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Innocence

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CategoryRankScoreCount
Coolness2520
Innovation2671.9040
Fun1192.9840
Theme2691.6736
Graphics843.3340
Audio303.5139
Humor2691.6123
Overall1273.0039
Community893.0020

Comments

localcoder 2011-05-02 08:22

I liked the graphics, music, and especially the hints of a story.

But I couldn't survive for more than a few seconds! maybe people who are used to playing shmups will perform better, but I found this much too hard.

ratking 2011-05-02 10:10

Haha, yes, very hard. Could not play more than a few seconds, either. ;)
Nice nonetheless.

jhelle 2011-05-02 13:29

Challenging, fun, pretty patterns and nice music (first stage only :( ). Good job!

stigrv 2011-05-02 16:32

This was truly bullet hell. Still a pretty good game. Loved the music and graphics.

winterblood 2011-05-02 23:44

It's pretty hardcore from the off, I could barely get past the first wave. Very polished gameplay though, and elegant art style!

gopher 2011-05-03 03:47

would've tried more times if the opening text didn't last longer than my first 10 lives... XD I suck at bullet hell games though. Very pretty, very nice :)

burnzez 2011-05-03 04:22

Couldn't play due to massive lag. Unfortunate. :(

zachstronaut 2011-05-03 21:10

Holy crap, that's hard... or I suck. =) Wish that I didn't have to sit through the story intro when I restart.

the-jack 2011-05-04 03:32

Hard. Good, but hard.

cosr 2011-05-05 07:58

It's fun and the music is nice; just kinda grooves in the background.
I found it a little difficult to tell where exactly the hit box on the player is, which is maybe important in this kind of game.

yrael 2011-05-05 15:17

Hardcore ! But fun :)

qrunchmonkey 2011-05-06 04:12

Holy crap that bullet storm starts fast.

telluse 2011-05-06 15:51

Bullet hell, and quite well tweaked at that. I found that on the second boss and the circular firing patterns with a single hole was impossible to dodge from the left side of the screen when it reset back to the right - the player simply doesn't move quick enough, methinks :-X

The music had an excellent way of amplifying the hectic action on-screen, keeping up the adrenaline. Likewise, the graphics were smooth and pretty, perfectly accentuating what they were and how they could be hit.

However, I couldn't help but feel that the game was completely devoid of anything related to the theme :-/

nilstastic 2011-05-08 14:50

Nice graphics, to bad the game was so god damn hard i could only survive to the second wave (where there were some nice effects). =)

elbowroom 2011-05-09 02:55

I enjoy this a lot and I'm not a big fan of the genre so you must have done something right as I feel this could appeal to a wide audiance.

draknek 2011-05-11 15:31

If I hold down the shoot button it only fires three shots at a time, but if I mash it I can shoot constantly. Is this intentional?

Having to replay the start every time just gets too frustrating to want to continue. I probably would have played for much longer if I'd had a hefty score penalty whenever I died but was immediately thrown back into the action.

endurion 2011-05-12 16:42

Not my type of game.
Means I don't get anywhere ;)

mwest 2011-05-14 21:31

Too hard for me, but fairly pretty and sounds good!

hamster_mk_4 2011-05-15 23:50

That is a pretty catchy tune. Bullet hell games aren't my thing, but this was quite enjoyable.

knighty 2011-05-17 05:47

Pretty good. Seems pretty Touhou-ish, especially with the point items. The sound it makes when you shoot, and that you had to tap Z instead just holding it, got a bit annoying after a while. Every once in a while I would get some lag where the controls became unresponsive for a second, which can be deadly in a game like this. Also don't see how this relates to the theme.

kevlarx 2011-05-18 04:37

Too difficult for a shooter nub like me, but looks great and is pretty satisfying (the minute of gameplay I can survive at least!)

erik 2011-05-23 00:04

Crazy hard and unforgiving. And the wait at the start for the action to begin gets a bit frustrating after the 5th time. But there are some stylistic touches that are really nice.

acodegerm 2011-05-23 09:22

I feel like this isn't getting enough love.

The real genius here is the point/health system(losing at least 10K each time you're hit) and the highscore table.

Bullet hell games are hard to tweak for a wide audience, but the synergy between those two features really put this game over the top. Great stuff!

jonbro 2011-05-23 14:44

MAN THAT WAS HARD! I struggle with difficulty balancing myself, but I wonder if the idea from nmccoy would help with this, waking up first thing in the morning and playing it to see if you can get through it.

Also a few shmup touches, if there was a tiny bit of acceleration that applied to your ship I think that would help the feel a ton..

lingmops 2011-05-23 18:52

Oh god it's so HAAAARRRD!!

lingmops 2011-05-23 18:55

Also, my housemate has been singing the music, so I guess it's officially catchy ;)