Having initially launched on PSP ten years in the past, Floating Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims arrives on Change through the Floating Cloud God: Anniversary Version. Its developer, Dakko Dakko, might be most acquainted to Nintendo followers through their notable Wii U eShop launch, Scram Kitty and His Buddy on Rails. Floating Cloud God combines a horizontal shooter with components of one thing like Lemmings to create a singular expertise.
You play because the titular Floating Cloud God and should defend your loyal worshipers as they set off on a pilgrimage to reclaim their stolen statue in your likeness from evil demons. As you fly by means of every stage, your pilgrims will observe alongside on the bottom. Your aim shouldn’t be solely to achieve the top of the extent and defeat the boss, however to maintain as many pilgrims as doable protected alongside the way in which. Oftentimes merely dodging enemy fireplace received’t be sufficient, as something that makes it previous you has an excellent probability of hitting your pilgrims. For every menace you neutralize, be it enemies or projectiles, your pilgrims will drop hearts. As you choose up hearts your love meter will fill, which can be utilized to improve your talents or present a brief defend to your pilgrims. A single hit will kill your pilgrims otherwise you. A pilgrim dying means fewer hearts being dropped so that you can choose up. If you happen to die, your upgraded talents lose a stage. Pilgrims additionally carry over from one stage to a different, so scraping by on the finish of a stage will usually depart you in a tough spot for the following one.
Floating Cloud God shouldn’t be a forgiving recreation, and a few bosses can put up an actual problem. Oddly, the second boss particularly is among the tougher within the recreation. It isn’t that he has a tough assault sample, merely that his window of vulnerability is brief and all the time in movement. When you make it previous him, nevertheless, the remainder of the bosses are enjoyable, creative, and sometimes make distinctive use of your restricted talents. At any time you may also rewind again to a earlier stage to aim to clear it with extra pilgrims, doubtlessly providing you with extra sources on later levels.
The transition to Change is generally clean. Floating Cloud God’s clear, daring artwork was initially designed for handheld play, however holds up nice on a TV as effectively. I did discover some gentle efficiency hiccups in later levels should you managed to get a full occasion of pilgrims dropping an entire bunch of hearts as a barrage of enemy fireplace got here flying in. It wasn’t widespread, nevertheless it was noticeable when it did occur. Total, Floating Cloud God: Anniversary Version is a good model of a terrific recreation. Whereas a considerably harsh preliminary problem curve might scare off some, it’s price pushing by means of for some fulfilling boss fights, and for the nice of all these tiny pilgrims.