Hangeki

This game takes all the fun of Galaga and quadruples it. Definitely try it out.

As a veteran SHMUP girl but also a casual player, I do recommend this game! It's got retro graphics but it's intense, it's fun, and there's lots of weapons; even if someone isn't a top shooter, that person still will get even at least one weapon per stage cleared, adding lots of replay value. The further one goes and does well, the more he/she gets better weapons (like in Silpheed: The Lost Planet) and can edit up to four in prep for the next battle (Gradius) The soundtrack has quite a catchy beat and is quite charming (like in Stage 3 on the Highway Zone, it's catchy!) as well as can get quite badass (like in Stage 2: the Supercell Area), and even up to how tense some bosses can be in familiar titles like Deathsmiles, Castle Shikigami, and Touhou (such as the final boss) adding a hint of sudden hard-rocking atmospheric music to a powerful climax of an opponent! Speaking of which, the game has a fair difficuly curve as well, one can do quite well in the first few three stages and th...

Imagine playing the Space Invaders remake for the Original Playstation... ...only you are having a stroke. Horrible Controls. Floaty and Imprecise. Headache inducing strobing when the "Hangeki" is powered up. Poor HUD design and location which makes it very difficult to see what exactly is going on. Though it doesn't really matter as this game boils down to being a non-strategic button masher-pad/stick flailer. There are some fine ideas buried here, but the game itself isn't fun and presents no compelling reason to continue to play it more than as an initial curiosity.

Impeccably-crafted shmup. I just suck at it. EDIT: Whoever said this is a good "starter" for shmups, NO. This is hard as all-get-out. Infuritatingly so. This is for pros and experts. I am bashing my head into the wall over the frustrating difficulty. It is not unfair, but very, very, VERY challenging.

HANGENKI should be stuffed into an arcade cabinet with beefy speakers and brought to 'Dave & Busters' or 'Round 1' ASAP!!! Games like this really could help to ressurect the arcade scene.

I'll tell it to you straight, Alien Invaders on extreme steroids. Many different weapons to experience and tons of challenges. Very entertaining.

[h1]Hangeki is an interesting evolution of Space Invaders and modern vertical shoot em ups, that is focused completing stages quickly versus getting points. It has a very low budget appearance, which brings in the $10 price tag into question. What I've played of it is kind of easy thanks to a forgiving hit box and 20 life limit per stage. While chaining enemy kills and leveling your ship per stage to unlock and upgrade weapons is a somewhat unique mechanic for a shmup the overall experience is a bit mundane, even though there some neat weapons and the screen clearing Hangeki attack. The more difficult waves that shoot multiple laser attacks and mortars make the game a bit more fun at least. [/h1] I don't recommend getting Hangeki unless you get it for cheap - it is kinda neat to wipe out giant waves of enemies a couple times, but that wears off quickly. The boss battles are fine, but nothing to buy this game for alone.

Lot of fun and nice challenge! Maybe 10eur slightly overpriced, but got it on sale at 50% and definitely worth the price!

Unlocking all the weapons was a fun challenge even though many of them aren't too useful.

tl;dr: Space Invaders, but you use your combo to power increasingly stronger and varied special weapons! There's nuances, but every other mechanic complements that premise. For example, to make it easier to keep a combo (i.e. not miss) as you thin out the crowd, when you beat enough enemies in the current wave, you get a screen clear (the eponymous Hangeki) to move to the next. Also, if you do mess up and die or drop your combo, you do slow down, but you can get some of your gauge back by just getting the yellow thingies from clearing the current wave. TIP: pick up the yellow bits that dead enemies drop! They're the actual gauge juice. Move around a lot: don't clear one column at a time, else you'll have to choose between picking them up and not missing shots (and your gauge drains when you're not comboing). You equip four weapons (out of many unlockable ones) at the start of a stage, on top of your autofiring base gun. Your power gauge can fill multiple times, and more powerful weap...