ASSAULT SHELL
Pilot the insanity fighter "Assault Shell" and shoot down the enemy down to pieces!
Select from 4 different variations, the powerhouse ALPHA, the high-ranged BETA, the stonewall GAMMA, and the melee master DELTA! Charge up your hyper meter to unleash a powerful hyper mode, but charge it up again to unleash the insanity system BLANK STAND, which not only makes you even stronger, but damages the enemy’s sanity and turns them insane, making them harder to fight. Use the risk vs reward system effectively in order to score high and destroy efficiently!
Story
Amber Black, a military faction based in the Asian Continent, has their influence all across the southern hemisphere, and has begun taking over other private military companies and factions. However, their rival JOKER will not stand for this. After a gap in their jump gate defensive system due to the Enemy Black operation, JOKER begins their mission to take down Amber Black once and for all. Take to the skies, JOKER unit no.233487, and destroy Amber Black’s ambition.
Blast through 5 stages and eradicate all of the large and epic bosses Amber Black has to throw at you! Will you survive the mission?
Game Discussion
Steam User 8
Pretty solid shmup made by a dude from the community, gameplay is fun, challenging, with multiple modes and ship types. My only complaints are that the art is kinda bad, especially some of the stage backgrounds. Doesn't lose much points for me, though, since I had a ton of fun clearing and will definitely play more. Recommended.
Steam User 9
Don't let the occasionally rough visuals fool you, Assault Shell is a real hidden gem.
Stages are hectic and the bosses have some rather fun attacks to dodge, but the real star of the show here is the hyper system.
You have a subweapon that recharges over time (rather quickly, might I add) that cancels bullets into items that charge your hyper, which obviously boosts your power and score multiplier but also makes the game harder while it's active. You can even activate a more powerful version if you charge the meter again before the first hyper runs out for that extra bit of risk-reward.
This is pushed even further in the Void Arrange mode, which is easily the best part of the game if you ask me. It adds a *third* hyper level that really cranks up the difficulty, and also adds a rank system that gives more long-lasting consequences to spamming hypers.
Scoring mainly consists of timing hypers and cancelling bullets into items, while making sure to shoot things to prevent your multiplier from dropping. The later bosses can be milked for a while which I'm generally not a fan of, but timing subweapons and hypers for maximum score didn't get tiresome for me.
With 4 modes and 4 ships to pick from (plus two subweapons to pick from per ship), there's also quite a bit of content here. Oh and also the music slaps. Buy Assault Shell pls
Steam User 5
Even though I've yet to 1CC the game, i can strongly recommend it for any fan of shooting games (shmups), because this is made by a developer who knows what makes one good.
Edit: 1 Credit Cleared it 3 times now. I like it even better than previously!
Steam User 4
TDLR : A classic Shmup with solid mechanics.
Pros :
+ Nice and fiting soundtrack
+ Good animations both for the looks and to give useful information to the player
+ Fast paced
+ Balanced gameplay
+ 4 unique style of play with the different ships
+ Funny dialogs
C0ns :
- Character portraits and landscape aren't that good
- The game window can't be set to a custom size
Steam User 6
Fun little Indie shmup, Reminiscent to some extent of Dodonpachi SaiDaiOuJou and Crimzon Clover - in a good way! Worth a shot.
Steam User 1
A fantastic bullet-hell shoot-em-up with a hyper system reminiscent of Crimzon Clover.
The game is a good challenge, there are a bunch of different ship types to choose and even an arrange mode for an alternate way to play.
Steam User 0
Some of the best core designs you will find from this indie shmup: fun player mechanics, great variety of bullets, and fast modern gameplay. If this team could get the funding on the artistic end, then they could potentially create a masterpiece. Like others have said, Assault Shell plays similar to Crimzon Clover with it's energy/break system.