- Publisher: Degica
- Release Date: Jun 15, 2017
- Summary: Castle of Shikigami is a dark, supernatural vertically-scrolling shoot-’em-up classic. Summer, 2005: Tokyo's Metropolitan Police Force is investigating an occult serial killer. Specialists have been called in to investigate. The case is called “The Castle of Shikigami Incident”.
- Developer: Cosmo Machia
- Genre(s): Action, Shooter, Shoot-'Em-Up, Vertical
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 1 out of 4
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Mixed: 2 out of 4
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Negative: 1 out of 4
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Aug 21, 2017Castle of Shikigami is a decent port of a fun but difficult bullet hell SHMUP. With some nightmarish enemy designs and plenty of replay value it’s a solid package let down by a dated appearance and its lack of extras.
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Jul 6, 2017I’m still glad that we’ve got Castle of Shikigami on Steam; flawed as it is, it’s a fun, creative shoot ‘em up and an important part of the genre’s history. Here’s hoping that its two sequels are also in the pipeline, because by most accounts, they’re a huge improvement on the good groundwork set down by this game.
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Jun 8, 2017Castle of Shikigami is an important piece of shoot 'em up history, but at this point it's more of a relic.
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Jun 21, 2017The Castle Of Shikigami, while known and appreciated in the shmup community, is definitely not a top-tier bullet-hell. Its sequels are better and available on other consoles, so anyone who appreciates its bizarre aesthetic can get their fix elsewhere. It’s a noteworthy entry in the genre, but at this point it’s hardly a necessary one except for the most serious of shmup fans — in 2017, this game is obsolete.