bullet girls phantasia

third person shooting action game by shade inc.

d3publisher's web page for bullet girls phantasia says that it's a beautiful girl military action shooting game, but there's not much action to it...

1. the action is not interesting.

bullet girls 2 had systems that added variety to the play like cover and stealth.
in bullet girls phantasia, the enemies just see you and attempt to rush at you very slowly like a shooting gallery.
it's so similar to earth defense force that you could be playing that game instead, at least the enemies in earth defense force can drop armor and new guns.

2. abilities are tied to bras and panties.

in bullet girls 2, you pick up materials with abilities that you can attach to your favorite bras and panties that you can purchase in the shop as a set.
in bullet girls phantasia, the abilities are tied to bras and panties separately so if you don't get the bra or panties with the ability you want, you just have to try again and again and again, it's frustrating!

3. the developers adjusted the characters and the story.

in this game the writers did not have the rival school to bounce off,
so instead the characters of the original games had their personalities simplified to accomodate for the newcomers and it just sounds strange.

shade inc. had so much room for improvement or they could have just made upgrade versions of bullet girls 1 and 2,
but they decided to make a sequel that falls over with a quiet thud. they could have tried more!! mind numbing...

blog post reference for bullet girls 2 exerpts
the linked post describes the playstation vita version.
the quote "購入から１週間で売却するなんてロックマンX７以来かも。" is incredible.

merrina is cute though.