スペルトナエル (2024)

Super fun and quick game that you can get by with even a limited amount of Japanese. Knowing katakana is an absolute must, but my overall vocabulary is limited and I can still get a lot of enjoyment out of it, especially for the asking price. If there is ever an English version, I think it would be best to leave the spell names and keyboard in katakana and the menus translated. The game is designed around the format of the katakana table, and there really is no english equivalent.

Tentative recommendation, leaning towards positive for it's ideas; since complaining for AI usage alone would be kinda unfair in my opinion. With the English translation announced (only one line of the in game tips is already translated), I thought might as well buy it to motivate the developers [strike]while also probably trying to learn the language along the way[/strike], because the idea is pretty fun in paper and execution. It's exactly what the description says, a bullet hell game where you spell words with the in game cursor while avoiding barrage of bullets. You progress through 20 stages that gets progressively harder from not just stronger enemies but also increasingly dense bullet patterns, requiring you to both learn the patterns while also raise your stats to keep up with the power curve required as each stage you're always under pressure from time limit of just 1 minute. The spells you cast are varied in utility. You start with basic spells that attacks the enemy, but the game opens immediately from the first level with myriad of spells that you can choose that either boost your stats (attack/defense/health/speed/money/time extension) or summons animals that acts as…