#GRADIUS GAIDEN INTRO PS2#
I adore Gradius 5 on PS2 and would of course welcome more mainline entries in the series. When I revisit this game, I play SNES because I Need that slowdown and still die lol. Without the slowdown, the arcade version of 3 kicked my butt and had extra baddies like those sand lion guys oh my! Squadron were even more innovative with bringing good experiences to console.īeing that I was obsessed with Gradius, teenage years saw me buying an import of the PS2 ports for 3 & 4. I would later discover that other ports like U.N.
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Mechanically this early SNES port taught me the value of player choice that I still search for today in modern shmups and games in general.
Ship and weapon customization are you kidding me? So cool, and paired with that signature power up bar system, I could play over and over again trying different builds. That thumping soundtrack driving you forward toward the next boss fight that could end you in a microsecond. The "epic slowdown" when the screen filled up with bubbles -) The lone pilot on an endless space adventure, completely outnumbered. My kid brain exploded into imagination when Gradius 3 got going. What shmup hooked you, and never let you go? It felt incredible and I've been seeking out good shmups ever since. Konami's US port of Gradius 3 for SNES was made for me.Īt least that's how my ten year old brain felt playing it for the first time.
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