∀kashicverse – Malicious Wake is the final completion of Awoken Cardinal Sin (2010) and Alternative Arguments (2011), an extremely neo-techno shooting game developed and released by Endless Shirafu in Comiket 83, December 2012.
As a complex, flashy and frantic bullet hell shooter ∀kashicverse considered by many as the spiritual successor of Hellsinker and Radio Zonde. While the game looks remarkable, it demands the very best a player’s ability, especially since it has unusual gameplay mechanics.
The character has a standard spread shot that can be focus-fired when player pressing the slow motion button. Alongside the standard auto-fire button, player have a command button with different special weapons ranging from melee energy swords to laser missiles and bomb. In order to use them, player must pressing and hold command button to enable a bullet slowing aura. After that, player must input certain directional commands.
For example, inputting down, right + fire will cast a bullet repel attack that slowly pushes incoming bullets away. Inputting up, up + fire the character does short range sword attack. This system basically similar to fighting game and each special attack requires a different amount of gauge levels. There are 8 gauges and recovered very slow by grazing enemy bullets or grazing your shiled. While this system is a bit bewildering, it must be memorized if player want to survive in this insanity.