<s>
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
:	I-Application
Arc	I-Application
of	I-Application
Deception	I-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
space	O
simulation	O
game	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
acknowledged	O
as	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Silpheed	B-Device
video	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
which	O
comprised	O
3D	O
rail	O
shooters	O
:	O
players	O
pilot	O
a	O
starfighter	O
,	O
shooting	O
incoming	O
enemies	O
on	O
a	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
third-person	O
playing	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
uses	O
full	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
and	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
instead	O
pilot	O
his	O
or	O
her	O
spacecraft	O
in	O
any	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
Sylpheeds	I-Application
plot	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
a	O
fictional	O
27th	O
century	O
where	O
an	O
interstellar	O
human	O
empire	O
is	O
about	O
to	O
erupt	O
into	O
a	O
civil	O
war	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critical	O
opinions	O
on	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
were	O
mixed	O
;	O
reviews	O
varied	O
from	O
considering	O
it	O
an	O
exciting	O
cinematic	O
shooter	O
to	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
clichéd	O
and	O
complicated	O
simulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
considered	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
branding	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
's	O
Platinum	B-Device
Collection	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
,	O
players	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
rookie	O
pilot	O
and	O
fly	O
the	O
Delta	O
Saber	O
starfighter	O
in	O
a	O
campaign	O
that	O
comprises	O
16missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
controller	O
's	O
thumbstick	B-Device
is	O
used	O
to	O
fly	O
the	O
starfighter	O
in	O
any	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
pressing	O
the	O
maneuver	O
button	O
and	O
pushing	O
the	O
thumbstick	B-Device
in	O
a	O
direction	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
makes	O
his	O
or	O
her	O
fighter	O
perform	O
aileron	O
rolls	O
and	O
180-degrees	O
turns	O
(	O
half-loops	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
button	O
combinations	O
control	O
the	O
Delta	O
Saber	O
's	O
speed	O
,	O
allowing	O
the	O
craft	O
to	O
boost	O
to	O
great	O
speeds	O
with	O
afterburners	B-Application
,	O
coast	O
on	O
inertia	O
without	O
power	O
,	O
or	O
match	O
speed	O
with	O
a	O
target	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
the	O
campaign	O
,	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
offers	O
six	O
standalone	O
missions	O
that	O
are	O
downloaded	O
over	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
Sylpheeds	I-Application
setting	O
,	O
exposited	O
through	O
flashback	O
sequences	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
fictional	O
27th	O
century	O
in	O
which	O
human	O
civilization	O
has	O
expanded	O
beyond	O
Earth	O
for	O
500years	O
,	O
colonizing	O
several	O
worlds	O
and	O
forming	O
the	O
Terra	O
Central	O
Government	O
(	O
TCG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
Sylpheeds	I-Application
plot	O
has	O
the	O
style	O
and	O
substance	O
of	O
typical	O
anime	O
,	O
depicting	O
characters	O
as	O
the	O
focal	O
points	O
of	O
events	O
rather	O
than	O
individual	O
pawns	O
in	O
the	O
grand	O
scheme	O
of	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
by	O
Square	O
Enix	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
development	O
in	O
April	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
video	O
games	O
publisher	O
proclaimed	O
at	O
an	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
conference	O
in	O
Tokyo	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
exclusive	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
game	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
part	O
of	O
Enix	O
's	O
strategy	O
to	O
diversify	O
its	O
market	O
,	O
spreading	O
its	O
interests	O
among	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
titled	O
Project	O
Sylph	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
renamed	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
for	O
a	O
more	O
obvious	O
connection	O
with	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Silpheed	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enix	O
also	O
credited	O
Game	O
Arts	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
that	O
had	O
created	O
Silpheed	B-Device
,	O
as	O
the	O
developers	O
of	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
was	O
conceived	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
SETA	O
's	O
Ikusabune	O
team	O
,	O
which	O
comprised	O
former	O
Game	O
Arts	O
employees	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
Silpheed	B-Device
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
intended	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
latest	O
technology	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Silpheed	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
product	O
of	O
this	O
collaboration	O
was	O
showcased	O
at	O
Tokyo	O
Game	O
Show	O
2006	O
;	O
journalists	O
had	O
fun	O
with	O
the	O
space	O
shooter	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
its	O
controls	O
and	O
learning	B-General_Concept
curve	I-General_Concept
were	O
simpler	O
than	O
those	O
of	O
space	O
flight	O
simulators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
September	O
28	O
,	O
2006	O
;	O
Square	O
Enix	O
published	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
only	O
Japanese	O
text	O
and	O
audio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
Game	O
Studios	O
handled	O
the	O
releases	O
for	O
Europe	O
and	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
localizing	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
for	O
the	O
English-speaking	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
demo	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
providing	O
a	O
single	O
mission	O
and	O
a	O
small	O
selection	O
of	O
the	O
weapons	O
in	O
the	O
retail	O
version	O
,	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
downloading	O
over	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
on	O
June	O
14	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
went	O
on	O
sale	O
outside	O
Japan	O
two	O
weeks	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
25	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
downloadable	O
content	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Application
Live	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Influential	O
shooters	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
R-Type	B-Application
and	O
Radiant	B-Application
Silvergun	I-Application
,	O
revolutionized	O
the	O
genre	O
by	O
introducing	O
new	O
elements	O
to	O
the	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
not	O
as	O
innovative	O
,	O
Silpheed	B-Device
won	O
critical	O
acclaim	O
and	O
attracted	O
a	O
following	O
by	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
customize	O
their	O
ships	O
 '	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
Sylpheeds	I-Application
announcement	O
gave	O
them	O
pause	O
and	O
led	O
them	O
to	O
wonder	O
if	O
the	O
new	O
game	O
would	O
rejuvenate	O
the	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
lets	O
players	O
fly	O
starfighters	O
and	O
dogfight	O
many	O
enemies	O
in	O
the	O
vastness	O
of	O
space	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
G4tv	O
's	O
reviewer	O
,	O
David	O
Francis	O
Smith	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
designers	O
had	O
"	O
no	O
idea	O
how	O
to	O
create	O
structured	O
,	O
intelligible	O
action	O
in	O
such	O
a	O
big	O
area	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
disappointed	O
that	O
most	O
missions	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
words	O
of	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
Worlds	O
Michael	O
Gapper	O
,	O
tasked	O
them	O
to	O
"	O
fly	O
,	O
shoot	O
,	O
rearm	O
,	O
 [ and ] 	O
shoot	O
more	O
"	O
endlessly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
reviewers	O
had	O
no	O
qualms	O
with	O
these	O
flaws	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
intense	O
dogfights	O
more	O
than	O
compensate	O
such	O
shortcomings	O
;	O
Game	O
Informers	O
Andrew	O
Reiner	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
rewarding	O
quick-trigger	O
combat	O
and	O
thrill	O
of	O
overcoming	O
the	O
worst	O
of	O
odds	O
makes	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
a	O
memorable	O
play	O
for	O
gamers	O
who	O
daydream	O
of	O
galaxies	O
far	O
,	O
far	O
away	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
,	O
starfighters	O
and	O
missiles	O
leave	O
colorful	O
contrails	O
in	O
their	O
wake	O
as	O
they	O
move	O
through	O
the	O
void	O
of	O
space	O
,	O
and	O
explode	O
into	O
fireballs	O
when	O
destroyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
disappointment	O
for	O
reviewers	O
was	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheeds	I-Application
failure	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
game	O
mode	O
that	O
they	O
and	O
their	O
friends	O
could	O
play	O
together	O
online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
weaving	O
of	O
a	O
storyline	O
with	O
its	O
missions	O
made	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
unique	O
;	O
shooters	O
rarely	O
did	O
so	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wilde	O
argued	O
that	O
only	O
rabid	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
themes	O
incorporated	O
in	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
would	O
be	O
interested	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
general	O
sentiment	O
among	O
reviewers	O
was	O
that	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
could	O
not	O
spark	O
a	O
revival	O
of	O
interest	O
in	O
a	O
long-dying	O
genre	O
regardless	O
of	O
whatever	O
qualities	O
it	O
may	O
have	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
receiving	O
such	O
reactions	O
,	O
Project	B-Application
Sylpheed	I-Application
sold	O
enough	O
copies	O
(	O
as	O
judged	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
)	O
in	O
Japan	O
within	O
the	O
first	O
nine	O
months	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
to	O
become	O
part	O
of	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
's	O
Platinum	B-Device
Collection	I-Device
on	O
November	O
1	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
