Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Nov 29, 2021

  ⚔️ Gameplay ⚔️ ☐ Just bad ☐ Repetitive ☑ Fun ☑ Casual ☑ Challenging ☐ epic 📘 Story 📘 ☐ none ☐ Bad ☑ Alright (not even the 4th-wall-breaking characters know what the hell is going on, so why should you?) ☐ Good ☐ Fantastic ✨ Graphics ✨ ☐ Bad ☐ Alright ☐ Good ☑ Beautiful (except if you're epileptic tho .-. ) ☐ Breathtaking 🎶 Music 🎵 ☐ Bad ☐ Regular ☐ Good ☐ Relaxing ☑ Epic (just listen to this absolute banger: https://open.spotify.com/track/1FItwnyTSAg4J93toizmln?si=8TCQby5mRTCV1ufGYN74yA&utm if that isn't some good boss battle music I don't know what is) ☐ Repetitive ☠️ Difficulty ☠️ ☐ Boring ☐ Easy ☐ Regular ☑ Hard ☐ Unfair 👾 Bugs 👾 ☐ Unplayable ☐ very Bugy ☐ bugy ☐ Speed-run/cheaty bugs ☑ bug free ⏳ Game time / Length ⌛ ☐ Tiny (0 - 3 hours) ☐ Short (5 - 10 hours) ☑ Average (10 - 20 hours) ☐ Long (30-50 hours) ☐ Grindy (60 -100 hours) ☐ One Piece (100+ hours) 💸 Buying Price 💸 ☑ Fair [Full Price] (plus, you help and Indie dev) ☐ Pricy [wait for Sale] ☐ Unfair [borrow it from a friend] ☐ Don't even Bother ❎ Should you Buy? ✅ ☐ Please Don't ☐ Not really ☑ Yes ☐ Absolutely ☐ Must-Have 🙂My 𝙋𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 Opinion🙃 Really cool and chaotic game with epic music and really cute characters The story is hilarious but not that consistent so you can just play and enjoy without understanding what's happening, just like the characters xd P.S: I WANT "ADVENTURE STORY" ON STEAM PLEASEEE, I'LL GIVE YOU MY RIGHT LIVER!!!
• gamedeal user

  Nov 30, 2021

  Is that Phyrnna from BH2?
• gamedeal user

  Dec 8, 2015

  SOUNDTRACK INLUDED IN A FREE DLC, don't forget it (MP3, 320 kbps) Free version without bonus content available on kongregate if you want to try it first. ---- This game is a bullet hell: you are alone against wave and wave of ennemy filling the screen with bullet, luckily your hitbox is only a few pixel wide (visible as a small circle on the screen). It's an arcade game where you can lose fast but learn the pattern and improves as you play. Total newcomer to the genre should still be able to beat the game in normal difficulty, the heavenly difficulty on the other hand offer a true challenge. Pro: -Great maniability with keyboard, mouse or controller (controller integration is on point) -Good readability for a bullet hell, there is even a "high contrat bullet" option -Customization with cheat and handicap -Amazing soundtrack included (as a free DLC) -Humor between the level, if you liked the tone of Epic Battle Fantasy 4 it's the same -You can test the game for free on flash game website Con (?): -True bullet hell with no permanent upgrade, you are supposed to improve skillwise while playing -12$ is a great deal if you like the genre and the soundtrack, a little bit too much if you're not sure. In that case you should try the free flash version first. Conclusion: One of the best bullet hell for newcomer to the genre, still a good one for the touhou player. Worth every penny if you like bullet hells
• gamedeal user

  Dec 13, 2015

  I'm not the biggest fan of Bullet Hell or Shoot 'em Ups in general, but I'm a big fan of the developer and was willing to give this a shot; and it really surprised me. This is an incredibly accesible Bullet Hell game with a wide range of difficulty, if you or someone you know wants to get into the genre this is a great place to start. The game is also a very good Flash port with multiple control schemes (Including controller support) and a wide range of option, including the ability to use high contrast bullets, hide things like score numbers, or cap the frame rate lower for lower end computers. The game is responsive and has a surprising amount of depth focused around the scoreboard; handicaps, bonuses, and a variety of mechanics can be used to alter your score to get higher and higher on the very well intergrated scoreboard (something most steam games fail miserably at). The art style may not be for everyone, but the bullet patterns are very aesthetic. The music on the other hand is, like Matt's other games, very good with a large variety to match different areas and bosses. The sound design is also nice and work well to punctuate actions like slain enemies and grazed bullets allowing you to focus elsewere. Where the game really shines is the sheer amount of content: 3 Difficulties, 8 Characters (Each with multiple costumes and sub-weapons that are all unique to each character), over 70 stages with dozens of bosses. If you were to start on Normal and play through every stage on each difficulty you'd see well over 300 unique waves. Oh, and it's got 4-Player local co-op too, which is really neat. I suggest this to any Bullet Hell fan looking for something to play and especially anyone looking to get into them. Now get to work on EBF5, Matt.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 14, 2015

  Normally I don't even like this kind of games - but Bullet Heaven 2 looked really cool so I thought I'd give it a try. I was really surprised there are even some dialogues (which are awesome). The unlockable characters, costumes and weapons are great and the whole game is made very well. The soundtrack is extreme catchy. Somestimes I have problems seeing the bullets but as I never played games from this genre before this is not very surprising.
• gamedeal user

  Dec 24, 2015

  Disclaimer: I played all of Matt's games and was a big fan of Bullet Heaven 1. Bullet Heaven 2 is an incredibly pretty Bullet Hell game full of content, and it comes packed with features to adjust the difficulty for any player. But at the end of the day, it is still a Bullet Hell game. If you don't derive any enjoyment from moving your tiny hitbox (it's one pixel) through intricate patterns of near-death, then this will game will quickly wear thin for you. If on the other hand you have even a passing interest in this genre or SHMUPs of any kind, you will definitely enjoy this game. Gameplay: Many others have listed the numbers, but there are a crap ton of stages with 3 difficulty levels, and each world has two bosses as well as a random survival level. The game's characters all have minor differences and 3 subweapons each, with no two subweapons being exactly the same. You will definitely find something that suits your playstyle in this bunch. There are optional cheats and handicaps to tweak the difficulty both ways, but nothing in the way of permanent upgrades like in BH1. This game is more "pure" than that; your character does not improve over time, only your skill does. The high scores are heavily influenced by difficulty, meaning that the only way to compete for top scores on the leaderboards is to git gud at Heavenly difficulty. This provides a nice incentive for players to get better, while in no way locking out casual players from completing the game on Normal. Controls: Responsive but not without caveats. The Mouse and Keyboard setup is clearly most ideal, as mouse movement gives you a huge advantage in precision. It also supports controllers including properly analog stick control, which when combined with other features can yield enough precision to even beat Heavenly difficulty without resorting to mouse. There is a "focus" button to slow down your character while held, but you can invert this option to always move slowly and use the button to gain a sprint mode. Highly recommended as the setup for controller, but redundant for mouse since you can just move the mouse less. Unfortunately, you can't remap or rebind almost any of these control options. Graphics: Overly cutesy with soft lines and pleasant, but obviously flash, animation. The character art is something I'm used to and is true to Matt's usual style. It's a huge step up from BH1 though. Conversely, the bullets themselves look highly professional and the boss patterns match up to anything else on the market. The game has performance issues for some people, but playing in windowed mode instead of fullscreen seems to fix most FPS issues. Soundtrack: Unbelievable, 11/10. Halyconic Falcon X (Phyrnna) is the composer and is even a playable character this time around. You get the entire OST FOR FREE when you buy the game, and can listen to any song in-game in the gallery. The SFX are mostly decent. Some are really good, but some of the enemy shot SFX are kinda grating and annoying to me. Fortunately the options let you turn off these sounds (among other things) if you so desire. Finally, this game has some sort of mysterious power to be HIGHLY addicting. I get that way with new games a lot, but everyone I personally know who owns this game, has a really hard time putting it down.
• gamedeal user

  Jan 16, 2016

  Do you like shooting enemies? Do you like dodging tons of bullets? Do you like collecting coins, gems and unlocking stuff? Do you like a quirky, amusing cast of characters that are incredibly genre-savvy? Then you might like Bullet Heaven 2! For the reasons why I like and recommend this game, keep reading! ====== Like most people, I started getting into Matt Roszak's games through the Epic Battle Fantasy RPGs. Eventually, I was surprised to learn that Roszak expanded into other game genres, particularly the Arcade-style vertical Shooter. Yes, I played Bullet Heaven long before the sequel was released. While I enjoyed the game quite a bit, I didn't feel like it stood out that much amongst the other flash-based shooters I played (sorry Matt). Thankfully, Bullet Heaven 2 cuts out the bits that held the original game back and tightens its gameplay to a laser-focused point. BH2 is a true arcade shmup to the core, for all the right reasons. The main thing that was dropped from Bullet Heaven 1 was the Upgrade Shop. You could buy powerups for your characters using the gold gained from defeated enemies. While this is nice and all, it made the game play out entirely differently from BH2. Your upgrades dictated your skill level, not your actual skill itself (though in BH1's defense, some of the levels are super hard even with upgrades). Axing the Upgrade Shop was a very smart idea and I feel BH2 benefitted heavily from the change. That being said, how [i]does[/i] BH2 play? Well, like a typical score-based shmup, as one may expect. You dodge bullets, you shoot enemies, you collect the point items you drop, and that's about it. You can control your character through either the keyboard, mouse or controller, though I honestly prefer the mouse. The amount of control and precision offered with the mouse is incredible, and I wish more shmup games like this had mouse (though maybe they don't for that reason, sometimes the mouse is TOO accurate at times, at least when the game isn't lagging). You will probably need this precision quite badly in Bullet Heaven 2, because as the screenshots show, it's one of those Danmaku-style games where bullets fill the screen, creating claustrophobic patterns for you to weave through. Games like these can be intimidating at first, BH2 gives you many options to change the difficulty. aside from the three difficulty levels that adjust the number of bullets the enemies fire, there are cheats and handicaps to adjust your attack power and bullet speed, give you more health/bombs and temporary powerups. If you don't care about unlocking high-end stuff or high scores and just want to blast things, feel free to use the Cheats as upgrades to make things easier. If you DO want to chase high scores and three-star rankings, however, the game has a simple yet effective scoring system in plae. Cheats lower score, Handicaps increase it, as does the difficulty itself. Clearing an enemy wave without getting hit, running out of time or bombing gives you a diamond, which boosts your score multiplier. Therefore, getting a high score mainly relies on clearing waves quickly, though you can also gain some extra points by collecting the coins enemies drop. And since this is a bullet hell game, you earn points for grazing bullets and clearing them from the screen too, though depending on the difficulty they may or may not be worth the effort. In addition to chasing Medals and High Scores, the shop in this game adds alternate sub-weapons and costumes for each character, changing their play style. I honestly prefer using a costume that increases my item-grabbing radius, as I love collecting coins and increasing my score with them. When I'm not chasing achievements, I usually use Phrynna in her Fairy Wings outfit, she has amazing damage output against most bosses and enemies (I use Dry NoLegs for things like the robotic wasp boss). Speaking of weapons, each character has a sub-weapon in addition to their main shot, which can be fired off once their subweapon gauge is full. You can also charge up an attack with your main shot to deal extra damage, but I rarely use it. Each smart bomb also acts a little differently and does damage depending on the character and mods you are using, but you can only carry so many per level, so use them wisely! In terms of content and story...Well, there's not too much of a story. Monsters start attacking Matt and friends out of the blue, so they travel across ten or so worlds to try and figure out why they're being targeted. [spoiler]It turns out that the final boss of EBF3, Akron, was apparently behind this mess. Didn't expect that![/spoiler] The story is told through dialog between the party members before and after each stage, and it is pretty funny most of the time. Matt's the dim-witted warrior, Natalie's the sarcastic magical girl, Lance is the somewhat serious tech-head (whom has a serious crush on Natalie), Anna is the nature girl, and NoLegs...Is the team pet, not much else to say there, heh. [spoiler]Dry NoLegs and Slime Bunny appear in a couple of scenes, but they have little effect on the plot, and Phyrnna doesn't appear at all in the story. There's also no proper ending cutscene or credits after the final boss, so be aware of that.[/spoiler] Each world has seven levels; four normal story levels, a boss level, a tougher boss, and an endless level. In terms of presentation...The game looks great. Roszak's cartoony anime-ish art style really fits the setting for this game, yet he also does a fine job of making some truly detailed and intimidating monsters and backgrounds. There is also a gallery where you can choose the sidebar graphics, main menu backgrounds, and even listen to the awesome music Phrynna made for this game! The game can run at a smooth 60 FPS, or it can be locked at 30 FPS if you feel your computer can't handle 60 FPS for whatever reason. Lots of graphical options and screen sizes exist as well, so tweak them to your liking. I didn't have that many visibility problems while playing this game, aside from getting hit by a bullet that was hiding behind another bullet or something dumb like that. And yes, like most arcade shmups, there is Multiplayer, but I feel it gets in the way of pursuing high scores since you have to work well with your friends to get said high scores. It's good for a laugh, however. I apologize for this being a lengthy review, but I hope it's been helpful regardless. If you enjoy these kinds of arcade shooters, then Bullet Heaven 2 will be right up your alley, and I highly recommend purchasing it.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 14, 2016

  I've found myself growing more and more frustrated with traditional bullet hell games, but this one is excellent. It defies genre conventions in subtle ways, and in doing so produces a game that is enjoyable beyond the usual niche scope of this sort of thing. The most important thing for me is that it provides you with plenty of things to do besides endlessly repeating the same six levels for score. There's a lot of content! 70 levels, and the non-boss waves are an interesting challenge on their own instead of being a pointless grind. Plus there's a variety of characters and modes to unlock, and in-game achievements covering a wide range of potential activities. The other big difference compared to other danmaku is that the game is rather forgiving. The actual waves and patterns are as hard as any bullet hell, but you can recover life in a stage and can always start from any stage you've unlocked -- no endlessly repeating the first few areas in search of a one credit clear here. To me, this makes the game feel far more fair and approachable. I find myself wanting to put in the effort to learn the harder patterns, since the game makes them available to practice as much as I need to. As for the rest, it's a very solid entry in the genre. Great music, cute art and character designs, and amusing party banter at the start and end of each level. Controls and interface are solid, and it's refreshing to play a danmaku that properly uses widescreen resolutions. My thanks to Matt Roszak for another great release -- looking forward to EBF5!
• gamedeal user

  Jul 10, 2016

  I'm a big fan of bullet hell STGs, one of the first that I played being Bullet Heaven 1. While I look back at that game with nostalgia, and BH2 is an improvement in every way, I still have a hard time recommending it having played the likes of Touhou, Crimzon Clover, or Cave's stuff. There's admittedly a lot to like here. The boss levels are all pretty good. There's a lot of fun bullet patterns in every difficulty, so you can basically dive in no matter your skill level. This idea is taken further with the "cheats and handicaps" system which is supposed to let you further customise your difficulty. The cheats being an interesting alternative to the continues you would get in most STGs, bringing the idea into an arcadeless era. There are achievements and lots of unlockables. But the game is really let down by the non-boss levels. There are very many of these and they quickly start feeling like a slog. While there are quite a few enemies, they tend to just spawn in big rectangles and either throw bullets directly at you or everywhere. I guess it gets the defense right, as weaving through bullets feels good, but not really the offensive side. If feels like enemies can either be spawn-killed or are tanky to the point where killing them doesn't really feel good. There are also problems having to do with how the game is in flash. That means you might need a more powerful machine than you might expect to run it smoothly, and running an STG smoothly is paramount. I also couldn't get it working on Linux and so had to boot up my rusty win7 install, which I don't like to do. That having been said I don't regret my purchase. I've been a huge fan of Phyrnna's music for a while and the soundtrack they made for this title doesn't disappoint.
• gamedeal user

  Aug 10, 2016

  TLDR this game is great, get it. Long version: Bullet Heaven 2 is a pretty amazing (or, well, at least SLIGHTLY amazing) danmaku game that accounts for both newbies to the genre and veterans. The game is built around bite-sized stages that can be replayed at will, so getting a game over never means you lose progress, and it's the perfect thing to pick up when you want to have fun for 15 minutes... but with almost a hundred of them, you still get a lot of bang for the buck! The harder difficulty settings give you a real challenge, and get so hard I've not managed to clear stage 1-1 on the hardest difficulty yet despite years of casually fiddling with danmakus. The game also has some nice customization options to let you tailor your experience for your taste... money dropped by enemies can be used to unlock cheats to make the game easier, handicaps to make it harder, and lots of customization options like alternate weapons and characters; each has slightly different play style and switching up characters or weapons to suit the stage you're going to play has a big impact on your experience. You can play co-op with up to 3 friends for an easier or harder time depending on how well you coordinate your attacks, too. The game doesn't punish you for using cheats and playing it safe, but it rewards you for playing well. Each stage has 3 extra-difficult optional bonus waves accessed if you get enough Perfects on the normal waves, which offer huge score boosts and extra cash for the unlockables; you can unlock hidden bosses and stages in each world, and all the game's achievements also rewards you with a substantial amount of unlockables cash giving you an incentive to achieve them. There's also a bunch of achievements awarded for very silly or stupid-to-attempt things encouraging you to take the game less serious and try things outside your comfort zone, and before you know it, it'll become second nature. Bullet Heaven 2 combines the best parts of Jamestown's co-op and Touhou's tight bullet pattern design with a small pinch of roguelike elements, and it's pretty unique in the amount of polish and quality it has, but the best parts of it is how accessible it is. You'll probably only play in short, intense bursts, but it feels like you've had fun for hours.