VGChartz review: Sin & Punishment: Star Successor

[SHMUPGurus]

Armads said:

SHMUPGurus said:

 That's what gaming is now eh?

Nah, I think S&P is great and I love a game which is entirely about replaying to get a higher score.  The game's only been out for a week or so and I've already logged 12 hours into it, 3 to 4 hour game?  Please, this is not Final Fantasy, you don't play it for the story or the voice acting, you play it for the frantic fast paced action; and you don't play it once, you play again and again for that fun experience.  The review of this game is similar to somebody reviewing Gran Turismo 5 on it's story structure and character development.

My main gripe with the game is that there is no online co-op and that co-op does not allow you to use both characters which would seem ideal, but I guess not in the eyes of the devs.  Those two things don't stop me from loving every second of it (nor does it seem to bother some of my friends who would rather not attempt to dodge the 10 billion bullets on screen during co-op)

Don't get me wrong, I'm glad there are still developers out there making games like that. I enjoyed every seconds of the game (I still am), and I dominate (with my bro as well) most of the leaderboards at the moment!

Your comment about the co-op is an interesting one and I've thought about it before, but I think they didn't include the other character on screen for many reasons:
- the game would not run at a constant 60 fps;
- there would be collisions with the other character like in New Super Mario Bros. Wii (if they put collision detection that is); or
- the amount of enemies on screen plus the two characters plus both crosshairs and shot colors would be too much at the same time!

I was glad to notice that the second player's shots didn't obstruct my view during gameplay. Nice decision on their part IMO. Or maybe all you meant was that it sucks that you can't use the other char's charge shot at least?

 

@ noname: Honestly, the story is awesome as it is. *Spoilers*

 

You fight a gigantic tiger and bird, and then they FUSE together?! Or you fall in lava and TURN INTO a monster?! How badass is that?