Game:

HellSinker. (2007)

Duration: 52:43

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Hellsinker full run clear with the grooviest Kagura variant~

Even if I unsucessfully tried it a long time ago, I picked up the game again shortly after Shmup Slam 3 and played it more seriously. It's a game that always seemed interesting when seeing the live superplays but also so arcane and obtuse for no real reason. Even the menus were WTF-tier lol. And the first stage was very underwhelming with its section full of invincible brown enemies you can't really do anything with

But after playing some more, unlocking the alternate versions of the first few stages as well as the Kagura character, the game really opened up for me. The various mechanics finally started to click and the various elements of the interface didn't seem like they were in a language I don't understand

When playing as Kagura4 (Xanthez), the game is really fun! You move around the screen, slashing enemies with your spinning swords and unleashing a big frontal bomb. The music is also all sorts of awesome!

After having practiced plenty of individual stages and boss fights, I decided to string together a run and attempt to clear it with the full TLB sequence

The game is actually kinda long so this was quite the adventure lol. The run itself wasn't too bad but it took a turn downhill fast at the Apostles fight (boss 6) where I was close to Game Over. Thankfully the game is quite generous with resources and I got back on my feet for the final. Unfortunately, I didn't trigger the Rex Cavalier bonus sequence + bonus 1UP (even though I get it 100% of the time in practice) because Stella was different and I got different attacks that screwed me over, urghhhh. On a sidenote, my Shrine of Farewell was more comedy than anything else lol, but it wasn't a big priority and you have infinite lives in it anyways.

Getting the TLB level3 and pursuing its sequence all the way to the end was not too difficult in theory, but given how long it takes just to get there, there's always the fear of fucking up at the last second. Unlocking that level 3 for instance is all in a single pattern near the end since nothing else really gave me good opportunities for that. And unlocking the TLB's second phase can be a bit tight timing-wise

Anyways, it was pretty fun! Not sure I'd go back to it for score right away though. I still have the bonus stages to do before anyways.

Played on PC (Steam version), recorded with OBS Studio
#shmup #STG #Hellsinker

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