This game is really ambitious and cool. It was a Saturn launch title and the stuff its doing is really impressive. Despite how low poly it is, it immediately captivates me into its world with its incredible music and designs that fit really well within the hardware. I love how unique the gameplay is from other rail shooters. Changing your viewpoint in four directions is something that adds a lot of dynamism to the gameplay. It is incredibly satisfying to do really well in a level, it has killer sound design where everything feels super good to pull off. Making a big laser chain might be one of the coolest things in a video game and the it rewards you for doing that effectively. It being a rail shooter allows the otherwise linear music tracks feel dynamic, like you are playing through an epic action sequence from a film.
This game has a lot of issues that hold it back a little bit for me. This being an early Saturn title, the game struggles to fullfill its ambitions. Its hard to see whats hitting you a lot of the time. The game has a really low framerate which makes it feel sluggish to play. There are a couple of bosses in this that are rather poorly implemented and some of them drag the pace down. The four way view is confusing and finicky. When I first played it, I thought it was like a first person mode where you just rotated 360 degrees to find your targets, but the easiest way to use it is to tap the L or R buttons to make it face four predetermined directions. Even when you do this method, it feels sluggish, so you cant use it to react to stuff coming at you, you have to really anticipate incoming waves. It overall doesnt feel great. I also dislike how much you gotta mash the shoot button.
Even with all those issues, I think this game is really cool. Its a really short romp, lasting less than an hour. Its a fun game to try and master. Even when a game over happens, its not too frustrating to pick it right back up, its cool how much better I got even with just a second or third try. If you have a Saturn I think its a must play. It really stands out comparatively to other rail shooters and its one of my favorites in the genre.
This game has a lot of issues that hold it back a little bit for me. This being an early Saturn title, the game struggles to fullfill its ambitions. Its hard to see whats hitting you a lot of the time. The game has a really low framerate which makes it feel sluggish to play. There are a couple of bosses in this that are rather poorly implemented and some of them drag the pace down. The four way view is confusing and finicky. When I first played it, I thought it was like a first person mode where you just rotated 360 degrees to find your targets, but the easiest way to use it is to tap the L or R buttons to make it face four predetermined directions. Even when you do this method, it feels sluggish, so you cant use it to react to stuff coming at you, you have to really anticipate incoming waves. It overall doesnt feel great. I also dislike how much you gotta mash the shoot button.
Even with all those issues, I think this game is really cool. Its a really short romp, lasting less than an hour. Its a fun game to try and master. Even when a game over happens, its not too frustrating to pick it right back up, its cool how much better I got even with just a second or third try. If you have a Saturn I think its a must play. It really stands out comparatively to other rail shooters and its one of my favorites in the genre.