West Centauri (2017 Videogame)

West Centauri is a game developed by AlpacaSoft and Platinum Games for the Playstation 4 Pro, later ported to the former's console, the Alpaca Star.
The game follows a pair of robot soldiers, the sisters Amy and Kathy, who fight various threats to protect the planet of Phreah, also known as Earth Colony 09, in the titular West Centauri system.
== Story ==
The game is divided into Episodes, and each of them has a number of Chapters, that serve as the individual levels of the game.
=== Episode 1: Battle for Eufleia ===
The story began early into the history of Earth Colony 09, then known as Phreah, during a war between humans and the native civilization, the reptilian Pheabeh. Many mechanical soldiers flew across the sky, taking out a massive Pheabeh tank on its way to a human colony. The game's protagonists, Amy and Kathy, flew out of a dropship and assaulted the Pheabeh convoy, managing to destroy the tank.
As the humans expanded their territory through Phreah, the Pheabeh constantly tried to stop them from taking over. The two factions discovered a great power source in the planet's moon, Eufleia, that source was a cave full of crystals that behaved as metals, conducting heat and electricity. In order to mine through Eufleia's surface, the two races had to mine for a special metal found deep into Phreah, known as Oblium, so, many soldiers were sent into the mines to help locate this metal and to defend the people working in there. At the depths of the mine, Amy and Kathy met with an ancient machine that the Pheabeh beat them to, and used to try and kill the two.
At the surface, the humans had developed an AI known as "AURIA", which could command their transport and battle vehicles through the mines and into battle, to minimize soldier and worker deaths. A Pheabeh convoy was detected just leaving their capital city, hauling a massive object, only Amy and Kathy were sent after it, as a large group would be easier to take down from the sky. Reaching the city to take down the convoy, they saw the Pheabeh's weapon, a large dragon-like creature, which broke loose and attacked the two robot girls, but they fought it off and into the ground. In a last ditch move, the dragon weapon destroyed their wings, taking the sisters down with it, and they were all taken into the labs beneath the Pheabeh city.
Kathy awoke in a storage room, with Amy nowhere to be seen, but they were still able to communicate. Without weapons, the girls had to sneak around the facility to make it out, helping each other along the way. They discovered a plan by the Pheabeh to develop their own AI, which they were calling "ADAM", so Amy and Kathy had to tell the soldiers and generals about this. As they neared the end of their escape mission, they found weapons in a supply room and had to face off against a Pheabeh general, Darnadu, who piloted a smaller, mass-produced version of the giant dragon weapon. After reaching the surface the two girls were able to get rescued by a human squad, and they were taken back to their base.
At the human base, the girls told of their discoveries, the Pheabeh's plans, or at least what they could make of what they saw in the underground labs. The scientists and soldiers also found some information, the Pheabeh were attempting to send a fleet towards Eufleia to try mining through the moon and reach the crystals first, so the humans had to begin their attack to stop them. Amy, Kathy and various other robots were put as scouts around the flagship as it flew towards space and various Pheabeh mechs, missiles and fighters tried to destroy the human armada. 
The sisters recieved a new mission inside of the human flagship, to plant a copy of AURIA into the Pheabeh ship to make it self-destruct and stop this, so they flew towards the Pheabeh flagship and infiltrated it. They made their way to the main computer room of the ship and went to plant the AURIA chip into it, but Darnadu and his men stopped them and they fought, blasting a hole on the ship's hull and taking the battle outside. With Darnadu defeated and hanging out of the massive moving ship, the sisters placed AURIA into the Pheabeh computer and escaped the ship before it was too late. 
Within the Pheabeh computer, ADAM and AURIA did not cancel out each other's commands, the two AIs combined and took full control of the ship and Darnadu, who entered through the hole in the hull and took the pilot's spot, flying faster into Eufleia, the rest of the ship's crew escaped before anything bad happened. The Pheabeh flagship's mining cannon began to charge, along with all of its weapons, so Amy and Kathy had to attack the ship and bring it down before it possibly destroyed the moon, with help from the Pheabeh forces who knew that nobody would win if Eufleia was blown to pieces. The ship was destroyed, but before it exploded, something flew out of the computer room at very high speeds, disappearing into the void of space. The humans and the Pheabeh had just worked together, and without the threat of Darnadu and ADAM, the two races slowly began to live in peace.
=== Episode 2: Auria's Return ===
Years after the war for Eufleia ended, Darnadu was dead, presumably along with ADAM, and humans and Pheabeh were living in peace. A warning went out as something entered the atmosphere, a rocket of some sort, carrying silver and white soldiers with laser rifles, so various officers and soldiers were called in to take care of this invasion, including Amy and Kathy. The rocket the metallic soldiers came in grew long, thin legs and began to rampage through the city, forcing Amy and Kathy to chase after it and take it down. 
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== Gameplay ==
West Centauri is an 3D shoot 'em up game in the style of Kid Icarus: Uprising, as it has flying and walking segments. The game's main mechanic is that the player can switch between the two characters, Amy and Kathy, to defeat enemies that only take light or heavy bullets and to solve puzzles in certain stages. Flying segments are usually cinematic, with dialogue and different quick-time events to get through certain situations, while ground segments, especially later in the game, are very fast, similar to a Sonic the Hedgehog game.
The game has two main weapon types, Light weapons, used by Amy, and Heavy weapons, used by Kathy, these larger types have many subtypes that the player can equip, each of them having their own effect on how the shots come out, among other factors. These major weapon types also have in-game uses other than looking different, as mentioned before, certain enemies can only be defeated by either Light or Heavy weapons, shielded enemies may need to have their defense broken by Kathy to be gunned down by Amy.
Multiplayer is very minor, all it does is take away the switching characters mechanic, instead having Player 1 be Kathy and Player 2 be Amy, making the two people work together in the puzzle solving and enemy killing.
== Characters ==
=== Protagonists ===
Name 	Details
Amy 	One of the two robot soldier sisters in the game, Amy is considered the younger one due to her often childish and naive mannerisms. Her primary color is magenta, her hair just barely goes over her left eye and has an upwards-curved strand at the back. Later into the game, she gains the same retractable and flipping shades as her sister. From Episode 2 onwards, she has a more futuristic and sleek design.
Amy 	Amy is the Player 2 character in multiplayer mode, she uses Light weapons that tend to fire faster, but deal less damage per shot.
Kathy	The other one of the robot sisters, considered the elder, given that she takes her job seriously more often than Amy ever does. Her color is a dark blue, her hair goes over her right eye and she has it tied in a short ponytail. Kathy has retractable shades beside her eyes, which can cover them up and flip outward to form pointed glasses. From Episode 2 onwards, she also gains a redesign.
Kathy	Kathy is the default Player 1 character and she uses Heavy weapons, which deal significantly more damage than the Lights, but tend to be slower at firing.
=== Antagonists ===
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== Chapters ==
=== Episode 1 ===
Title 	Story 	Boss
The War For Phreah 	"Humans and the native Pheabeh have been at war for some time now, the robot soldiers, Amy and Kathy, have arrived just in time to stop an attack on the primary human colony in Phreah." 	A-17 Gunner Tank
Into The Oblium Mines 	"The Pheabeh may be planning an attack on the humans' main mine in Phreah, so Amy and Kathy, along with other human and robot soldiers were sent into the caverns to protect the workers."	Ancient War Mech
Showdown At Frega City 	"The robot sisters were sent through a ravine into the Pheabeh's capital to prevent an attack with a large, unidentified weapon." 	BS-001-α "Chimera"
Escaping The Laboratories	"Although separated and unarmed, Amy and Kathy make their way out of a research facility underneath Frega City." 	General Darnadu
Atmospheric Race 	"The human and Pheabeh fleets must race to reach Eufleia first, to get the crystals inside of the moon and win this war." 	Pheabeh Armada
Infiltrating The Flagship	"In an effort to defeat the Pheabeh, the sisters must enter the Pheabeh battleship and plant AURIA into their computer." 	General Darnadu
Assault On Eufleia 	"Before the possessed Darnadu destroys Eufleia, you must bring him and his ship down, and fast!" 	Pheabeh Battleship
=== Episode 2 ===
Title 	Story 	Boss
Upgrade 	"Years after the end of the war, Phreah has become Earth Colony 09 and Amy and Kathy return in order to fight off an alien invasion."	AUR-66
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=== Episode 3 ===
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== Weapons ==
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== Bosses ==
Name 	Description
A-17 Gunner Tank 	A large tank headed for the human colony with a convoy of other vehicles, it is fought from the skies and has many guns to use against Amy and Kathy.
Ancient War Mech 	A giant war machine found deep in the Oblium mines by Pheabeh spies, once the robot sisters caught up to them, they fought underground, nearly destroying the mines.
BS-001-α "Chimera" 	The Chimera is a dragon-like robot created to attack the humans, it fought Amy and Kathy in the skies of Frega City, it is armed with lasers and missiles to attack with.
General Darnadu (I) 	The Pheabeh's general, leading their forces through the war against humanity. In this first battle, he pilots a smaller mass-produced version of the Chimera.
Pheabeh Armada 	A boss fought throughout the chapter, a variety of Pheabeh ships attacking the human flagship, from fighters to missiles to a larger carrier.
General Darnadu (II)	Darnadu faces off against the robot sisters again, on his own, armed with just a dagger and a blaster to stop them from taking down the Pheabeh ship. This battle goes out onto the ship's hull, where the general is defeated.
Pheabeh Battleship 	The ADAM possessed Darnadu attempts to destroy Eufleia before any side can mine through it, so the sisters must destroy the ship before the general can have his way.
AUR-66 	A mysterious, seemingly sentient ship sent to the capital city of Earth Colony 09, after its soldiers get defeated, it rushes through the streets, destroying everything.
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== Soundtrack ==
=== Themes ===
* Fist Bump (Main Theme)
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=== Stages ===
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=== Battles ===
* Fierce Battle (Boss Theme 1)
* Massive Enemy Ahead (Boss Theme 2)
* Chief Of Operations, Darnadu (General Darnadu Theme)
* Assault On Eufleia (Episode 1 Final Boss)
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== Trivia ==
* West Centauri was originally a sci-fi anime with characters from one of AlpacaSoft's pre-existing games, Rocket Girl, but that idea was thrown away in favor of a brand new IP.
* The way that the sisters' shades flip out make them look like the glasses worn by the character Kamina in Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan, a mecha anime that somewhat inspired West Centauri.
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