Lightning Fighter 2: Space War Uwan Studio In Lightning Fighter 2: Space War, you are the hero the galaxy needs. As a skilled space shooter, it is up to you to pro… TouchArcade Rating: Free Buy Now Watch Media DetailsIn Lightning Fighter 2: Space War, you are the hero the galaxy needs. As a skilled space shooter, it is up to you to protect the galaxian and the surrounding asteroids from the ruthless Galaga alien invaders. With fast-paced action reminiscent of classic arcade games, this space shooter game will keep you on the edge of your seat as you battle through the space war. Jump into the cockpit of your super fighter jet and take on wave after wave of enemies, including formidable boss battles in the style of the beloved Raiden series. With its frenetic danmaku bullet hell and immersive gameplay, Lightning Fighter 2: Galactica is the ultimate space shooter arcade shooting game experience. Are you ready to defend the galaxy and emerge victorious in the epic space war as a skilled space shooter? Game features: 11 Super Fighter Aircraft: 11 super fighter jets join the battle, each equipped with 3 powerful weapons and special attacks. Classic Shoot 'em up gameplay: Exciting combat against waves of enemies and bullet hell barrages as a space shooter. 13 Unique Stages: Each stage boasts immersive gaming atmosphere with exclusive soundtracks, all set in the vast space war. Epic Boss Battles: Multi-phase bosses featuring old-school bullet hell style combat with new, challenging patterns as a space shooter. Robust Equipment System: Charge up powerful gear to strengthen your super fighter aircraft against the enemies in the space war as a space shooter. 3 Difficulty Levels: Suitable for players of all skill levels in the space shooter game. Exciting Challenges: Brand new city stages and alien space base stages, attack the enemy base head-on as a space shooter. Fully Upgraded HD Graphics: Stunning designs, amazing lighting, and special effects in the space shooter game. Daily rewards to help you in the space shooter game. Information Seller:Uwan Studio Genre:Action, Arcade Release:Jul 31, 2013 Updated:Apr 23, 2024 Version:2.80.1 Size:197.3 MB TouchArcade Rating: User Rating: (6) Your Rating:unrated Compatibility:HD Universal iPad version: https://itunes.apple.com/app/id634846689 Official Trailer: Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #2 Exact-Psience, Jul 31, 2013 Great soundtrack (hopefully that's ingame) and it looks like a fantastic shmup. Im about to eat lunch and i hope someone could say Relative Touch. Else i'll just TOFTT later when i get back. Wasnt really a shmup fan before, but SV made me a follower of bullet hell. I hope what i see in this video is easy mode or something. currymutton Well-Known Member Oct 16, 2008 4,430 1 0 #3 currymutton, Jul 31, 2013 Statment: Oh! iCade support, no? BTW, there is a HD version for iPad. strivemind Well-Known Member Aug 11, 2010 2,784 2 38 Designer Ottawa, Canada http://www.strivemind.com/ #4 strivemind, Jul 31, 2013 Yep, this is the long-awaited sequel to Lightning Fighter. Controls are relative touch, and at least on the iPad version the ship moves slightly faster. There are IAP for both gold and gems. Gold is used to unlock new ships, and both can be used for various power-ups (which will definitely create a bit of pay-to-win for score chasers). Sadly the biggest issue here is the cost of unlocking the extra ships: without excessive grinding, you're looking at $30 to unlock all 5. Graphics are fantastic and full retina on the iPad. As E-P mentioned, the soundtrack is indeed great and also available to purchase through iTunes. smegly Well-Known Member Mar 27, 2012 990 0 0 NY, NY #5 smegly, Jul 31, 2013 Last edited: Jul 31, 2013 The first LF game was pretty easy in any mode. But since score was based heavily on what you had left, including continues, it was more of a high score thing than something most people wouldn't expect to beat. It was also pretty long, so they had time to increase the difficulty slowly. I'm surprised they were able to make this 46 megabytes; pretty sure the first is more than 100. Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #6 Exact-Psience, Jul 31, 2013 Thanks Strive and Smegly. Now im not sure about getting this one. Connector Well-Known Member May 6, 2012 15,512 1 0 In the Chatroom http://thechatroom.freeforums.net/ #7 Connector, Jul 31, 2013 Last edited: Jul 31, 2013 Please icade if no icade. EP, the old lightning fighter used to be one of the best non cave shmups there was. I've talked to this dev alot about this game, while I have not played it, I can probably put my reputation on the line and say itis good. Buy it, if not good, I will promise to refund you 100% with another promo code. The dev is cool all, please support him. Edit: extra ships are that much? There was that cost in the first game, but $30? Well that is not good, but the game should be good, just don't buy extra ships then. Go for it EP!!!!! strivemind Well-Known Member Aug 11, 2010 2,784 2 38 Designer Ottawa, Canada http://www.strivemind.com/ #8 strivemind, Jul 31, 2013 Last edited: Jul 31, 2013 Agreed, great game from great devs. And yes the IAP to unlock aloof the ships is $30, or you can unlock them by earning gold in-game. The first ship costs 15,000 to unlock, and it increases exponentially from there, with the last ship costing 500,000 gold. Going through Bronze, I was averaging 1000 per level, with around 2500 on the last level. That's a lot of grinding if you want all of the ships! Edit: I'm averaging about the same gold in Silver as in Bronze, although the difficulty is quite a bit higher. smegly Well-Known Member Mar 27, 2012 990 0 0 NY, NY #9 smegly, Jul 31, 2013 Last edited: Jul 31, 2013 Alright, now that I've played THIS one--and am now #2 on the Bronze leaderboard (3 now because of Strivemind )--I have to say the fundamentals have changed a lot while, at the same time, there isn't much content change. Basically, it's more like an HD version of the first game with more music tracks (levels used to share tracks with some other levels) in addition to the ones in the first game. There are also three more ships which you can now earn with coins rather than pay a dollar for each new ship. The enemy patterns and boss attacks are a little different I think, but it's basically the same game. Here's where it gets weird though. In the original, it was pretty much following the Cave standard where you had some bombs for each life and you could get more bombs and more lives as you played. Here you get two lives, period, and scoring has nothing to do with how many lives you have left or how many bombs left. Bombs acted like an autoshield too. In this edition. You don't get anything in the game except coins. You can spend coins at the beginning of the game to get up to three bombs, three autoshields, which are separate and more expensive, and three instant charge attacks which don't require waiting for the charge. You still have normal charge attacks too. The problem is that when you die, you don't get these refilled nor can you buy more of them, so if you buy three autoshields and you have two lives, it's six hits and the game is over basically, instead of 12 hits for your starter and the two extra ships like it was before and there's no way to extend that except . . . Continues are gem purchases. Your score doesn't reset after a continue either, which I hate unless like, in the previous game, you were rewarded for not continuing. Gems also can be used to buy coin magnets and coin boosters that last one playthrough. Thing is, you only get gems by spending real money. You start with some gems, but you won't get any more of them. So ultimately, it's a harder version than the first one if you ignore the gem aspect. The coin cost for the bombs and all that is low enough that you can buy that all and still make plenty of coins to unlock more ships. I'd rather they just HDed the first game and kept it as it is, frankly, although I do slightly prefer this game for the few additions it has despite the bad implementation of auto-shielding. Sanuku Well-Known Member Jun 14, 2009 11,954 4 38 Austria http://www.touchgameplay.com #10 Sanuku, Jul 31, 2013 Last edited: Jul 31, 2013 Game Impressions HD Gameplay Trailer added to OP. Connector Well-Known Member May 6, 2012 15,512 1 0 In the Chatroom http://thechatroom.freeforums.net/ #11 Connector, Jul 31, 2013 Thanks Sanuku, looks great feom the video, very excited about this one will buy it first thing tomorrow. Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #12 Exact-Psience, Jul 31, 2013 Ayt, thanks C. Downloading now. Didnt watch Sanuku's video anymore as i want to play this without anything spoiled. Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #13 Exact-Psience, Jul 31, 2013 Aw dang... I bought the SD version. Grrrrrr. Connector Well-Known Member May 6, 2012 15,512 1 0 In the Chatroom http://thechatroom.freeforums.net/ #14 Connector, Jul 31, 2013 Yes that is very bad. There are both sd and hd versions of this game, too bad, at least the sd version doesn't cost $50 though hehe. Exact-Psience Well-Known Member Jan 12, 2012 22,664 2 38 The Work-At-Home Guy Philippines #15 Exact-Psience, Jul 31, 2013 ^Yeah... the bane of downloading from a computer instead of direct from an idevice. Pretty entertaining, but the x2 mode was a bit off putting. I'll think about getting the HD version later, when i know what else i'll get this week, and how much'll be left. Connector Well-Known Member May 6, 2012 15,512 1 0 In the Chatroom http://thechatroom.freeforums.net/ #16 Connector, Jul 31, 2013 I'll buy it tomorrow and let you all know but I am pretty confident it will be awesome. currymutton Well-Known Member Oct 16, 2008 4,430 1 0 #17 currymutton, Jul 31, 2013 Confirmation: No iCade support -- for now. nazokuma Member May 27, 2013 19 0 0 #18 nazokuma, Jul 31, 2013 Hi guys, I'm one of the dev of Lightning Fighter 2(Some of you might see me back in upcoming games). I didn't expect the post to come up so fast! I hope you guys are enjoying the game so far. :O We did try something different. Maybe something nobody ever did in this genre, and we also kinda wish to be more different from cave games..or raiden. I'll discuss with others about iCade support and the score reset after revive. Hopefully we can bring up some change/update soon. P.S. anyone like the new boss fights and new attack animation? nazokuma Member May 27, 2013 19 0 0 #19 nazokuma, Jul 31, 2013 iCade support is coming next update! SuperWeird Well-Known Member Dec 9, 2010 509 0 0 #20 SuperWeird, Jul 31, 2013 This isn't really a part 2; it's just a reskinned part 1. The levels, enemies, bosses and music are all the same from part 1, but now they're in HD and most of the environments have been visually enhanced or remade. At it's core it's LF 1 with nicer graphics. I was gonna buy it for my iPad and iPhone, but once I realized it wasn't truly a sequel, I decided to upgrade just my iPad version and keep the old LF on my iPhone (there's a bit of charm in the old version lost in the reskinned part 2). Wish it was a real sequel, but happy to have an HD version for my iPad anyways. This is still the best SHMUP on the App Store outside of Cave's games. (You must log in or sign up to post here.) Show Ignored Content Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 Next > Share This Page Tweet Your name or email address: Password: Forgot your password? Stay logged in
Great soundtrack (hopefully that's ingame) and it looks like a fantastic shmup. Im about to eat lunch and i hope someone could say Relative Touch. Else i'll just TOFTT later when i get back. Wasnt really a shmup fan before, but SV made me a follower of bullet hell. I hope what i see in this video is easy mode or something.
Yep, this is the long-awaited sequel to Lightning Fighter. Controls are relative touch, and at least on the iPad version the ship moves slightly faster. There are IAP for both gold and gems. Gold is used to unlock new ships, and both can be used for various power-ups (which will definitely create a bit of pay-to-win for score chasers). Sadly the biggest issue here is the cost of unlocking the extra ships: without excessive grinding, you're looking at $30 to unlock all 5. Graphics are fantastic and full retina on the iPad. As E-P mentioned, the soundtrack is indeed great and also available to purchase through iTunes.
The first LF game was pretty easy in any mode. But since score was based heavily on what you had left, including continues, it was more of a high score thing than something most people wouldn't expect to beat. It was also pretty long, so they had time to increase the difficulty slowly. I'm surprised they were able to make this 46 megabytes; pretty sure the first is more than 100.
Please icade if no icade. EP, the old lightning fighter used to be one of the best non cave shmups there was. I've talked to this dev alot about this game, while I have not played it, I can probably put my reputation on the line and say itis good. Buy it, if not good, I will promise to refund you 100% with another promo code. The dev is cool all, please support him. Edit: extra ships are that much? There was that cost in the first game, but $30? Well that is not good, but the game should be good, just don't buy extra ships then. Go for it EP!!!!!
Agreed, great game from great devs. And yes the IAP to unlock aloof the ships is $30, or you can unlock them by earning gold in-game. The first ship costs 15,000 to unlock, and it increases exponentially from there, with the last ship costing 500,000 gold. Going through Bronze, I was averaging 1000 per level, with around 2500 on the last level. That's a lot of grinding if you want all of the ships! Edit: I'm averaging about the same gold in Silver as in Bronze, although the difficulty is quite a bit higher.
Alright, now that I've played THIS one--and am now #2 on the Bronze leaderboard (3 now because of Strivemind )--I have to say the fundamentals have changed a lot while, at the same time, there isn't much content change. Basically, it's more like an HD version of the first game with more music tracks (levels used to share tracks with some other levels) in addition to the ones in the first game. There are also three more ships which you can now earn with coins rather than pay a dollar for each new ship. The enemy patterns and boss attacks are a little different I think, but it's basically the same game. Here's where it gets weird though. In the original, it was pretty much following the Cave standard where you had some bombs for each life and you could get more bombs and more lives as you played. Here you get two lives, period, and scoring has nothing to do with how many lives you have left or how many bombs left. Bombs acted like an autoshield too. In this edition. You don't get anything in the game except coins. You can spend coins at the beginning of the game to get up to three bombs, three autoshields, which are separate and more expensive, and three instant charge attacks which don't require waiting for the charge. You still have normal charge attacks too. The problem is that when you die, you don't get these refilled nor can you buy more of them, so if you buy three autoshields and you have two lives, it's six hits and the game is over basically, instead of 12 hits for your starter and the two extra ships like it was before and there's no way to extend that except . . . Continues are gem purchases. Your score doesn't reset after a continue either, which I hate unless like, in the previous game, you were rewarded for not continuing. Gems also can be used to buy coin magnets and coin boosters that last one playthrough. Thing is, you only get gems by spending real money. You start with some gems, but you won't get any more of them. So ultimately, it's a harder version than the first one if you ignore the gem aspect. The coin cost for the bombs and all that is low enough that you can buy that all and still make plenty of coins to unlock more ships. I'd rather they just HDed the first game and kept it as it is, frankly, although I do slightly prefer this game for the few additions it has despite the bad implementation of auto-shielding.
Thanks Sanuku, looks great feom the video, very excited about this one will buy it first thing tomorrow.
Ayt, thanks C. Downloading now. Didnt watch Sanuku's video anymore as i want to play this without anything spoiled.
Yes that is very bad. There are both sd and hd versions of this game, too bad, at least the sd version doesn't cost $50 though hehe.
^Yeah... the bane of downloading from a computer instead of direct from an idevice. Pretty entertaining, but the x2 mode was a bit off putting. I'll think about getting the HD version later, when i know what else i'll get this week, and how much'll be left.
Hi guys, I'm one of the dev of Lightning Fighter 2(Some of you might see me back in upcoming games). I didn't expect the post to come up so fast! I hope you guys are enjoying the game so far. :O We did try something different. Maybe something nobody ever did in this genre, and we also kinda wish to be more different from cave games..or raiden. I'll discuss with others about iCade support and the score reset after revive. Hopefully we can bring up some change/update soon. P.S. anyone like the new boss fights and new attack animation?
This isn't really a part 2; it's just a reskinned part 1. The levels, enemies, bosses and music are all the same from part 1, but now they're in HD and most of the environments have been visually enhanced or remade. At it's core it's LF 1 with nicer graphics. I was gonna buy it for my iPad and iPhone, but once I realized it wasn't truly a sequel, I decided to upgrade just my iPad version and keep the old LF on my iPhone (there's a bit of charm in the old version lost in the reskinned part 2). Wish it was a real sequel, but happy to have an HD version for my iPad anyways. This is still the best SHMUP on the App Store outside of Cave's games.
