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Mushihimesama Futari

Futari is probably my overall favourite shmup. I think there are other games that do certain things better than it but as a whole, Futari is pretty much number 1 for me.
Futari's artstyle has always stood out to me and some of the art made for the game feels sorta cinematic and I like that vibe.This art in particular comes to mind.

In terms of gameplay Futari goes along with the trend the Espgaluda games started with huge bullet cancels that feel really satisfying to pull off. The difficulty in this game is probably my only gripe with this game but thats probably a fault of my own. I have no experience with ultra mode so I'm basing my opinion off of maniac and original mode.

The games pretty much has a stable difficulty curve until the absolutely huge spike in the latter half of stage 3, including the boss to an extent. I'm playing on Xenia so maybe the input delay throws me off but nonetheless, that portion of stage 3 and the boss never fail to frustrate me. Stage 4 and 5 are fine and have a respectable difficulty given their place in the game. I'd say those two stages are mostly easier than the latter half of stage 3. Though I guess stage 5 boss outclasses everything before it in terms of difficulty, though she's kinda easy on maniac to be honest.

Not sure if this is a gripe or not but the shot types in this games are kinda unbalanced, in regards to their usefulness. Normal Reco and Abnormal Palm are basically the dream needle Reimu and Laser Marisa of this game, sacrificing damage for range and range for damage respectively.

But then there's abnormal Reco and Normal Palm. Abnormal Reco is truly abnormal since her focused shot makes her move super fast and you pretty much gotta get right in the face of whatever you're shooting at. This is mostly a problem during bosses since you're gonna be at the bottom of the screen for the most part and you aren't gonna remain focused since the speed makes it harder to dodge precisely. The unfocused shot is pretty alright but just does poor damage. And then there's normal Palm who is kinda just lacks damage overall and there's not real advantage to him because he doesn't have anything to make up for his low damage.

With all that out of the way though, all I have left to say is that this is the best ost Cave has put out by far. I won't even ramble about it here, just g listen to it. Every track is a banger.

Anyway that's all I have to say about Futari. This game is just top grade of it's genre.


	Back to main page Mushihimesama Futari Futari is probably my overall favourite shmup. I think there are other games that do certain things better than it but as a whole, Futari is pretty much number 1 for me. Futari's artstyle has always stood out to me and some of the art made for the game feels sorta cinematic and I like that vibe.This art in particular comes to mind. In terms of gameplay Futari goes along with the trend the Espgaluda games started with huge bullet cancels that feel really satisfying to pull off. The difficulty in this game is probably my only gripe with this game but thats probably a fault of my own. I have no experience with ultra mode so I'm basing my opinion off of maniac and original mode. The games pretty much has a stable difficulty curve until the absolutely huge spike in the latter half of stage 3, including the boss to an extent. I'm playing on Xenia so maybe the input delay throws me off but nonetheless, that portion of stage 3 and the boss never fail to frustrate me. Stage 4 and 5 are fine and have a respectable difficulty given their place in the game. I'd say those two stages are mostly easier than the latter half of stage 3. Though I guess stage 5 boss outclasses everything before it in terms of difficulty, though she's kinda easy on maniac to be honest. Not sure if this is a gripe or not but the shot types in this games are kinda unbalanced, in regards to their usefulness. Normal Reco and Abnormal Palm are basically the dream needle Reimu and Laser Marisa of this game, sacrificing damage for range and range for damage respectively. But then there's abnormal Reco and Normal Palm. Abnormal Reco is truly abnormal since her focused shot makes her move super fast and you pretty much gotta get right in the face of whatever you're shooting at. This is mostly a problem during bosses since you're gonna be at the bottom of the screen for the most part and you aren't gonna remain focused since the speed makes it harder to dodge precisely. The unfocused shot is pretty alright but just does poor damage. And then there's normal Palm who is kinda just lacks damage overall and there's not real advantage to him because he doesn't have anything to make up for his low damage. With all that out of the way though, all I have left to say is that this is the best ost Cave has put out by far. I won't even ramble about it here, just g listen to it. Every track is a banger. Anyway that's all I have to say about Futari. This game is just top grade of it's genre.