TENGAI
- June 21, 2020
- CITY CONNECTION
Get on Steam"Tengai" is a shooter game that combines local multi-player and single-player options, featuring 2-player co-op with split screen. Players can choose from five unique characters, each with their own plane, and battle through seven levels of eccentric Japanese-style shooter gameplay. With adjustable difficulty levels, online rankings, and a hit box limited to the upper body, players can dodge and destroy their way to becoming the world's best samurai ace.
Nintendo Switch
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Playstation 4
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Reviews
- Excellent graphics, music, and sound design that enhance the overall experience.
- The game offers a nostalgic arcade experience with smooth performance and responsive controls.
- Fun and engaging gameplay with a variety of characters and a humorous theme.
- Lacks essential features like a practice mode and save-states that were present in previous versions.
- The hitbox for characters is poorly defined, making it frustrating to navigate through enemy attacks.
- Controller support is inadequate, requiring players to rely on Steam's configuration for non-standard controllers.
- graphics10 mentions
- 60 % positive mentions
- 30 % neutral mentions
- 10 % negative mentions
The graphics in Tengai are praised for their excellent art style and vibrant visuals, contributing to an engaging shmup experience. While the game features a smooth progressive difficulty curve and a blood-pumping soundtrack, some players noted the intentional retention of original framerate slowdowns reminiscent of 90s arcade games, which may not appeal to everyone. Overall, the graphics and sound design enhance the fun and intensity of the gameplay.
“Tengai is an excellent horizontal shmup with a very intense pace, a smooth progressive difficulty curve, great visuals and a blood-pumping soundtrack.”
“Really fun shmup with a great art style and a funny cast of characters.”
“The graphics, music, and sound are excellent in Tengai.”
“Graphics & sound are fine although it seems like the devs opted to leave the occasional original framerate slowdown due to 90s arcade game present instead of optimizing for newer PCs, which is interesting.”
- music8 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 38 % neutral mentions
- 13 % negative mentions
The music in Tengai is generally well-received, with some tracks being particularly praised for their intensity and ability to enhance the gameplay experience. However, the overall soundtrack is considered average and not particularly noteworthy.
“The graphics, music, and sound are excellent in Tengai.”
“I especially like some of the music tracks.”
“Tengai is an excellent horizontal shmup with a very intense pace, a smooth progressive difficulty curve, great visuals, and a blood-pumping soundtrack.”
“The soundtrack isn't anything worth praising, though.”
- humor4 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The game features a humorous cast of characters and a fun art style, contributing to an enjoyable experience that stands out in the bullet hell genre. Reviewers appreciate the effort put into the humor, noting it enhances the overall enjoyment of the gameplay.
“Really fun shmup with a great art style and a funny cast of characters.”
“Laughing, this is clearly the most effort Psikyo ever put into a bullet hell.”
- gameplay4 mentions
- 50 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 50 % negative mentions
The gameplay is characterized by classic shoot 'em up mechanics that offer cooperative play and a humorous tone, featuring engaging bosses and characters. However, it lacks innovation, with standard elements, unmemorable stages, and a relatively short experience without additional content. The horizontal scrolling adds a slight twist, but overall, it doesn't break new ground.
“While the gameplay is nothing you haven't seen before, the horizontal scrolling nicely mixes things up a bit and also allows for a wide/fullscreen option in the graphics settings.”
“Classic shoot 'em up gameplay that you can play cooperatively with a friend, featuring a great wacky sense of humor, cool bosses, and characters.”
“While the gameplay is nothing you haven't seen before, the horizontal scrolling nicely mixes things up a bit and also allows for a wide/fullscreen option in the graphics settings (but obviously no screen rotation/tate support).”
“Standard gameplay doesn't take any risks, stages aren't very memorable, pretty short with no extra content.”
- stability3 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
Overall, users report that the game runs smoothly and without significant issues. However, there is a common desire for the addition of a sensitivity setting for movement to enhance gameplay experience.
“The game runs great; I wish there was a sensitivity setting for movement.”
- optimization2 mentions
- 100 % positive mentions
- 0 % neutral mentions
- 0 % negative mentions
The optimization of the game is highly praised, with users noting that menus, performance, sound, and responsiveness are all top-notch.
“Menus, performance, sound, responsiveness, etc. are top notch.”
“Menus, performance, sound, responsiveness, etc. are top notch.”
