Shienryu is a 1997 shoot-'em-up by Warashi for the Sega Titan Video arcade system later ported to the Sega Saturn.
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High-quality dad shmup. Cool weapons, including a lightning shot that ricochets around the screen; big ol' robots, big chunky sprites; and music that decidedly does not rock and sounds like bleeps and bloops despite it being a game from 1997. (My keeping the score at a 4 even though the music is ass should tell you how goddamn good the visuals and gameplay are.)
There's nothing to nitpick here. If you like STGs at all, this is a truly excellent one, with tight design making up many times over for its slight lack of personality.
(One more thing -- who playtested that stage 3 octopus boss and thought, "yes, this is a good amount of health for this guy to have"? Dude shoots the lamest collection of dinky patterns and takes 8 years to die.)
There's nothing to nitpick here. If you like STGs at all, this is a truly excellent one, with tight design making up many times over for its slight lack of personality.
(One more thing -- who playtested that stage 3 octopus boss and thought, "yes, this is a good amount of health for this guy to have"? Dude shoots the lamest collection of dinky patterns and takes 8 years to die.)
i didn't finish this so it feels unfair to rank it, but the reason i ended up dropping it is that the music is like, unbearably dull
Solid vertical shooter with a ridiculously long final boss! Without spoiling try to save as many bombs as possible for the final stage.