I won't lie I have barely touched the Darius series. I even forgot I did the one on the GBA and I reviewed that one. I was gonna play the Arcade version but I had trouble getting the screen size to work properly so I gave up and decided to play the Mega Drive port released for the Mega Drive Mini back in 2019.
This game is your usual shmup where the main gimmick is it has multiple pathways and all of the bosses got this really cool aqautic motif to them. Though don't take that as it won't be difficult because this game is really hard and you don't even get continues which feels oddly strict.
There's multiple things you can upgrade like your shot, bombs and barrier. Though they do reset when you die so you'll have to be really good to keep them and even make them better weapons if you upgrade it enough. Despite it's harsh difficulty the design of the levels is pretty engaging throughout, same goes for the bosses as well though they are inconsistent in difficulty.
There's even some new things like toggling if you want a 26 boss mode or how the Arcade did it. You can also play as this easy mode ship called Tiat if you want to see more of the game but aren't good enough to get there, just keep in mind your score won't be recorded. There's even a cool boss rush mode if you just want to fight all of the bosses.
The game looks pretty nice as it seems to be pretty much arcade perfect from what I've been told. I really love the design of all of the bosses. The OST however can be hit and miss as some tunes are really good but I'd say some miss the mark for me but thankfully there's more good then bad. Also I swear everytime you hit an enemy it sounds weird to me.
Darius Extra version is fun and one of my more favorite shmups on the console. It's really nice to have something like this as a bonus for a mini console. I'm sure most people who own the game have probably already tried it but it's worth a play if you haven't. Maybe I'll play Super Darius sometime.
This game is your usual shmup where the main gimmick is it has multiple pathways and all of the bosses got this really cool aqautic motif to them. Though don't take that as it won't be difficult because this game is really hard and you don't even get continues which feels oddly strict.
There's multiple things you can upgrade like your shot, bombs and barrier. Though they do reset when you die so you'll have to be really good to keep them and even make them better weapons if you upgrade it enough. Despite it's harsh difficulty the design of the levels is pretty engaging throughout, same goes for the bosses as well though they are inconsistent in difficulty.
There's even some new things like toggling if you want a 26 boss mode or how the Arcade did it. You can also play as this easy mode ship called Tiat if you want to see more of the game but aren't good enough to get there, just keep in mind your score won't be recorded. There's even a cool boss rush mode if you just want to fight all of the bosses.
The game looks pretty nice as it seems to be pretty much arcade perfect from what I've been told. I really love the design of all of the bosses. The OST however can be hit and miss as some tunes are really good but I'd say some miss the mark for me but thankfully there's more good then bad. Also I swear everytime you hit an enemy it sounds weird to me.
Darius Extra version is fun and one of my more favorite shmups on the console. It's really nice to have something like this as a bonus for a mini console. I'm sure most people who own the game have probably already tried it but it's worth a play if you haven't. Maybe I'll play Super Darius sometime.
Angel_Arle
1 year ago