Showing posts with label WispLisp Array of List. Show all posts
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Thursday, August 11, 2011

WispLisp Array of List (XBLIG): "A Surreal, Dreamy & Nightmarish Shmup"

I had actually expected WispLisp Array of Lisp's story to actually be translated in English, but that's what I get for assuming. Since there is no way for me to properly translate the game's story I'm going to have to wing it for this review. WispLisp Array of List was created by 'Alpha Secret Base' a Japanese game developer, and was originally released as a Windows/PC title. Recently it was released as an XBLIG title for 80 microsoft points. With my keen observations I found that the story's main character which is a young girl, somehow ended up in a dream world. Aside from that fact I know little else. The WispLisp part of the title likely refers to the to dream states that the main character finds herself in. There is a bright heavenly like dream version of the levels where the enemies shoot slowly, and then there's a nightmarish version where the bullet hell action intensifies. Unlike most shmups that give you a certain amount of lives, or health this one has a timer that counts down. If you get hit 40 seconds will be deducted from your time. There are ways to regain time, but you'll find that even on easy mode this game is quite challenging. The game features multiple difficulty modes that include 'Easy', 'Normal (Nomal)', 'Hard', and 'Endless'.