9/27/2023 0 Comments Ikaruga ship"This game is tough." That comment right there is quite possibly the largest understatement ever. ![]() The controls are simple: Control Stick to move, B to fire, A to switch between polarities, and R to unleash your special. Collecting even one bullet of the opposite polarity of your shield.well, it kills you. Collecting bullets of the same polarity as your shield fills up your special gauge which can be used to unleash devastating attacks. If you shoot an enemy with the opposite polarity of your shield you deal double damage to them, however if you shoot an enemy of the same polarity of your shield you deal normal damage and the enemy releases bullets that same polarity upon dieing. There are two "polarities" as the game calls them, black and white. Essentially this game is your vertical shooter (think Space Invaders, R-Type, etc) with a twist. The gameplay is amazingly simple and complex at the same time. And just when you think you have it mastered it gets harder. The larger ships and bosses have elements of both white and black so you have to modify your attack accordingly. If you destroy an enemy of the opposite polarity they do not fire back at you. This absorbed energy can be release in a fury of homing missles that do excellent damage. But your shield will absorb enemy fire that is the same parity that you are currently set to. If you fire at an enemy that is the same parity as you it fires back when it is destroyed. Your ship and all enemy objects have a parity of either white or black. This is making me think about the possibility of mounting a widescreen TV vertically because you can switch the view to horizontal but something seems to be wrong if you are actually watching it scroll sideways instead.Ī vertical scrolling shooter. If you have a widescreen TV you find yourself playing this game that takes up a small vertical stripe in the middle of your set. You are forced into thinking and plotting because brute force and firepower alone will not win.Ī vertical scrolling shooter made for arcade style monitors has to compress itself on your TV to see everything in all it's glory. The parity concept of the attacking ships and bullets seems to add a puzzle like element to making your way through a level. ![]() It restored my faith in old school style games brought to the Nth degree on a 4th generation platform.
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