Bujingai: The Forsaken City

[klausien]

Has anyone else gotten this? I picked it up after checking out some gameplay movies and was pleasantly surprised. It is a hack 'n slash, yes, but it is also the perfect mix of Otogi and PS2 Shinobi. It has a pretty cool aesthetic, and very smooth, if limited gameplay.

On the same note, has anyone done themselves a favor and gotten Shaman King: Master of Spirits for GBA? It is a pretty good Konami side scroller in the vein of the GBA Castlevanias. I haven't found much about it on the web. Everyone seems to have brushed it aside.

[briskbc]

I can't really add to the thread becuase I have not played it yet. I want to give it a shot but the local EB wants $40 for it. Looks like eBay gets some more business. It has the best looking cover art I have seen for a PS2 game IMO.

[jdc]

It absolutely has one of the best covers that I've seen on any video game, not just the PS2 ones. Beautiful art. First time that I saw it I said to my friend "they don't do covers like this any more".

I liked the game alot. Very nice styling. Betcha that it's huge in Japan, what with the attachment to the pop star.

[GobopopRevisited]

Is this the Taito game? did they devolop it or publish?

[Lemmy Kilmister]

Has anyone else gotten this? I picked it up after checking out some gameplay movies and was pleasantly surprised. It is a hack 'n slash, yes, but it is also the perfect mix of Otogi and PS2 Shinobi. It has a pretty cool aesthetic, and very smooth, if limited gameplay.

On the same note, has anyone done themselves a favor and gotten Shaman King: Master of Spirits for GBA? It is a pretty good Konami side scroller in the vein of the GBA Castlevanias. I haven't found much about it on the web. Everyone seems to have brushed it aside.

I picked Bujingai up on a whim at the TRU B2G1 sale a few months back, mainly because I liked the cover art and was impressed by a trailer I saw on G4. Though I have yet to even play it once. Guess I sould cut back on the games hun. Anyways, how much does Shaman King play like a castlevania? It looks interesting, plus it's only going for about 12 bucks on ebay right now.

[klausien]

The side scrolling hack 'n slash platforming of Shaman King animates and just feels like an extension of Aria of Sorrow. The graphics are superb, running off the same engine. You collect spirits (similar to Aria) which act as sub-weapons and abilities, but you can have several equipped at once this time. It has a simpler map structure (the stages are connected via a map screen as opposed to being a continuous castle) and you don't level up, but you have upgradeable equipment.

It is just a really great game that seems to have been ignored due to the license. It being associated with Shonen Jump screams childish, but it is very good. It also doesn't help that the PS2 iteration is so mediocre.

[Oobgarm]

A quick note:

Gamestop has this game for $29.99, in store only. Online store only has used copies.

Just a heads up for those looking to pay less than $40-$50 for it.

[EnemyZero]

my local TRU had it for 20 bucks right at release so i bought it and i love it, im also a Gackt fan which adds to it

[sisko]

I love it. Beautiful gameplay and gorgeous graphics.

It gets pretty damn hard though. I reached the 7th stage (I think) but got so frustrated with the blind jumping and haven't touched it since.

[Psycho Mantis]

Bujingai is a fun game. i'm also getting shaman king for christmas.

[shoes23]

Just picked this one up today, and so far it seems really excellent. Not much for story...but all you going to do is slice stuff up anyways so not much story needed. I found it for $13 so keep your eyes peeled for a solid action game for cheap.

[maxlords]

I have it but haven't played it. Like Blood Will Tell, it was made by Red Company, purveyors of some of the best beat em ups this side of...well...anything.

[Crush Crawfish]

I really liked it at first, but I started to find it rather repetitive, and after I got repeatedly destroyed by the 3rd boss (the lion guy) I just shelved it. :/

[geelw]

lol- i actually have a bujingai gackt cd promo here that i got from gaijin punch, but i've never listened to it. it was for a friend who likes this guy's music, but he had already gotten the thing, so i'm looking at it every now and then and saying "gackt!" like a cat hacking up a hairball.

anyway, you'd think the game would be somewhat inexpensive as it's one of those ps2 titles that more or less died at retail. but it manages to still fetch a decent price, probabaly due to a small print run. i have a beta here somewhere (1 or two levels) as well, but as i've been buried under stuff to do for a while, i haven't played it since i got it.

g.

[l_lamb]

I found it at Kohl's along with ChoroQ for $12.99 each. They had them at the registers.

[geelw]

I found it at Kohl's along with ChoroQ for $12.99 each. They had them at the registers.

hmmm...well, the nearest kohl's around here is... texas.

lucky!

g.

[spider-man]

I love bujingai. Although I stopped playing during the second to last levels on the hardest difficulty level (the boss was a pain). During the stage, Its all in the sky with TINY platforms that you must jump, land, and jump around with little time to concentrate once you start. Although with the lower difficulty levels its fair and fun.