Ghost Blade HD

From their name alone any keen arcade shoot'emup player should recognize Hucast Games dabbles in the Dreamcast-era of what we call retro. With a clear loyalty and passion for this golden age of shmups they've set out to keep the traditions of Japanese STGs alive with an explosive and intense modern polish in both visuals and gameplay. Ghost Blade HD takes this fierce and energetic take on the shoot'emup genre across...

40 found this helpful, 2017-03-09

Great game at a great price. Knowing there are 5 levels and the first level being so short, I was thinking oh no, going to be a short game. Not quite the case, its not too short, but not too long either. A lot of action and bullets. There are 2 things that annoy me a little though, but this is completely subjective, many like this in a shmup, is slowdown during heavy bullet scenes(but can be disabled in the options,...

20 found this helpful, 2017-03-08

I don't know what it is about Ghost Blade HD, it just isn't really doing anything for me. You can run the game and play it without it crashing or glitching out, so it isn't offensively bad in those kinds of regards but it just feels really generic. Three ships with some small differences and standard shot/focus/bomb buttons. The only game mechanic that seems to exist to try and make it stand out in some way is...

4 found this helpful, 2022-11-10