Be sure to sub to TwilightEX's channel! He helped out a ton with this vid including capturing some gameplay! kzitem.info/rock/6e7KOlKO_rhND9uEmlfdcA
@broken1394
2 жыл бұрын
Praise be the some Dude in Japan. ♥️
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Ha the mysterious overmind, couldn't find a pic of him
@orbajo
2 жыл бұрын
My first ever 1cc, took me 50 hours, this game will always have a special place in my heart! Thanks for making this so more people can hopefully be interested in giving it a try! Keep your dignity.
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Oh that s really cool! Yes I hope this vid helps introduce the game to more people :-)
@KuroOnehalf
2 жыл бұрын
As someone who's been obsessed with this game for many years, I think it's a decent review. :p Personally I don't relate with the difficulty thing. While the game is more complex, in terms of raw difficulty I thought it was relatively easy, on par with easier Touhou games. In addition to the generous 7 lives option, there's several points in the campaign where you can farm lives and get back into shape if you screw up. Mistakes don't haunt you the whole game like they do in most shmups. And also, the dismembering system (would've been a cool thing to mention!) makes it so you can speed kill a bunch of bosses by prioritizing their weak points. Granted, Dead Liar is not an easy character. I think you'd have an easier time playing Minogame for 1CC survival at first. But 1CC with Dead Liar doesn't have to be too bad. In a lot of cases you can put your mistletoe at the top of the screen and let it do most of the work while you hang back. Anyway I'm rambling. Cool vid!
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked it!! Definitely a daunting review to undertake
@FarAwayTimesGames
2 жыл бұрын
Spent a couple weeks learning the Dead Liar 1CC last year, this is just one of the most inventive and joyful shmups I've ever played. I love how it regularly tosses one-off bosses and setpieces at you that're more creative than most entire shmups can come up with.
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
I know the game has some serious mojo!
@TheRestartPoint
2 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of bands that can fit more ideas into one song than other bands put into an entire album. This is the prog rock of shmups XD
@FarAwayTimesGames
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheRestartPoint Totally! I've used "prog rock shmup" as shorthand for these games with friends. Hellsinker, ZeroRanger, and RefleX are my goto examples, I love this kind of shmup to bits. I really need to play Radiant Silvergun, I keep seeing my favorite games compared to it xD
@MrElbowsmash
2 жыл бұрын
I have this on Steam but honestly, I've been sitting on playing it, because that cluster of mechanics is intimidating. I hope your video will help me figure things out!
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Me too! That s one of my goals for sure
@bombadbombad1584
2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful review, did a great job of capturing why I (and many others) love this game so much. I'm sure you already know, but for those that don't, Hellsinker is basically a spiritual successor, or even a straight up sequel, to Radio Zonde (by the same developer). As it turns out, Radio Zonde established a lot of the features that would later appear in Hellsinker, like the various unique playable characters and their complex movesets, enemies, general game design, and even music. Would definitely recommend Hellsinker fans to check it out.
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Yes great point!!!
@LixeiraDoFrost
Жыл бұрын
Hellsinker is my second favorite shmup of all time and I gotta tell you man: loved your review. Still, gonna give you a heads up: Hellsinker is actually tough to learn, but once you master its mechanics fully, it is a pretty easy clear. I also main Deadliar and I just gotta tell you: it ain't that hard. Hellsinker feels more like a game you have to "explore" than actually do hardcore routing. All these mechanics are there to help you. Try using the Shrine of Farewell to get more lives. You just need to kill the bosses quickly if you are aiming for survival, you'll probably get a shitton of extends just by winning and your lives are impossible. Then, get to the center-top of the screen and get your mistletoe to the center down. You'll get ALL THE CRYSTALS. Use the training mode and speedkill most of the bosses. You don't need to score much, the game is very generous with extends. Hellsinker scoring is insanely deep but definitely more optional. Try different mistletoes formations. I see you tend to put it to the center too much. While that's great for maximum front damage input, you'll want to hit different parts of the screen very frequently. Diagonal formations tend to allow you to damage more parts of the screen simultaneously and also damage bosses just fine. Try breaking different boss parts. You can cheese them easily if you know which parts make the game get easier. The only hard stage in the game essentially is Level 6, but it's totally doable. Do it! I can't wait to see your post 1cc impressions. Legit amazing game. Keep up the good work.
@TheElectricUnderground
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much my dude!
@matteste
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, finally, the mythical shmup gets some well deserved attention. I suck at this game and yet it holds a really special place in my heard, just being so unlike anything else out there.
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, and it was a really daunting review!
@robertrogers6487
2 жыл бұрын
No g, this shmup has been my favorite shmup since playing the alpha comiket demo release back in 07. Then that English patch back in 2012 and then the steam release? *Chefs kiss*
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Yes thank the shmup gods for the English patch!
@76mmM4A1HVSS
2 жыл бұрын
I love HELLSINKER so much
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
It s awesome!
@rollanddev
11 ай бұрын
Oh god, this game is my all time favorite!! YEARS later and I'm still playing this one and finding new things. Still figuring stuff out story-wise. Still finding better scoring routes. Still praying for another game like this. :) So much love to you for giving this game love! [Instant subscribe.]
@HotPocketHPE
2 жыл бұрын
I love this game, it's just bursting with creativity. It's like one of those albums that came out decades ago but feels cutting-edge when you listen to it. Got the full sequence order 1cc with Fossil Maiden, so fun to play. Great, great game.
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Yes exactly!!
@source_decay
2 жыл бұрын
Have been fence-sitting about whether or not to get this for some time, this convinced me to finally pull the trigger. Enjoying it so far, great review/overview!
@then1533
2 жыл бұрын
Yep, looking forward to this.
@soratheorangejuicemascot5809
Жыл бұрын
11:40 reason why I stick with Fossil Maiden is because all of her shots got different movement speed. The only bad thing about her movement is that her slow move isn't slow enough.
@sudarshangopinathan5904
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the review, the planets seemed to have aligned as when I checked steam it was on a 50% sale, immediately bought it.
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
That s really cool ha
@PedroFerreira-sx2gd
2 жыл бұрын
Hellsinker is the odyssey of Homero concerning shoot em Ups. I have never understood all the game mechanics (believe me i try).in fact many of them i only found by trial and error. The most amazing thing is that all complexity is natural and Logic. There is only One thing i hate in the game. It is very easy to select no in the continuity screen. I AM not a 1 CC player and i would love to see the game design of the later levels. Not because i wanba beat the game, but because i have fascination to see what new ideas appear . Great review.the soundtrack is amazing
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah that default no is pretty troll ha. The soundtrack is awesome! Super overlooked
@tx7300
2 жыл бұрын
if you get to stage 8 (continue or not) you unlock an option in the menu called SHORT MISSION that lets you play the game with only 5 stages instead of 8, but if you 1cc that it still counts as a full 1cc and you get to see everything the game has to offer. if you continue in stage 5 you will skip stage 6, if you continue in stage 6 you will skip stage 7, so you can strategize where to die so to speak so you can get to stage 8 in the safest way in order to unlock SHORT MISSION. personally i find stage 6 to be the hardest in the game, mostly because of the boss, so might wanna die in stage 5
@EMMA-GAMES
2 жыл бұрын
Are you interested in Alternative Sphere Mark? Thanks for this review because I've been trying to dig into this game here and there. Thank you for the insight :D
@brightsuperstition
2 жыл бұрын
I'm perfectly fine with strictly limited credits as long as a training mode exists and makes all levels and bosses accessible in training mode from the start. That's fair. This approach still respects the player's time by allowing him to practice the harder sections at his own leisure instead of it being a situation where the only way they can practice harder sections is to get to that section and maybe lose all credits within less than a minute because of how hard it is, forcing him to start all over again and hope he can reach that hard section again and maybe survive a little longer. If it's something like Super XYX that doesn't have training mode, then that's bullshit.
@hooksnfangs6006
2 жыл бұрын
Ah Hellsinker. It's the first SHMUP to make me ask, "What the hell am I doing?".
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Yes exactly ha
@Coreagrus
2 жыл бұрын
I fell deeply in love with this game. There's just nothing quite like it. I appreciate any and all coverage of it. I just don't know what exactly a 'Character Action' game is, despite being a big fan of the given examples. In this context I think 'mechanically complex, deep and nuanced' would mean basically the same thing, and it would be accurate about Hellsinker. You mention how Tonnor disregards labels, then describe the game with a relatively recent, I think poorly defined label. Some say Doom Eternal is a character action game. I don't get it. Oh well, that's a pet peeve of mine. I don't wanna invite a semantical debate. 'S all good. Strangely, I'm fine with the mentioning of Dark Souls despite how much of a tired meme it is, because yeah - the scarcity of checkpoints is a deliberate old school design decision - in place since the original Demon's Souls. I respect limited continues in much the same way. Btw, you actually lose your one and only continue if you go to the shrine of farewell. I think it's both because that place is a graveyard, so 'The Death' is now very close, and because the aftermath of the shrine can result in a lot of extends, so it kinda fulfils the same purpose. Thought that was a neat design choice. I'm a bit ashamed that I haven't done a 1CC either. I was very close once, then got distracted, but I will go and do it eventually, and so should you. Sometimes I feel like writing long, rambling comments. Thanks in advance if you indulged me. Cheers!
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome comment! Yeah I do plan on getting a 1cc in the game soon :-) I want to make more content about it for sure
@scienceandmatter8739
2 жыл бұрын
CANT3WAIT FOR THIS MAN
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Took a lot of time to put this together :-)
@scienceandmatter8739
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheElectricUnderground man what a Gift , you should really continueing man i See a blazinz futureeeeee
@dixiesama
10 ай бұрын
Got into your channel recently from your fighting gaem stuff. I've pretty much ignored the shmup genre outside of occasional casual play for a long time, but your passion for them raised my interest a lot! Ended up buying Hellsinker, Like Dreamer, and Sophstar. Hellsinker in particular has captured me, and I feel like I'll grind in the long term for a 1cc with each character/equipment.
@soratheorangejuicemascot5809
9 ай бұрын
Goodluck with your playthrough.
@dixiesama
9 ай бұрын
@@soratheorangejuicemascot5809 I got the dub with Minogame but that character is almost like cheating at times 😂 Actually learning patterns is hard!
@soratheorangejuicemascot5809
9 ай бұрын
@@dixiesama I suck at using Minogame. Everytime I hide under that circle of his/her/it/wheat, I always ended up dying. Learning the pattern ising character without much like Kagura 4 can be tough though. Game is mixed with dense slow bullet, fast ones that can be slowdowned and then red/blue needles which I consider to be the hardest ones to dodge. I already spent 169 hours on Hellsinker but I cant stop playing it with Fossil Maiden for some reason. Its weird that I formed a sense of comfort in this game to the point I attempted score chasing.
@sakarain
6 ай бұрын
I wonder how a VS mode would look like in this game. Hearing how each character is unique and there is meter, I think of fighting games. I don’t think there’s a lot of VS shmups; the first thing to come to mind is 2hu 3, 9, & 19.
@Zenon00007
2 жыл бұрын
Bring it..❤️
@jackylee5850
2 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure the developer of this game are the guys who did Radio Zonde, no other game I know uses this Sol/Luna/Stella mechanic, or with intentionally vague HUDs
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Ha yes the UI in this game is pretty mysterious
@niroe82
2 жыл бұрын
Tonnor made both games yeah, there is even a remixed track from Radio Zonde in HellSinker it's dope af
@jackylee5850
2 жыл бұрын
You're right, found this detailed interview of the guy on shmuplations and he mentioned it
@HeavyMetalfps
2 жыл бұрын
Oh nice, Hellsinker. :D
@ArcLi7e
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome review Mark, this game is so intimidating to try to learn but this inspired me to give it another go. BTW, any plans to take a look at the new Arcade Archives GunNail release on ps4/switch?
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear it!!! Possibly, just have to get caught up on some other vids first :-)
@Ishmokin
Жыл бұрын
Hi! Nice review! Looking into digging in this game. Did you use extral rapid fire apps for acade stick? Do you have any recommendations?
@TheElectricUnderground
Жыл бұрын
Antimicro for sure!
@JuanRoosterbeard
Жыл бұрын
This is La- Mulana of Shmups....
@TheElectricUnderground
Жыл бұрын
Hellsinker is one of a kind. Crazy game ha
@Arandui
2 жыл бұрын
Just one day after this review, the game is on 50% sale on Steam. What a perfect timing.
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
That s awesome!
@scienceandmatter8739
2 жыл бұрын
I only have the Switch now for shmups but man Theres so few coming from Steam etc. THATs really sadening
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah gotta get on the PC scene somehow
@iananderson292
2 жыл бұрын
Finally someone can explain it to me
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Hope it helped!!!
@tippidink
8 ай бұрын
masterpiece
@SuperLarrythompson
2 жыл бұрын
Wish the characters were better animated ala shikigami no shiro.
@docsavage4921
Жыл бұрын
On sale now for 5.99. I JUST bought the Ginga Force and Natsuki Chronicles pack, how often does this go on sale? Might just get it now, I did only just learn about this and was planning on getting it at some point.. Just wasn't thinking it would be quite this soon after a purchase.
@junthergauch5914
2 жыл бұрын
What do you think, will Cave ever release new titles again? Now that the fan base is bigger than ever, thanks also to your channel!
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
I really hope so, I don t see why not honestly, I think it is possible
@junthergauch5914
2 жыл бұрын
What are they doing at the moment, do you know that? What are they working on?
@elseifgames129
6 ай бұрын
So I want to get into Hellsinker, but I play shmups primarily on keyboard. Is there a program to set up autofire macros directly to keys instead of on a controller? Or is it even necessary, since my current tries have been with Minogane, and she doesn't seem to have the same mash requirement?
@LixeiraDoFrost
4 ай бұрын
I have the 1cc and I played only with a keyboard. Not that hard tbh, hope you enjoy it
@REDLINE.FGC1
2 жыл бұрын
MORE LIKE HELLSTINKER needed to say it, game looks good tho.
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Ha XD
@SPL1NGYDUDE
4 ай бұрын
so this is basically the Ultrakill of Shmups?
@psionicflash
2 ай бұрын
ultrakill doesn't need a 30-minute tutorial for the tutorial
@soratheorangejuicemascot5809
2 жыл бұрын
And I thought Illmatic Envelope wnd Radirgy are too complicated enough for me to grasp.
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Ha no kidding those are head scratchers too
@dearcrowns
2 жыл бұрын
I've actually never heard "the sequel to DDP is Ketsui" tbh Also I'm curious, how would you say Hellsinker compares to Stellavanity in terms of its complexity and uniqueness (since they both seem to have that going for them)?
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Oh sometimes shmups of a similar nature will be considered a sort of sequel to one another, like rade and espgaluda (probably should have used that example) or silvergun and ikaruga
@dearcrowns
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheElectricUnderground Oh yes, those two examples are a lot more pervasive I feel.
@blacklabel4034
2 жыл бұрын
I hope there will be a switch port, looks amazing 😲
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
I think that might be a long way away, but you never know! It did make it to steam
@RxMxG
2 жыл бұрын
I'm just an average bullet hell / shmup player and I just bought this game a couple days ago. The opening training is very long and give me a new kind of headache hahaha
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Oh yeah skip that mode
@TheRestartPoint
2 жыл бұрын
Looks great and it's only £3.59 on Steam sale so why the hell not? Even if my slow 45 year old brain never gets to grips with it XD
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Ha you ll get it I have faith in you :-)
@gepflegtePCSpieleKultur
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mark... Hell(Time)sinker... i'm banging my Head on this one now for a while. (June 21) And i'm not the Wiser... This is one of the few Games my Adult ADHD Brain says: NO Bro... Not that one... i don't wanna learn, play or watch Video's about it... BEGONE! HAHAHA... maybe one more year... Cheers -> One Hour Later... i beat the first Boss... :-) Thank you again
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
No problem! I do hope this vid can help more people pick up the game because it is Uber complicated
@gepflegtePCSpieleKultur
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheElectricUnderground My Impression so far, not as demanding as Radiant Silvergun... but the Execution is much more exigent (my opinion). Learning (muscle memory) to use the Subweapon flawless in any Situation is very hard, but also to execute all other gameplay technics at once in rapid succession is very demanding (for me). And yes, i agree shmup beginner will be tested to their limits. btw after 3 Hours of Hellsinker... i played Judgment Silversword (another good Advice from you) and got very close to 1cc... HAHAHA The Hellsinker Training Camp makes you stronger for other Shmups... Cheers Mate
@shmups_hobby
2 жыл бұрын
I made it as far as ‘branching paths’... 🥵
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Ha hang in there it s worth it!
@tplayer23424
2 жыл бұрын
understanding the story is way harder than beating this game. the texts are basically riddles.
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@AlexM-vt5pu
2 жыл бұрын
It just went on sale too, $4.99. No reason not to get it now! (Steam)
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
That's really cool :-)
@mitchfindergeneral
6 ай бұрын
Man, I ain't playin this! I can barely even handle the polarity shit from Ikaruga. My brain would explode playing this.
@PaStef37
2 жыл бұрын
oof it's so much more complicated than what I thought lol
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah ha, it s fun once you get the hang of it :-)
@Azazel5021
2 жыл бұрын
based
@TheOlBenster
2 жыл бұрын
Noice
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
Ahh yeah
@cursedtosufferGRIMM
11 ай бұрын
I can't even read the font AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
@soratheorangejuicemascot5809
2 жыл бұрын
After checking some few stuffs about Hellsinker, I am kinda sad that I dont see any Fossil Maiden guide. I just discovered that Minogame got two gender......... Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
@metalwolfzx
2 жыл бұрын
This game was a terrible experience! It was extremely frustrating and uninteresting to play. The characters are unimpressive to me as well, most don't mesh well with the game's overall design and the others are frankly boring to play as... And finally, the bosses, I found them frustrating, repetitive and unenjoyable to fight. I recommend you avoid this game unless you're a masochist or collector.
@Arandui
2 жыл бұрын
Tested it a bit and I absolutly hate the shit menu design. It's too confusing and has a very terrible font, which almost makes impossible for me to read anything. It makes the already confusing game far more confusing, that it becomes a real problem.
@TheElectricUnderground
2 жыл бұрын
The font is a beast to try and read, it doesn become a bit easier to read over time but for sure some style before function was involved
@Arandui
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheElectricUnderground The problem is, that this "style before function" makes a very bad first impression and maybe can be a reason to don't play it again for me. No matter, how good and creativ the game is.
Пікірлер: 112