4th October 2008, 4:33 PM
Playstation 2
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Silpheed: The Lost Planet
Decent fun, but not as good as Sega CD Silpheed, and it's very frustrating that there's no saving... you have infinite continues (from the beginning of the level you're on, and there are only six levels). So you can keep trying as long as you want... but only as long as you leave the system on. With a system with a loud fan in it, that is very annoying! Why in the world couldn't there be a level select, based on which stages you have reached... it's a PS2 game there really is no excuse! And then when you beat and watch the ending video it you unlock... nothing. Bah. :(
Still, nice graphics, somewhat epic scope traditional shmup story (aliens are attacking, save the human race from extinction!) told with cutscenes between every level, fun classic shmup gameplay... it may not stun people like other Treasure shooters, but it's a Game Arts design just developed by Treasure, done to be in the style of the past Silpheed games, which explains that. And I like Silpheed on the Sega CD a lot, so that's mostly a good thing. Even if the SCD game, with its 15 levels and even higher difficulty level (five continues and then you start the whole game over... argh!), is better, this one is good too, and perhaps slightly underrated. But yeah, it's just a B-quality shmup overall, not A-quality, I'd say. Still, fun and worth playing through.
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Silpheed: The Lost Planet
Decent fun, but not as good as Sega CD Silpheed, and it's very frustrating that there's no saving... you have infinite continues (from the beginning of the level you're on, and there are only six levels). So you can keep trying as long as you want... but only as long as you leave the system on. With a system with a loud fan in it, that is very annoying! Why in the world couldn't there be a level select, based on which stages you have reached... it's a PS2 game there really is no excuse! And then when you beat and watch the ending video it you unlock... nothing. Bah. :(
Still, nice graphics, somewhat epic scope traditional shmup story (aliens are attacking, save the human race from extinction!) told with cutscenes between every level, fun classic shmup gameplay... it may not stun people like other Treasure shooters, but it's a Game Arts design just developed by Treasure, done to be in the style of the past Silpheed games, which explains that. And I like Silpheed on the Sega CD a lot, so that's mostly a good thing. Even if the SCD game, with its 15 levels and even higher difficulty level (five continues and then you start the whole game over... argh!), is better, this one is good too, and perhaps slightly underrated. But yeah, it's just a B-quality shmup overall, not A-quality, I'd say. Still, fun and worth playing through.