About LuoBu Transformation:
This game plays-out first and foremost like any other shoot-’em-up. Your character can shoot a continuous stream of projectiles, and he can gain more projectiles (and homing ones too) using power-ups dropped by enemies. Enemies can soak up multiple projectiles, but you can’t. In other words, if you get hit once, you die. You get three lives, and then it’s game-over. You’ll drop all of your power-ups, but if you are quick enough you might be able to come-back with most (if not all) of your former power. In addition your standard projectiles, you also have a screen-clearing power. It has three uses, but can be restocked with random drops. You have an ultimate power, which (I think) is restocked between collecting lots of power-ups. Speaking of power-ups, they double as currency. Enemies drop a lot of them, but to upgrade your abilities, it will cost you lots and lots of currency. You can also collect “reels”, which are used to unlock images in the Gallery. It took me about an hour to collect enough for the first image. You also have a set of “side-weapons”. One of them is sword which clears projectiles. It’s my favorite weapon, and it has saved my rear countless times. There’s a magic ink which absorbs projects, and a bell which makes you invincible (for a short-while). Your weapon recharges every few seconds, but seconds count in this game. As a matter of fact, split seconds count, which brings me to difficulty. Let me preface by saying that I’m not good at shoot-’em-ups. This game has three difficulty settings, ranging from “normal” to “hard” and “hard-er”. I opted for “normal”, and gosh were my hands sweating. It takes about five-minutes to get to the boss (in the first few levels), and the bosses have several “forms”, meaning you will have to put-up with lots of health bars and attacks.
