Ghost Blade HD

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
62

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 12
  3. Negative: 1 out of 12
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  1. The Digital Fix
    Mar 6, 2017
    40
    Fun to begin with, but burns out far too quickly due to a lack of innovation.

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6.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 2 out of 9
  1. Letiste-Gaming
    Mar 6, 2017
    7
    Ghost Blade HD es un buen SHMUP, pero no un gran SHMUP, ya que copia demasiado un molde ya establecido y que la mayoría de fans del géneroGhost Blade HD es un buen SHMUP, pero no un gran SHMUP, ya que copia demasiado un molde ya establecido y que la mayoría de fans del género están ya mas que hartos de jugar, por lo tanto goza de una originalidad que brilla por su ausencia, alejándolo de los grandes títulos que intenta imitar.

    Sin embargo, todo funciona a las mil maravillas, su modo 2P local me ha hecho recordar aquellos momentos en los arcade, y técnicamente es bastante coqueto gracias a su renovada presentación a 1080P.

    Hucast Games ha demostrado que saben muy bien como funciona el género, así que espero que al próximo intento se saquen de la manga algo propio y mas de su cosecha, para intentar llegar al mismo escalón que un ESP RA.DE o Radiant Silvergun. Y digo esto porque creo que serían capaces de lograrlo.

    Además, con la sequía que existe en PS4 en lo referente a matamarcianos, resulta una opción muy recomendable.

    -Lee el análisis completo en Letiste Gaming-    … Full Review »
  2. Xavikun
    Jan 7, 2021
    6
    Un Shoot 'Em Up entretenido, técnicamente funciona muy bien y recuerda a los Shoot 'Em Up de los 90.
    Sin embargo es muy corto y no aporta    Un Shoot 'Em Up entretenido, técnicamente funciona muy bien y recuerda a los Shoot 'Em Up de los 90.
    Sin embargo es muy corto y no aporta nada nuevo.    … Full Review »
  3. SnappyGR
    Sep 2, 2019
    9
    Snappy Game Reviews - Clenching through space

    Snappy Game Reviews - Clenching through space Bullet hell shooters are plain fun, aiming    Snappy Game Reviews - Clenching through space

    Snappy Game Reviews - Clenching through space

    Bullet hell shooters are plain fun, aiming for that high score while feeling like a champ for making everything on screen explode while being showered by enemy fire. This to me is pure gaming bliss and I love “gamey” games, as such, I had a wonderful time with Ghost Blade HD.

    Ghost Blade HD has a straightforward plot that doesn’t add much to the game, being a shooter that doesn’t detract from the game though. There’s an AI named Shira that was built to protect the residents of Mars but after some thousands of years have passed it all goes haywire and Shira becomes Evil Shira and it threatens the existence of the entire universe.

    In the Main Game, you take control of one of three ships throughout five stages with a distinct boss at the end of each one to take down Evil Shira. Stages and enemies have enough variety to keep the game from feeling repetitive but to be honest you’ll be spending most of your time looking at the enemy fire and trying to dodge it.

    There are three difficulty levels, with Easy being extremely generous with how when you’re about to get hit the game automatically deploys a bomb so you won’t die until you run out of bombs and Hard being, well, pretty challenging with enemies being more durable and shooting an insane number of bullets. With that said, I found that Normal strikes the perfect balance between challenge and fun, you’re still pretty vulnerable as taking a single hit will destroy your ship. There’s also a neat risk/reward system in which if you get close enough to a bigger ship and take it down while in a certain range you’ll be rewarded with more points than usual (you’ll hear a chime if you’ve done it right).

    The soundtrack is certainly one of the highlights, having a little bit of both old and new. It harkens back fond memories from 90’s shooters like DoDonpachi with tunes heavy on synths while also to throw in some modern ones that kind of remind me of Ikaruga, that’s certainly not a bad thing.

    As for lasting appeal, besides the Main Game (which can be played with 2-Players simultaneously) which depending on your skill will take about 30 minutes to get through there’s a Training Mode where you can practice any stage or boss at your leisure and a Score Attack Mode which features a unique stage made up of what seems to be sections of stages from the Main Game where you try to get the best score with infinite lives.

    Most of my time with the game was spent hunting for trophies, as Ghost Blade HD boats a full trophy list with a platinum trophy. Getting an x599 multiplier on Hard in any stage had me clenching my teeth in a sort of pleasing way, I was truly getting challenged and it felt amazing once I finally beat that challenge.

    I commend 2Dream re-releasing this Dreamcast hidden gem on current-gen systems, otherwise, I wouldn’t be able to experience the amazing SHMUP that is Ghost Blade.    … Full Review »
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