Alltynex is also pretty fun. Here’s the artbook/devbook for the trilogy in English that the publisher forgot to put on Steam because they’re dumb.
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Alltynex is also pretty fun. Here’s the artbook/devbook for the trilogy in English that the publisher forgot to put on Steam because they’re dumb.
Platform: Steam/PC – Global – Instant Delivery…
ALLTYNEX Second Global Steam Key Only $1.99 Instant Delivery
Platform: Steam/PC – Global – Instant Delivery…
Alltynex CAD screen5 by 4-X-S
Alltynex CAD screen2 by 4-X-S
Article Update
Raid Wind 2: ALLTYNEX
Before ALLTYNEX Second, before RefleX, before KAMUI, the man called Satoshi Yoshida (now known as Jirurun of SITER SKAIN) had released a vertical shoot-em-up called Raid Wind 2: Alltynex. This progenitor of the Tale of Alltynex trilogy is itself technically a sequel: there indeed was a Raid Wind 1 (a NEC PC-9801 shoot-em-up), but the name is the only connection between the two, and the "Raid Wind" part is not even mentioned past the intro sequence. The intro itself, presented in neat looking CG and Japanese text, tells a simple story: there's the bad computer Alltynex, there's the human fleet, you go and shoot everything. Pretty much the same deal as in ALLTYNEX Second.
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Bought this week's Humble Weekly Bundle, mainly so that I could try some Japanese shmups that aren't Touhou. So I've been playing the Tale of ALLTYNEX trilogy. It's kind of weird playing bullet hell games with such a different design philosophy from Touhou. More focus is put on enemies and fast-moving projectiles than intricate patterns.
KAMUI feels pretty old, but it plays very well, and the weapons are cool, although it took me forever to figure out how the homing lightning things worked. RefleX has a reflector shield mechanic that I really like, and is also a very solid game ALLTYNEX Second is really cool and I love it. The beam sword weapon is super fun to use. My biggest problem with it is that it sometimes plays with the 3D space, leading to deaths where I didn't expect it.
The continue system in both RefleX and ALLTYNEX Second is pretty interesting. Every time you get game over, you get an additional credit for the next run so you can get further. Haven't decided how I feel about it yet. I might use that idea for Typhoon Unit if I end up liking it.
The Tale of ALLTYNEX
3 games shmup compilation soon on Steam and already available from official website : http://alltynex.com/purchase/
Friendly reminder that The Tale Of ALLTYNEX is an awesome game compilation that you should definitely vote up on Greenlight and GOG and, in the meantime, buy.
Because it's a damn shame that games of this caliber are not selling like hotcakes.