Reviewing this one will be really difficult, it’s a story driven game and up to that it’s horror, so there are many points to be evaluated even though I am not able to address them directly.
First off I will be answering a few questions that are related to the game and most likely will give you an insight on what you have to expect.
Acquire wasted no time to get things patched up in their art style hack&Slay / Jump&Run game sumioni. So in the upcoming days the players of that game are able to update their version for free.
This so-called patch adds two modes to our black and red friend, Ranking Mode and Gallery Mode. Ranking will let you compete against other players in terms of time and skill in dodging enemy blows.Those with the most speed and those with the smallest amount of damage will get into the top seats of those leaderboards.
A release date was not given but here are some screenshots for you to look over, so savor them for the time being until XSEEDGames releases the game here~
Curious what XSEED's new publishing material will look like? Then have a close look at Sumioni's gameplay!This time including real life touch panel/screen action of the Playstation Vita!
Aaaaaaand we're back with some excellent news! XSEED, our beloved publisher of titles like Trails in the Sky, Corpse Party and Fishing Resort officially announced its next localization today. This time it's all about "Sumioni: Demon Arts". Never heard of it? Well, that's not surprising, since it's a Playstation Vita title and isn't even out in Japan yet.
From the looks of it, Sumioni will be one of the launch titles for the western PSV release!
Sumioni presents the PSVita's new features, specifically what you can do with the touchscreen, and how it can benefit Games. This example featuring the Ink Demon (who looks pretty cool!) shows expertly how to involve touch controls in your games to create a unique feeling, rather than just adding them for the sake of it.
Sitting in the camp of "traditional" controls, I can't help but be excited about that game.
Thanks to XSEED it will eventually appear on my doorstep - in a language I can understand!
Well I sure am, so LLG goes into Corpse Party mode!
To get you into a similar mood, here's the Intro of Corpse Party for the Playstation Portable, recorded by your's truly.
This gem has just been released in the west for the first time, even though the original has been around in Japan since 1996 and went through many iterations and adaptions. Thankfully our dear saviors of portable gaming, XSEED, decided it was time to bring the PSP Version of the game over.
If you've enjoyed reading Visual Novels like Higurashi no Naku Koro ni or Umineko and others, please do yourselves a favor and buy this game from the Playstation Network. It's only $19.99 and will accompany you right into the PSVita-era.
And who knows? A sequel has been released in Japan last September...
So, once again XSEED saves us from a wasteland of bad sports game ports on our PSPs and delivers high-quality horror. Earlier this year they delivered the first part of the Trails in the Sky saga from the Legend of Heroes series, which has been a fan-favorite ever since (believe me, even Alkaid's weird friend fell in love with Trails!).
Thus I publicly want to thank XSEED once more, in a blogpost, for being this damn awesome! Please keep up the great work, Twitter-fun and feed our hunger for more gems the western audience would otherwise never see.
Thank you, XSEED. We're gonna join the Corpse Party!
