KiTN, Thinking of buying this. Help? Options

[Neon_the_Chao]

Really psyched about Kitten. I want to buy it, but I'm not sure.

What is the overall game like? I like the looks of the characters.

What's the story like? The battle system? Difficulty? Music? Any Riviera cameos (I hope so!)?

Basically, should I buy this game?

This post has been edited by Neon_the_Chao: Oct 20 2008, 03:59 PM

[Dr Strum]

For story, think a bit like Valkyrie Profile.
Battle system, think a real time Chess meets the offspring of a Shmup and Riviera.
Difficulty depends; there are three difficulty modes, however.
Music is amazing.
Cameos should have no effect on your purchase; don't be a fanboy.

[Neon_the_Chao]

For story, think a bit like Valkyrie Profile.

Didn't play, but have heard of. What is it?

Battle system, think a real time Chess meets the offspring of a Shmup and Riviera.

Cool. What's a Shmup?

Difficulty depends; there are three difficulty modes, however.

I wasn't too worried about that anyways.

Music is amazing.

As was Riviera.

Cameos should have no effect on your purchase; don't be a fanboy.

Sorry. I was just curious is all.

So, what is Valkyrie Profile and a Shmup?

[Mr. Sirius]

Shmup is in its entirely called a Shoot-Em-Up. It's something similar to the Touhou Project games, should you have any knowledge of those. You basically control a character and shoot things down, while avoiding enemy bullets. It's also been called Curtain Raiser.

[Suzu Fujibayashi]

Though it's also known as danamku - "Bullet Hell". Touhou I think pretty much defines that word given how uhm... Insane it is.

[P.P.A.]

Shmups are automatically scrolling shooters, whether they scroll horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Like Gradius, R-Type, Galaga, Twinbee etc.
Danmaku/bullet hell shmups are just a subcategory of it.

[Neon_the_Chao]

Interesting.

So, it's an RPG/shooting game?

[Suzu Fujibayashi]

More like a turn-based strategy, with real time strategy elements, RPG, and danmaku.

Turn-based in you need to finish the maps in a certain number of turns, real time in all action is in real time, RPG because units well level and you have that VIT thing too, and danmaku because you need to dodge bullets to keep your timer from ending prematurely (which will result in a turn going by faster then it should).

[Shadow]

Shmups are automatically scrolling shooters, whether they scroll horizontally, vertically or diagonally. Like Gradius, R-Type, Galaga, Twinbee etc.
Danmaku/bullet hell shmups are just a subcategory of it.

Galaga was an automatic scroller?

[P.P.A.]

Not directly, but it still falls into that category just like Space Invaders.

[Neon_the_Chao]

Kitten sounds very unique.

[Dr Strum]

Turn-based in you need to finish the maps in a certain number of turns

Not really. "Turn" is just bad terminology on Sting's part. It should have been clash or round or even battle.

RPG because units well level and you have that VIT thing too

No, RPG because you play as the Wisp. A game isn't RPG-styled just because you level up - that has nothing to do with being a "Role Playing Game", it's merely been a staple of the genre for a long time.

[Suzu Fujibayashi]

Turn-based in you need to finish the maps in a certain number of turns

Not really. "Turn" is just bad terminology on Sting's part. It should have been clash or round or even battle.

RPG because units well level and you have that VIT thing too

No, RPG because you play as the Wisp. A game isn't RPG-styled just because you level up - that has nothing to do with being a "Role Playing Game", it's merely been a staple of the genre for a long time.

I stand corrected.

And I know. But that kind of makes every game an RPG since you're never playing as yourself.
It was early and was lazy sorry. (To type out better reasons that is)

[Rhiannon]

Everyone always forgets Tetris.

[Dr Strum]

But that kind of makes every game an RPG since you're never playing as yourself.

Controlling is not the same as playing as.