Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours is a side-scrolling shooter released back in November 2015 for several consoles. As someone who spends a majority of their time playing RPGs and first-person action games, a shooter like Dariusburst was never on my radar. After picking up a PlayStation Vita, however, and realizing how many great twin-stick and side-scrolling shooters there were on the platform, I decided to give Dariusburst: Chronicle Saviours a shot (no pun intended).

While I believe the gameplay here is incredibly solid and the boss/enemy designs are fantastic considering they are based on various aquatic life, the gameplay loop can get rather stale fairly quickly. While the enemy and boss designs are great, there aren't that many to defeat before they begin to repeat as a reskin of a previously vanquished foe. Furthermore, the level variety is basically nonexistent after a certain point where you spend the later levels just replaying the previous ones with an amped up difficulty. This makes the overall experience feel rather shallow and disappointing once the surface level enjoyment of side-scrolling shooter action wears off. This really makes Dariusburst: Chronical Saviours a great game to pick up and play for short periods of time, but not one to try and master.