Solar Vote: Dark Sword

Game Details:

As a classic arcade shoot 'em up game, "Solar Voting" stands out from its peers with its unique "sword and magic" hybrid gameplay. In addition to traditional aerial shooting, players can also perform melee "slashes," allowing them to get close to enemies for high damage output or to knock down small projectiles that come close. In addition, the game's biggest feature is its powerful magic system. Each character has a unique ultimate magic, and can also use up to 11 different elemental magics such as fireballs, freezing, lightning, etc. by collecting scrolls, which are crucial for clearing the screen and targeting enemy weaknesses. The game has a multi-loop design and diverging endings, encouraging players to explore further. Its difficulty setting inherits the consistent "bullet hell" style of Psikyo games, making it extremely challenging and highly appealing to players who pursue high scores and hardcore shooting experiences.

Game Guide:

• Character Selection and Positioning: The game offers three characters: Dark Swordsman, Winged Warrior, and Grand Magician.
• Dark Swordsman: The strongest melee (slash) ability, suitable for close combat. Their exclusive magic "Nightmare" can freeze enemies. Suitable for players who like high-risk, high-reward playstyles.
• Winged Warrior: Balanced shooting ability and mobility, diverse slashing directions, and the exclusive magic "Phoenix" is a powerful screen-clearing skill. It is a more balanced recommended character for beginners.
• Grand Magician: The strongest shooting and magic power, but weak slashing and slow movement. Suitable for players who are good at long-range and magic control, and is also the first choice for high score challengers.
• Make good use of magic and elemental resistance: Magic is the key to clearing the game. Players obtain magic scrolls by defeating specific enemies or breaking treasure chests. The magic on the scrolls has elemental attributes (fire, ice, thunder, wind, holy, dark, etc.), which have obvious resistance and weakness bonuses to specific enemies and bosses. For example, using ice magic against fire-attribute enemies will cause more damage. Develop the habit of saving high-level, resistance-attribute magic before boss battles, which can greatly shorten the battle time.
• Combination of slashing and shooting: The slashing in "Dark Sword" is an important defensive and offensive means. Melee slashes can clear some of the incoming small barrages, which is a life-saving straw when the barrage is dense. At the same time, the damage multiplier of slashing is often higher than that of normal shooting, especially when sticking to the face of the boss's damage judgment point, it can quickly reduce its health. Beginners should practice alternating shooting and slashing: use shooting at long distances, use slashing when approaching or dodging barrages, and avoid over-relying on a single attack method.
• Management of items and energy: In addition to magic scrolls, the items in the game also include Power Ups that increase shooting power and Magic Power Ups that increase magic intensity. After eating a Power Up, the character's main shot will be upgraded, and the power will greatly increase. Please be sure to collect them first. In addition, each time you use magic, it will consume the magic energy bar. When the magic bar is exhausted, the magic power will decrease. Therefore, you should try to use powerful magic when the bar is full, and use low-consumption magic at the appropriate time to assist in clearing small monsters.