CORA

[後半に日本語レビューあり] [h1]A Touhou-Flavored Sci-Fi Bullet Hell STG[/h1] A top-down bullet hell reminiscent of Touhou Project, starring autonomous machines known as "CORA Units" who abandoned imperial loyalty and built a new home on a desolate frontier planet. The story is brief, but the premise of machines defending a place they chose for themselves gives the gameplay an emotional undercurrent a step beyond pure arcade shooting. The core is the classic bullet hell cycle: select one of three units and clear stages. Uriel brings a concentrated forward shot and a screen-clearing giant beam. Titania handles sustained suppression via homing rounds and a deployable turret. Tito takes a precise, aimed approach with a refracting crystal special. Each unit's playfeel is distinct enough to keep multiple runs fresh. Easy, Normal, and Hard difficulty tiers widen the entry point from bullet hell newcomers to seasoned Touhou veterans. The pixel art is colorful and confident — cute anime-style character sprites and sci-fi boss designs coexist naturally. Bullet patterns are varied while maintaining readability even at high density. For players who love Touhou-style bullet hells and want a sci-fi setti…

Note: As for moment of writing this review, i'm trying to 1cc this game on hard mode. So far have gotten to stage 6 boss. Also, this game was received through curator connect. A yet another 6-stage shmup inspired by Touhou, which takes place in its own universe with some CAVE level lore. Game is pretty challenging (as far as hard mode goes), however not to the point where things are impossible. I'd have to say though, homing shot in this game feels a bit too OP. Has lore books, music box, practice options, replays and 2 player support, last one neat to see in a non-arcade shmup (even though, sometimes i wish 2 player mode had netplay without having to use laggy steam remote play together or installing parsec...). Haven't tested practice options yet, however i'm not really a person who grinds stages to perfection: i prefer doing it in real runs, but hey, those would come in handy for some people.

Very nice touhou influenced game. Played the demo for a few hours then bought the game. Great graphics and an awesome soundtrack too.

I enjoy this game, its cool, got good little easter eggs if you know media. Its cool

Great Touhou-like with amazing visuals and music! Anyone who likes bullet hells should definitely give this a try.

This was the first Touhou game I ever played, and I really enjoyed it! I've played games all my life, so I was surprised that even on Easy I had a tough time getting through the game (using all the continues). It was fun figuring out how to dodge between all the bullets, when to use focus, and when to use specials (either to blitz down bosses or buy some time to relax). The art is charming and unique, although sometimes I have trouble distinguishing between enemy bullets and my own character's projectiles. The dialogue is silly and offered nice moments of levity before I had to lock in -- I liked that each of the playable characters had distinct conversations with each of the bosses.