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5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: February 29, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This poor game keeps getting delayed, and I know I'm not the only one who REALLY wants to see it released. The last I heard, 2 weeks ago, was that the game would be out Feb 18th (about 1 week ago). The fact that the release has been inexplicably pushed back to July is not a good omen. Let us hope with all our hearts that this is only for polishing, and not because of some John-Romeroesque lack of product. For this would be a mighty addition to our beloved shooter genre.

A GREAT classic shooter.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I love classic shooters. You know, like R-Type, Thunder Force, and all that stuff. Gradius, however, i've never really liked. The only one that ever held my interest was Gradius Gaiden, and even then, I never put it up on the same level as modern classics as Radiant Silvergun and R-Type Delta.

However, for this installment, Konami got Treasure(Gunstar Heroes, Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun) to produce this game. And it does show! Honestly, I kind of felt like I was playing the shooter genre's last hurrah. I haven't seen any shooters that had this kind of oomph since this was released, and the classic shooter genre is pretty much dead. Too bad really, since they are a blast to play.

This game has very good graphics for what it's going for. It's basically trying to give you a 2-D game with polygonal graphics. Everything is about the same size as it used to be, and there isn't any 3-D gaming to be found here. The game has a nice look to it, and the enemies are well detailed, as are the backgrounds. The explosions look really good too.

Gameplay is where it counts, and this is where it shines the most. It's very classic, but the various ways you can up your ship and the amazing level design really make the difference. I really can't stress how cool the level design is in this game. It's what makes it really stand out for me. Stages spin around, go backwards, and entire screens filled up with asteroids while you just are barely able to get a path through. Really tough, but still very cool.

Some fans of Ikaruga and Radiant Silvergun don't like this one as much. I've never been the biggest fan of Ikaruga, but Radiant Silvergun was great. One of the best. This game stands in the same area of those games(even though I like it much better than Ikaruga), and should be very impressive to those who like this type of game.

A great looking, inventive, and very long shooter. Don't hesitate to pick this one up.

The best Gradius ever but....

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: October 09, 2007
Author: Amazon User

if you never played Gradius before be prepared for extreme ownage to your ship Vic Viper T301. After watching tons of youtube vidoes with players owning this I game I finally decided to get it. I'm a fan of gradius games but I never expected it to be as hard as it is. And because of this it challenges the players to be creative in attack and strategy like the old NES and SNES games used to do.

You start off with 4 types of configurations for your VV but after completing the game once you gain weapon edit so you can configure the craft to your liking. Stick with it because even though it's hard its one of those games you can impress everyone with if you master it well enough.

Experienced players will recognize that most of the "core" bosses come back with enhanced weapons to once again try to annihilate the VV, leaving the game with its original old school element that players will enjoy. Also, if you have $10 go look up some component cables here on amazon for your PS2. Trust me the visuals on this game are most impressive indeed.

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