Waifu Discovered 3: Cyberpunk Fantasy

[後半に日本語レビューあり] [h1]A Legit Cyberpunk Shmup Hiding Behind a Goofy Strip Gimmick[/h1] A cyberpunk bullet hell shmup where you rescue beautiful warriors captured by a rogue AI that drained their life force, aided by an android guide. As the third entry in the series, its graphics and boss design -- rebuilt on a new engine -- have evolved significantly from the predecessor. While retaining the strip'em up concept of "the better you play, the more you reveal," it delivers genuine substance as a full-fledged shooter. The game cycle is simple yet addictive. Choose from 6+ ships, blast through wave-based stages while collecting currency, and upgrade speed, firepower, and more during each run. Characters' clothing is gradually stripped away as you clear stages, and a "VR Hacking" toggle lets you switch between censored and uncensored views. Each ship handles differently with its own strengths, so finding your favorite and stacking upgrades is part of the fun. While a single run is on the shorter side, the combinations of ships, characters, and difficulty levels sustain the motivation to keep coming back. One caveat: the starting ship has movement inertia, making it noticeably awkward to co…

[b]Waifu Discovered 3: Cyberpunk Fantasy is a special game to me in many ways.[/b] First of all, I love the shoot ’em up genre. However, I also think this game can appeal to players who enjoy hand-drawn anime and manga-style Waifus, even if they have played very few shmups—or none at all. The game includes a Beginner mode, which makes it much more accessible for newcomers. It also features the series’ “strip ’em up” mechanic, where the Waifus gradually lose pieces of armor and clothing as you progress. The fully nude version of this mode must first be unlocked, which I think is perfectly reasonable. The gameplay feels smooth and enjoyable, with six different ships to unlock. Between stages, you can visit the shop to purchase upgrades and improve your ship. [b]There are four main difficulty settings:[/b] Beginner, Normal, Arcade, and Extreme. The game also includes a One-Hand Mode, where you can control your ship entirely with the mouse. Overall, Waifu Discovered 3 combines satisfying shmup gameplay, attractive hand-drawn artwork, unlockable content, ship upgrades, and plenty of replay value. It works well both for experienced shoot ’em up fans and for newcomers…

Waifu Discovered 3 is a great upgrade over Waifu Discovered 2. Fighting bosses is more fun then ever. Controls are really smooth and good. Art has never bin better then this. Waifu Discovered 3 is totally worth is.

That they are selling an "easy" mode DLC should tell you how difficult this game is. It's an extreme schmup and then some. NOT EASY. The bosses are downright sadistic and they probably wouldn't be so bad if their parts had a few less HP. Sometimes it's just easier to kill them if you can instead of trying to make things easier by shooting bullet spitting parts. I got up to 4 levels in arcade mode and I have no idea how anyone will handle expert mode. Then again, I'm not a schmup expert. Also, the goat is the meta here. I had difficulty with all the other characters and even the first character you get was seriously in trouble by the next to the last boss. However, the price is cheep, the girls are well drawn and the game is a fun time sink as long as you don't expect to win. Plays on Linux with Steam Proton 11 (CachyOS)

Fun game! Nice little arcade shmup with distraction action. Ran great on my Steam Deck and Linux PC

A big step up from the previous games. Few things are more satisfying than playing a shooter that rewards you with hentai. I'm not too big on shooters, but this is actually a fun shooter to play. So were the previous games, but they improved with each game. I feel like there are still a few kinks to work out after the initial release, but overall I see a lot of potential in it.