Humanity is at war with vampires and deviants! Now, Mankind scrambles its last line of defense – an elite group known as the ‘Gun Bullet Children’. SEND VAMPIRES AND DEVIANTS TO BULLET HELL! + 100% original Japanese language “import” version + 3 playable characters with individual storylines + Graze system that will test your nerve and charge your super-weapon
Humanity is at war with vampires and deviants! Now, Mankind scrambles its last line of defense – an elite group known as the ‘Gun Bullet Children’. SEND VAMPIRES AND DEVIANTS TO BULLET HELL! + 100% original Japanese language “import” version + 3 playable characters with individual storylines + Graze system that will test your nerve and charge your super-weapon
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As Genki and FetusZero said, it's sadly not as strong as the later games but a necessary step to witness the evolution of FLAT/Tennen-Sozai as a development circle. Each new entry of the series truly improved a whole lot over the previous.
On the plus side, GBC offers quite a brutal level of difficulty for those who love challenge and the scratch/tension system keeps you always at the edge, staying close to bullets in order to charge your special attack (which sometimes it's the only way to defeat bosses effectively!)
Why is this one half the price of your other bullet hell games?
FZ is (as usual :) correct. Plus, as FLAT Software's first STG, it's frankly not as strong a game as the other two. Please check out the videos / demos!
Most likely because it's not localized. Unlike the other games it wasn't possible to localize it, so it is sold as a 'Japanese import' only.