EXZEAL

First i am going to say that this game is not bad, but is a bit generic and the interest in the game mechnics get stale after you play xiizeal (another one from triangle service). However I can only recomend it if you buy it with discount. at current price i can´t recomend it as in my point of view is expensive for what it is compared to other shmups games in the market. Pros: - There is nothing wrong in gameplay mechanics , bullet patterns. graphic and sound while not great do their service. the game is ok to play. -the stage design has vertical hazards, some enemyes rotate. but while this things are original, they are not that fun to play. - It is good to have a classic shmup (not bullet hell) in this era as the simple and classic gameplay as his charm.you have normal shoot , a special shoot and a bomb and pretty much sums it up. - some enemyes (specialy bosses are quite original and unique), the 4th boss with a vacuum cleaner is great and i wish more shmups would use this idea - has tate mode, and you can also zoom and move the gameplay area. It has 4 different ships with different mechanics, the first 3 are unispired and generic, the 4th one is interesting but gets stale b…

I don't know who thought it'd be funny to bring the best game in the series down to Mixed, but I do know that it just ain't right.

Exzeal has few things going for it, but for the most part it did not impress me. And I believe to give it a recommendation game has to be more than okay. Exzeal has 4 ships to choose from: two with charge attacks, one a basic powerful shot and one with a side melee attack. Honestly, I mostly stick with the basic ship. As I rarely like charge mechanics in my shmups, and the melee one often got me in trouble more than it was useful. However, I rate ship options as one of the stronger points of the game. An interesting mechanic that the game has is a push with your shot attack or rotational weight of some enemies. This allows you to rotate certain otherwise impervious enemies by shooting them off-center rotating the opposite direction. This is also used to push blocks up and out of your way. That said, I can't say if I like or dislike the mechanic. It doesn't make up much of the game. Which I think is for the best, as I don't think it's well developed. And I don't think I would enjoy the game more if this rotational/push mechanic was a key part of Exzeal. What this mechanic does is make the game more memorable than it otherwise would be. Exzeal is certainly not a beautif…

Among titles in this genre, this one is middling quality. While some others have praised the music, the overall sound design is miserable. The default shot noise sounds terrible and is the most common sound in the game. Powerups essentially don't exist other than bomb items. It is very challenging to distinguish these small, rare items from the background, as they have no distinguishing effects or noise to inform you that they appeared. They don't bounce around the screen, so it is easy to miss them. There are a few ship designs, but you are limited to switch only at the beginning of the game and when using a continue. The number of continues is hard-coded and you cannot add more. The game is artificially difficult for this reason. The menu system is super basic and has obnoxious noises for confirming actions. Unlocks are just time trials and low-effort replays of stages you've played. Not worth it in my opinion.

Meh

Merely OK. Triangle Service games usually live and die by their gimmick and this game's gimmick barely exists. Level design isn't great either. Stick to Trizeal or Xiizeal.