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Like most Dreamcast shooters, Bangaio Spirits believes that the fun in a shooter is avoiding millions of bullets coming at you in all directions. In some early levels, your survival requires you to charge your cannon from the moment the round begins, and to release the cannon-load in 1-2 seconds, or you'll die. The programmers even admit in the game that the screen is too small to fit the hundreds of bullets and contrails, so they work around it by making the making the bullets larger; if you release 100 bullets, it will display as one or two really big bullets. However, I believe the real fun in a shooter is when the player is the one annihilating his enemies with an endless array of power-ups and colorful weapons, not the other way around. Perhaps its because shooters are generally about flying, shooting and evasion. I've never played the original Bangaio on the Sega Dreamcast, but I'd seen glowing recommendations.
One of the two screens just acts as a map during gameplay, so all of the real action is confined to a single, low-resolution screen. On many levels, it's not uncommon to die in 3 seconds. Unfortunately, the DS version makes me doubt the validity of those accolades. Instead, Bangaio Spirits is about finding enough time to charge up your cannon so that you can release a hailstorm of bullets to counter the enemy, who is also firing a hailstorm of bullets at you. If you're like me, you'd best avoid Bangaio Spirits. Certainly the DS version has several marks against it, the biggest being the tiny screen.
Nice idea in theory, but in execution it's lacking somehow.
I just dont get it, are the makers too lazy to design more stages. but the amount of stages will leave a lot to be desired of. I finished the whole game within 2 weeks. simple and extremely addicting. a lot of fun.
I love this game and it's great to see Treasure back again to deliver that sense of gaming nirvana that's all but disappeared. The game has a meaty level editor so you can rest assured that even with 100+ levels, there's more meat and potatoes than you can shake a stick.err laser cannon at and it's got a dose of tactical and strategy to boot. But like most games in Treasure's library, the difficulty may be too overwhelming for casual gamers and because this sucker is long may have you reaching for the Visine; especially when the phrase "Twitch Gaming" comes to mind. I've been a fan of Treasure ever since I've played Gunstar Heroes 1 and 2 along with Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, Bleach, Silhouette Mirage and of course, Astro Boy: Omega Factor. Can't wait to see what they're gonna do next. You gotta love Treasure for it's devotion to ingenuity and fast-paced gameplay mixed with cutting edge graphical special effects and it's one of the reasons why it's the most beloved game developer by legions of fans worldwide and it's a blast to play with a buddy and online. Treasure does it again with Bangai O Spirits on Nintendo DS and the results are nothing more than stellar. And that's not all.
Its always doable, but the number of objects on the screen gets utterly ridiculous. taken to an extreme and somewhat absurd level. This game is the new Robotron. This is a certain game design/mentality (think robotron, R-type etc). A thing of beauty indeed. What Robotron did was put an insane number of enemies and bullets on the screen and challenge you to find a way to overcome. Bangai does the same with better graphics, better weapons, and better levels.
One actually has to think through how they will beat the level and attempt to do it that way. What is so sad about this game is that many will not play it and as a result, many will miss out on a great game. There are numerous amounts of levels to play and it saves your time and score for each level which gives you an incentive to replay the levels. You will never play another game like this one. It's just one of those game that no one really knows about and as a result miss out on some amazing gameplay that Bangai O' offers. Bangai O' Spirits is a fabulous game. It is a game that obviously very few are playing. They were behind the creation of some of the best games in the 16 bit era and they graced us with some other great games right now, like Ikaruga and the Bangai O series.
You can't just run around guns blazing. Don't pass this one up. Also, because of Bangai O's great challenge, the short levels make replaying the level you keep dying in less daunting. I guarantee it. You can make your own levels and let your friends try them out by downloading them from you, and vice-versa. Why is bangai O' so good. The game has a level editor. Some games get about 100 reviews a month after their release, while this game gets 4.
Many of the levels are short, but that doesn't matter when you have over 200 levels to choose from. It plays like a shooter, yet when you do play it you will find that it has very deep gameplay, allowing for multiple strategies to beat every level. This game was developed by Treasure and Treasure is highly regarded as one of the best developers in the industry. Well it's unique in it's own right.
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