Ghost Blade HD | Mythic Sword

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Ghost Blade HD is an intense bullet-hell shoot 'em up game, with satisfying and addictive score-based gameplay. With its inspiration going back to the shooting games of the 1990s era, Ghost Blade HD ties old memories to current tones and techniques. Designed with a modern graphic style and special effects, Ghost Blade HD also features an awesome 2-player mode! Ghost Blade HD is easy to learn, hard to master.

Story

10,000 years ago an Artificial Intelligence known as Shira was built to protect the residents of Mars.
As time passed the AI became corrupted and Shira started to attack the Mars colonies. With no way to defend itself against ‘Evil Shira’ Mars calls for help. The Earth Defense Force fleet fights its way to ‘Evil Shira’ and uses powerful lasers to destroy it. However, ‘Evil Shira’ secretly had a backup that flees into space and takes over an abandoned space station at the outskirts of the solar system.

When the EDF notices the escape they send their bravest fighter after ‘Evil Shira’. You are this pilot, and your mission is to destroy Evil Shira before it can complete its new attack force and threaten the existence of the entire universe.

Features

Beautiful, detailed HD Graphics
5 Stages with HUGE Boss Enemies
3 Player battle ships with different gun types
Instant Respawn - No cutscenes!
Practice Mode
Score Attack Mode
Fine tuned gameplay and balanced difficulty
3 difficulty levels: Easy, Normal and Hard.
60 FPS
Arcade-style gameplay and addictive scoring system
Fast and smooth Gameplay
Auto-bomb enabled Easy mode for beginners
TATE/portrait screen option available
2-player local co-op mode for addictive fun
Incredible Soundtrack composed by Rafael Dyll (Söldner-X2 and Rainbow Skies)
Tone down background brightness
Optional softslow
Online Leaderboards
37 Achievements
1080p Full HD
TATE/TATE INVERTED/portrait screen option available
Xbox 360 and Xbox One controller, Keyboard

Tips For Getting Highscores

Earn points by destroying enemies and collecting Stage Star items. The higher your Combo Multiplier, the more you earn. Destroying enemies and crates add to the Combo Multiplier.

Use Focus shot for tight spots to avoid running into stray bullets
Try all ships to see which one fits best for your style of play
For a top scoring run kill as many enemies as possible and avoid dying and using bombs - use FOCUS shot to earn extra bombs and pick them up for a score bonus!
No-bombing gives big impact on score, as does having as high bomb count as possible.