Ikaruga - A 30 second review
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Ikaruga - A 30 second review
Why 30 seconds? Thats about as long as I lasted .
And aside from that I was running out of tokens from playing Guilty Gear. The same arcade also had Ikaruga in all its NAOMI powered glory. The videos I had posted before in the discussion thread do this game no justice. As pointed out by trigger there are both black, and white projectiles being shot at you from every angle, and the ship changes accordingly. Much like in the first game you have a shield that can collect enemy fire without giving you any damage. In the first game a type of sword popped out of your ship to do this task. In Ikaruga your ship flips from white to black shields with the simple press of a button. Compared to Radiant Silvergun the controls are a lot easier. 1 button for fire, 1 to switch sheilds, and another for cluster bombs. The flipping of the shields adds depth to the levels as well. Some areas you cant get through unless you flip your shields along with the fire being shot at you. It also makes for more difficult boss battles, because they switch fire on you at a moments notice.
For those of you who have already put down your money for a copy of this amazing shooter the wait is almost over. for those of you who have not LikSang has stopped all pre-orders while buyrite.net has not, or ncsx.com. Happy Gaming!!^_^.
Last edited by zero; 08-18-02 at 04:49 PM.