Absolutely LOVE this game and have found myself humming the soundtrack more than once! I seem to get stuck in the same places, but that doesn't diminish the fun. I do hope we get a couple of patches to address some of the freezing and frame drops (Giant Meatball boss freezes between EVERY phase), but even as is, Project Starship X is a BLAST! Thanks for continuing to have great reviews and keeping us informed on the state of shmupping on the Switch.
Couldn't agree more with this review. I randomly decided to start palying it the other day and can't stop. It's so fun and addictive, and has honeslty made me singhandedley interested in the genre, even if I don't know what game to move on to
Great review as always. I've played the Red Death from them and quite liked it - specially the soundtrack. Actually I wasn't catched by Project Starship before (there is a reference of it at the end of Red Death) but should defined be my next shmup after all the good reviews that I've seen.
Thank you for the review. While I generally love Shmups AND roguelikes, I couldn't get into Steredenn (which is almost considered a classic) because I found it a bit dull and uninviting and I also couldn't find a ship that catered to my playstile. How does this compare to Steredenn? I hope that Monolith, a twin stick shooter/bullet hell rogue-like hybrid, comes to the Switch one day.
Unfortunately there seems to be a soft lock whenever you’ve defeated the ‘Ghost’ from PAC-Man boss. The game will still run, but you’re in an infinite loop of nothing. Tested this both on the Nintendo Switch and PS5 version. The only thing you can do is pause and go to main menu to drop that run. There also seems to be this ‘frame hitching’ that happens on the T.G.B.M.A (the giant byo-mechanical abomination) boss on the Nintendo switch. I haven’t yet encountered it on the PS5 version as I don’t know how to make it appear yet, so I’ll update once it happens.
Hello, Dev here. You might want to report the bug to EastAsiaSoft, on their website contact section. Sadly I cannot post a link in the youtube comments section. We will eventually try to fix it asap
@@matthewgodwarf Excellent. Thanks for the reply. I’ve just submitted the error I’ve encountered on the site, and hopefully it shouldn’t take too long to rectify. I’ve also managed to get to T.G.B.M.A on the PS5 and I can confirm it does do a very small (I mean extremely small) micro frame hitch, and it only seems to happen when the boss changes it’s bullet patterns. It’s not jarring enough (like on the Nintendo Switch version) that it can throw you off, but it is there. You can actually see the hitching I’m on about in the video, starting at the 0:50 mark
@@jimtendoUK No problem, always on duty :) The hitch present during the T.G.B.M.A fight is most likely caused by the fact that Unity's physics uses the default fixed time, while on my side I've implemented some sort of weird code so that if the game lags, it actually spawns fewer bullets, as you would expect from fixed-frame-rate shmups. ( this is sadly not the best implementation in a variable-frame-rate engine ). So bullets keep moving at a variable speed to compensate for the lag and create homogeneous movement, while the spawning of the bullets is fixed. The lag I in the first place caused by the large number of bullets on screen. I don't know if I'll be able to address it. It would probably mean to rewrite all the Update Code into Fixed Update instead. This is a lot of code, and at this point of development, any change could potentially break more stuff than it can repair. ( And create stuff like soft-locking bugs )
@@ShmupsOnSwitch Console updates are not easy to send out. Reporting bugs is the best way to have them fixed asap. I do have a possible solution ready, so feel free to report the issue yourself as well
For sure. The name's maybe a bit misleading. This is a completely different game from Project Starship - although it does feature some of the same characters and musical themes etc.
AAA games are garbage these days. Filled with micro transactions and gotcha mechanics plus they are usually pushing some dumb ass SJW narrative which ruins it for me. I play video games to get away from that garbage. God knows I have to constantly deal with it at work and in every other part of life so the last thing I want is that garbage in my games. That being said this game looks like a ton of fun. I have the physical on order from Play Asia.
Absolutely LOVE this game and have found myself humming the soundtrack more than once! I seem to get stuck in the same places, but that doesn't diminish the fun. I do hope we get a couple of patches to address some of the freezing and frame drops (Giant Meatball boss freezes between EVERY phase), but even as is, Project Starship X is a BLAST! Thanks for continuing to have great reviews and keeping us informed on the state of shmupping on the Switch.
Couldn't agree more with this review. I randomly decided to start palying it the other day and can't stop. It's so fun and addictive, and has honeslty made me singhandedley interested in the genre, even if I don't know what game to move on to
Great review as always. I've played the Red Death from them and quite liked it - specially the soundtrack. Actually I wasn't catched by Project Starship before (there is a reference of it at the end of Red Death) but should defined be my next shmup after all the good reviews that I've seen.
Thanks for the review!
Thanks for the review. I might pick it up.
Can you turn off screen shake in the game? It's something I don't deal with very well
I don't think so, I'm afraid.
@@ShmupsOnSwitch yes you can
Good review matey
Thank you for the review.
While I generally love Shmups AND roguelikes, I couldn't get into Steredenn (which is almost considered a classic) because I found it a bit dull and uninviting and I also couldn't find a ship that catered to my playstile. How does this compare to Steredenn?
I hope that Monolith, a twin stick shooter/bullet hell rogue-like hybrid, comes to the Switch one day.
I've been waiting for them to port over Monolith for a while now too. Would be so perfect on the go. It's a no-brainer!
@@wrathpspit’s coming out on Switch early next year, but renamed as Star of Providence instead of Monolith
Not sure if I missed it, but how's the performance on Switch? Looks kinda choppy in places but it could be the video itself as well though.
Honestly, it's kind of hard to tell due to the choppy nature of a lot of the effects going on. I didn't find it affecting my play at all, though.
What rank on leadervoard are u amigo?
Sold!! Currently $2.99 on eshop
I buy it again. GOTY 20/21.
Unfortunately there seems to be a soft lock whenever you’ve defeated the ‘Ghost’ from PAC-Man boss. The game will still run, but you’re in an infinite loop of nothing. Tested this both on the Nintendo Switch and PS5 version. The only thing you can do is pause and go to main menu to drop that run. There also seems to be this ‘frame hitching’ that happens on the T.G.B.M.A (the giant byo-mechanical abomination) boss on the Nintendo switch. I haven’t yet encountered it on the PS5 version as I don’t know how to make it appear yet, so I’ll update once it happens.
Hello, Dev here. You might want to report the bug to EastAsiaSoft, on their website contact section. Sadly I cannot post a link in the youtube comments section.
We will eventually try to fix it asap
@@matthewgodwarf Excellent. Thanks for the reply. I’ve just submitted the error I’ve encountered on the site, and hopefully it shouldn’t take too long to rectify. I’ve also managed to get to T.G.B.M.A on the PS5 and I can confirm it does do a very small (I mean extremely small) micro frame hitch, and it only seems to happen when the boss changes it’s bullet patterns. It’s not jarring enough (like on the Nintendo Switch version) that it can throw you off, but it is there. You can actually see the hitching I’m on about in the video, starting at the 0:50 mark
Well-spotted. I actually did come across that, but only once so I didn't connect it with the PAC-Man boss. Hopefully it can be fixed!
@@jimtendoUK No problem, always on duty :)
The hitch present during the T.G.B.M.A fight is most likely caused by the fact that Unity's physics uses the default fixed time, while on my side I've implemented some sort of weird code so that if the game lags, it actually spawns fewer bullets, as you would expect from fixed-frame-rate shmups. ( this is sadly not the best implementation in a variable-frame-rate engine ).
So bullets keep moving at a variable speed to compensate for the lag and create homogeneous movement, while the spawning of the bullets is fixed.
The lag I in the first place caused by the large number of bullets on screen.
I don't know if I'll be able to address it. It would probably mean to rewrite all the Update Code into Fixed Update instead. This is a lot of code, and at this point of development, any change could potentially break more stuff than it can repair. ( And create stuff like soft-locking bugs )
@@ShmupsOnSwitch Console updates are not easy to send out. Reporting bugs is the best way to have them fixed asap.
I do have a possible solution ready, so feel free to report the issue yourself as well
Thank you for your review
I need to know who downvoted this so I can challenge them to a gentleman's duel.
I have project starship....should i double dip??
For sure. The name's maybe a bit misleading. This is a completely different game from Project Starship - although it does feature some of the same characters and musical themes etc.
Got my preorder for ps4 from playasia in already. Can't wait to play it.
hope they start shipping soon -.-
Does it rotate?
No - I don't think there'd be too much point because the playable area is close to squarish anyway.
@@ShmupsOnSwitch Yeah it is pretty square, now that you mention it
Please get a new mic...
AAA games are garbage these days. Filled with micro transactions and gotcha mechanics plus they are usually pushing some dumb ass SJW narrative which ruins it for me. I play video games to get away from that garbage. God knows I have to constantly deal with it at work and in every other part of life so the last thing I want is that garbage in my games. That being said this game looks like a ton of fun. I have the physical on order from Play Asia.
did yours ship already? mine is still on "preorder/not on stock"
I'll still play some if they look fun enough, but for sure there are a lot that just feel bloated and unappealing to me these days.