Fly and fall for powerful Lassplanes! Discover a hand-crafted anime VN with story-driven arcade shoot-'em-up gameplay. Take part in a romantic story with drama and comedic elements set in a steampunk Kingdom filled with magic and torn by a brutal war. Decide the fate of your country and heart.
Imagine a romantic anime visual novel with narrative choices that engage your heart... fused with an arcade shoot'em up where your plane must survive waves of enemies under heavy fire. That is the audacious combination offered by Kamikaze Lassplanes, a gaming oddity as surprising as it is charming, developed by Inky Dreams.
You are plunged into a magical steampunk kingdom ravaged by war, where elite pilots are also romantic figures. On the ground it is an anime visual novel with rich dialogue, endearing characters and choices that steer your love story and your political destiny. In the air it is a tense, demanding arcade shoot'em up where mastering your plane under enemy fire becomes a metaphor for emotional survival. The two registers feed each other and together tell a story of unexpected coherence.
We loved: The way the game merges two ostensibly incompatible genres with disarming fluency. Every flight sequence does not feel like a pause in the narrative but like its natural continuation. The tension of aerial combat mirrors the emotional tension of the narrative choices that preceded it. This is genuinely original game design, and it works.
We liked: The characters, written with care and voiced in both English and Japanese. The protagonists, pilots, nobles, resistance fighters, each have a distinct personality, consistent motivations and a credible arc across the story. The romance writing is tender without ever becoming saccharine, and the political stakes of the conflict give real weight to your decisions.
Our highlight: The absolutely beautiful art direction. The anime-style illustrations are polished, expressive and of a quality comparable to the best Japanese visual novels. The steampunk environments, airships, floating cities, cloud battlefields, are drawn with constant visual inventiveness that makes you want to keep exploring.
Our tip to help you: In the shoot'em up phases, resist the temptation to stay in the centre of the screen. Most enemy attack patterns converge on that zone. Favour the sides and learn to anticipate trajectories rather than reacting to dodge them. In the visual novel phases, do not hesitate to save before every important choice: the narrative branches have real consequences on the ending and some are irreversible.
Who is this game for?
Kamikaze Lassplanes is aimed at players aged 12 and over, particularly fans of anime culture, visual novels and shoot'em ups looking for an original and unexpected experience. With just 4 hours of content, it is a short but dense adventure, perfect for a discovery session. The controls are quick to pick up and the genre blend guarantees you will never be bored.
