true Galuda and the built Galuda is about to begin.
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- 6.0Espgaluda II is an acquired taste within a genre that was already an acquired taste, to begin with. It doesn’t take long to see why the love for the game is so divided. Its complicated play and scoring systems take some getting used to, but the Switch port is far from ideal despite being feature-packed. This is merely something to hold you over until Live Wire ports DoDonPachi Resurrection.
- 8.0Luckily for publisher Live Wire, its bare-minimum localisation work and stumble out of the online gate aren’t destructive enough to drag the excellent Espgaluda II down too much, and underneath it all the game feels as fresh and well-designed as ever. The flexible risk/reward scoring system allows long-time fans to decide for themselves (to a certain extent) how much trouble they want to get into while still allowing newcomers enough leeway to enjoy an intense and visually spectacular shmup experience.
- 8.3I'm a very happy shmup fan now that Espgaluda II is finally available for console in the west. With challenging action and complex mechanics that are rewarding to learn and master, its core gameplay has everything that genre enthusiasts would want.
- 9.0Hay algún detalle más (algún bug muy menor y no relacionado con el gameplay; la traducción de los menús, al borde del engrish), pero en realidad todo parece poca cosa cuando lo pones al lado de las virtudes de este Espgaluda II, uno de esos títulos magistrales que quizá necesariamente quedan fuera de todas las métricas de prestigio del mundo del videojuego (no es pionero de nada; no vende mucho; no lo va a jugar mucha gente; no es una gran IP) pero que poco importan cuando chocan en los mandos lo que tiene de cerebral y de visceral. Un videojuego puro y perfecto.
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