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Deathsmiles IIX downloadable

Deathsmiles IIX is a shooting game about Elegant Gothic Lolita girls saving the day. It is in 3-D, but its gameplay is mostly focused on 2-D plus a lock-on shot for attacking enemies who are not in the main plane. Simply playing the game just to see all the endings already takes plenty of gameplay hours, nevermind the multiplying factor of also trying to get high scores with every character without getting hit.

Good:

• Visual variety in the stages, enemies, bullet shapes, and on and on. Despite being a 3-D game, the enemy bullets are 2-D, so they are still bright and easy to see like in all other CAVE games.
• Plenty of gameplay modes, including one that is easy for casual players to figure out, as well as plenty of possible adjustments within these modes.
• Each character plays so differently that it is almost like playing entirely different games.
• Full voice acting for all of the modes except for Arcade mode, a rarity for 2-D shooting games.
• Interesting and varied soundtrack by Manabu Namiki and other Basiscape co-workers

Bad:

• This is one of CAVE's first attempts at a 3-D game. If you are one of those people who needs Real Is Brown, HDR & bloom effects, bump-mapping, dynamic shadows, and so on, this game is not for you. It is focused entirely on the gameplay.
• This game can only be downloaded through the Microsoft Marketplace, which means that it requires either doing business with Microsoft directly or buying Microsoft Points.
• It is completely untranslated.
• Unlike the first game, the artwork is totally anime-esque and stereotypical in many ways. There is no longer a feeling of horror, darkness, depth, or shadows.
• The lock-on shot is now much more important, but the default game mode keeps it working like in the first game, thus making it more difficult to control when you go into power-up mode.
• Sakura is not playable