I guess that's what kinda brings it down a bit.įor most casual gamers, this will be a turn off. Although there are a lot of recycled areas from previous Gradius games. Even the bosses look just completely awesome. The game just looks great all the way through. Yeah, this game has pretty great uses of the 16-bit graphics. I never played it but i heard it got great reviews. Although I've heard that there were some unused soundtracks that were left out the game, but ah well. Contra 4 is maybe a stretch but itd be great if it was incuded. Yes! The music is just awesome on this game! Any retro gamer will recognize any of the rearranged tracks of this game. Gamereactor UK brings you the latest news, livestreams, reviews, videos, trailers, screenshots, wikis, previews, and release dates. Other than that, this is probably the major flaw of the game. If you're good at this game, they maybe you won't have a problem. Other than that, you'll be struggling to obtain your powerups again through the merciless hoards of enemies trying to kill you. However, if youre expecting 3D, flashy graphics like its 2004 predecessor, then you will be disappointed, as the title imposes a retro, 16-bit visual. There's the cheat to obtain your options (up up down down left right left right B. If you're blown up, you're sent back to a checkpoint of the stage with all of your upgrades gone.
Now, this is what I really don't like in Gradius. One hit and you're dead, unless you manage to get a force field, but that depends on the ship you get. This game is HARD!!! Even on the default difficulty setting you'll find yourself weaving through levels and struggling to survive. Let me be the first to say that if you're new to the Gradius series, then prepare for a beating. You're off slow at the start, but you slowly build up as you collect power-ups when you progress through the game.
GameSpot stated it to be the toughest scrolling shooter game in the NES library, only second to Contra. Now I know that Gradius III was practically a 1 player, but they did have a 2nd player where you have to take turns instead of working together as a team.Īh yes, this is the classical feel of Gradius. Gradius received positive to favorable reviews. Also another portion they took away from the game was the 2 player mode. This really disappointed me, since they took away the editing portion that was in Gradius III. Reviewed: A nice redemption to the series. Now, there's a option of choosing a total of three different types of ships. Now honestly, I wasn't really too much interested in the current storyline, but I have to say that the pictures were really nice, especially the Vic Viper scene when he's launches off. Now I've played many Gradius games back in the day, even Life Force for the NES, and this game is a great reminder on how great those games were. By williamdave2 | Review Date: MaThis may be short, but I'll write as much as possible.
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