8/15/2023 0 Comments Radiant silvergun shirtThe most basic of the three and it’s on a cart which always feels a bit weird, even if it’s not weird in a bad way. You get the arcade game (literally the arcade game – the files on the disc are split into independent Saturn/ ST-V folders if you go look) and what was at the time and exclusive and enhanced Saturn port with immediately noticeable extras on one disc. Based purely on the merits of the game itself, this would be the port to go for even if the others were as cheap and easy to buy as this one. The original game’s in there and it also has the option to switch to a freshly-tweaked and much better Ikaruga-style chaining system if you want it to. But that doesn’t mean I’ve ever given up hope, even twenty one long years after the game’s debut – in fact I feel like I have to keep trying in a weird sort of way: I need to prove to Radiant Silvergun somehow that I love it enough to be worthy of having it hanging around the house, but as the usual shmup challenges are completely out of the question (high score/don’t die/ideally both) I’ll have to think of something else to do – and pick a specific version of the game to do it on too.Ĭriminally Radiant Silvergun has only ever had three releases in its entire existence – each one a little different from the other, and in my humble opinion they rank like this: I’ve (just about) got the reactions, the genre awareness, and the patience to practise things I like until I get them right, but neither playing for survival nor score ever works out for me and this game, it almost feels like I’m the subject of a very specific and extremely petty curse (this curse also extends to Metal Slug, for no apparent reason). It’s not for a lack of understanding – compared to all the secrets, second (or more!) loops, and obtuse scoring mechanics found in other titles there’s nothing too out-there going on in Treasure’s epic take on gaming’s oldest genre – but no matter how hard I try I just can’t do it any more than I can play Free Bird with spoons or care enough about socks to bundle them up into matching pairs. “Good effort”, “Marked improvement”, “Making progress”, and all of those other affably empty sentences teachers write to try and discreetly sidestep the subject’s obvious lack of quantifiable talent. There are some shmups out there I’d say I’m at least halfway competent at, and one (just one) that I would say that I used to honestly play really quite well, but Radiant Silvergun is about as far away from that haphazard little bundle as any game could ever be. If my Radiant Silvergun abilities were written up in the style of a school report, I would cross my fingers and hope to be politely described as an “enthusiastic trier” – Kimimi can’t do it, bless her, but she’s a determined little soul. Looking for something in particular? Search for: Click here to be taken to a random article! Archives Archives
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