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Bokens's Ikaruga (GC)
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| [February 8, 2008 09:45:59 PM]
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GAMEPLAY:
In Ikaruga, you're ship has a shield which can be either black or white and you are able to chang the color in an instant. when you are hit by an enemy bullet, if it is the same color as your shield, it will be absorbed. This is a key mechanic of the game, and something that really sets it apart from other shmup games. This mechanic also changes the challenges of the game a lot, by making the skills needed more about pattern recognition rather than trying to fit the ship through a small opening in the waves of bullets without touching any of them.
DESIGN:
The main inovative game mechanic that the game is centered around is ability to constatly change your ships shield to absorb certain types of bullets.
When your ship fires, the color of the bullets will be the same as the current color of your shield. Also, the enemy ships in the game are either black or white, and will take double damage from bullets of the oposite color.
The player is also able to unleash a powerful attack when their energy bar is full, but to fill the bar they must aborb enemy bullets, which make absorbing generally a better strategy than dodging.
The idea of the shield allows the game designer to create lots of interesting and unique challenges for the player, which require the player to analyze the color patterns of waves of enemy bullets and rapidly alternate the color of the ship's shield to manuver through without being hit.
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| [February 8, 2008 09:27:45 PM]
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Ikaruga is a vertically scrolling shooter video game in which the player must destroy the waves of enemy ships while manuvering your own ship through the waves of enemy bullets.
Ikaruga doesn"t have much of a story or characters, but in my opinion it isn't really important for this type of game. The game can be played in one or two player mode. You're ship has a shield which can absorb enemy bullets of the same color, which was nice addition that adds a new twist to this type of game.
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Bokens's Ikaruga (GC)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Friday 8 February, 2008
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