SteamFirst: Ah, the doujin game. The Japanese indie games scene has brought me quite a bit of happiness. My favorites expand on the concepts and style that were in vogue when I was but a mere adolescent.
Chaz at Twinfinite writes,
When I signed on to review Gunhound EX, I didn’t entirely know what I was getting in to. I watched about ten seconds of a trailer-style video, saw it was a side-scrolling shooter game, and thought, hey, what could go wrong? Well, friends, let me just say — there’s some merit to doing more research before jumping in headlong sometimes. I’m not entirely disappointed with what I found, but I could have spared myself some frustration if I’d dug a little deeper before taking the plunge here.
Hardcore Gamer: So this came out of nowhere. Armored Hunter Gunhound was originally a doujin PC game that got an upgrade via G.Rev to PC and PSP, with adjusted level layouts, boss difficulty, and even a couple of new levels. The game itself played like a version of the Genesis classic Assault Suit Leynos/Target Earth, and that’s always an influence worth getting interested over. Unfortunately it was also Japan-only, easy to import and not hard to figure out but still with a language barrier locking out the storyline. As of today, at least on PC, that little problem is finally taken care of.
Oh shoot, really? I've wanted an English version of this game forever. DLing now.
