Throw the player a curveball or two, chuck in a few surprises. but it would have been nice to do something different with that. It's all very well having the organic pink bubbly landscape that grows at you. You feel like you could easily have played it all before. It's not a bad game at all, but nothing at all feels new. Yes, that really is a screenshot from a game produced in 2009. How much you get out of this will depend on how big a fan you are of the original. it's very much a throwback to the old days of the arcade Gradius, for good and for bad, warts and all. I think it's fair to say that Gradius V is a classic. It took the easily identifiable classic elements of the original games, dragged them up-to-date with a superb graphical update, and refined the gameplay elements to make it still difficult, but a bit fairer. Gradius Rebirth is pretty much identical to every other Gradius game, bar Treasure's awesome Gradius V.įor me, Gradius V was the rebirth of Gradius. It's a Wiiware game, and as such probably received a lot less press or push than any other Gradius title.
Gradius rebirth gameplay series#
When I say its hard, I'm comparing it to the standard of most of today's games.Continuing the theme of long-running shoot-'em-up series beginning with the letter G, next up is Gradius Rebirth, a game many people probably don't even realise exists. To true shmups loving oldies like me, this is a must buy!įYI - compared to other shmups, the difficulty of GR is only average. You had to put in the time, cause you ain't going to beat it on the first play. Let me get my violin out for them, or perhaps mail them a cookie. This is the type of games I see teens whining about because its "Too Hard". I prefer a shorter Gradius like this one than the more recent ones.
Couple of hidden stages too and some unlockables (won't mention for spoiler reasons). Only five stages, but they change on the 2nd loop. Bosses are tough and you WILL die a few times trying to kill them. Then you loose it all when you die and go through it again. Waves of enemies come, you kill them, get the power ups they drop, and become a powered up wrecking machine. The gameplay is identical to other Gradius games. Each stage song will remind you of an older Gradius (and Salamander too!). Similar to the graphics - old and new school done right. And just like the SNES Gradius's, the slowdowns usually help!Īwsome remixes from some of the other Gradius games. The slowdown is obviously intentional here for the nostalgia effect. Also, if your a fan of the SNES Gradius 3, you'll find the familiar slowdowns when lots of stuff is on screen. Mostly old school, but with less pixelation, and better explosions. Kind of a mix between old and new school done right. If your a Gradius fan at all, GET THIS GAME.
This game brought back some good memories. I'm used to getting a beat down with shmups (shoot'em up's for you kiddies out there). I'm in my late 30's, so I played some of the original Gradius's on the NES and SNES as a kid. When I finally beat it, I jumped off the couch with a victory yell (I know, I know - nerd alert).
By graham6853 | Review Date: NovemThis game kicked my butt.
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