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Dec 09, 2007
Search and Destroy Gore Fest
1 of 1 found this helpful I think LOADED was a game that was ahead of its time back in 1996 (at least its theme). It is a game which gameplay is borrowed from GAUNTLET (top view moving characters blasting their way out of the level) but with some twist and mature content that is special nowadays on first person shooter games. With this elements LOADED is a pretty fun game to play, you got 6 (psycopath) characters with unique abilites and special attacks which adds to the gameplay specially if you are playing on a cooperative two player mode, which I thinks is were everything turns out to mayhem (good of course). The game was pretty violent and bloody (your shooting path looked like a slaughter house afterwards) and had adult content deep within.
The game theme is dark and morbid/fun and you can tell by looking at the inspirational characters illustrations and reading their profiles. The graphics is all what you expect from a first generation Playstation game so expect some pixelation, slowdowns etc.. but its all good and all becomes part of the game...as a historical technological check point Also some premature 32bit compressed FMV are included.
The music fits the game perfectly, I just cant describe what type it is, but its something that you can tag the 90's electronica or industrial theme on it (maybe I am wrong). Artist involved is: Pop Will Eat Itself.
My own experience with LOADED:
The first time I got in touch with LOADED was from a demo disk that came with my Playstation back in 1996.. from all the games that were included WARHAWK and LOADED were my favorites, constantly playing it even thou it was one level and one character available. So years later on a PAWN SHOP / COLLLECTORS STORE in Fort Lauderdale Florida I found the game on a shelf for around $10. The store owner told me it was a really wanted game sought after by collectors, and that everytime it came to the store it was sold as hot bread, and this was back in 2001. That same game copy I bought I accidentally broke it 2 years ago... and now I got a copy recently purchased from Ebay(just bought the disk only since I still had the original box), and still play the game, over 10 years later and still love this game. It is just fun to play.. pick up and shoot, blast everything that moves or that stands in your way.
FINAL WORDS:
If you buy this game, do not expect current generation graphics or gameplay (its an early 32-bit era title!), think of it as a classic top view shooter game with enhanced graphics and sound, and of course with awesome characters and their unique special attacks. I gave the game a "Good" review instead of "Excellent" because it might get too repeatative further into the gameplay, but that is how it is. If you are into shooters, violence, psychopaths, deatailed characters illustrations, Gauntlet, Contra, adrenlaine rush and all that cool stuff... then what are you waiting for? For the rest this game is a MUST for a 32bit Playstation or Saturn console. "Body bag not included"
- Rex
http://www.rexcartagena.blogspot.com
Jul 09, 2007
Straight to the point SHMUP - Gradius Galaxies (GBA)
1 of 1 found this helpful Gradius Galaxies for the Gameboy advance is a Shoot em up style game where you can take it anywhere and have a good experience with.
Gameplay
Anyone familiar to the GRADIUS franchise knows the simple formula which is select the style of the Vic Viper (spaceship) attack mode, shoot at incoming enemies, dodge bullets, get power ups so you can upgrade your ship's skills from a table below the screen offering speed, missiles, lasers, options, shields etc. This adds some interesting gameplay to the game cause in certain situations some skills are necessary while others can be a problem. At the end of each level you encounter the infamous bosses, each of them with an attack pattern that just takes a few trys to counter it and accomplish the stage. Since this is on a portable systems, sometimes you have to turn the game off on the run, so Gradius Galaxies offers an auto save feature in which everytime there is a gameover in a certain level, a checkpoint of that level is saved, so you can go later on and continue in the area you left off, this comes really handy cause you can also replay past levels.
Difficulty
Classical of Shoot em ups (SHMUPS) is that they tend to be difficult games sometimes; since you shoot and you dodge bullets at the same time, so the screen can become pretty hectic. Here in Gradius Galaxies some levels can be quite frustrating since the screen is small and sometimes there is no plenty of room to move around, sometimes is necessary to have the speed up power up on, but in some tight places this can destory your ship cause it moves too fast to evade walls and ceilings. So most of the levels is trial and error. To ease the difficulty of some levels they offer a type of demo mode in which you can look at a replay of the Vic Viper dealing with certain situations in each of the level stages, this is great to help out frustrated players, but can be a spoiler too taking away part of the idea of the game. Also, each time you finish the game, you go to another LOOP of the game in which the difficulty gradually increases. Probably with more bullets or enemies.
Graphics
All you can expect from a Gameboy Advance. The first 2 levels offer interesting backgrounds that are pretty attractive, then they can become quite repetetive, but you will be busy with the action on screen. The Vic Viper looks like the one form Gradius 3 in Super Nintendo. Everything is 16 bit glory. Can't complain.
Audio
There is mixed feelings about the audio, but I have to agree, sometimes it sounds like audio from the original gameboy, others critic the audio cause of the lack of original gradius soundtrack.
Controllers
Move, shoot and power up. All you need, but still you can modify them for whatever is more comofortable to you. As an example the missile and shoot button is the same one, I prefer to put them seperate, just to have more control of certain situations.
Personal Opinion
I liked GRADIUS overall, and this game is a great addition to the Gradius library. I played the other previus Gradius in different systems, and this game seems to have a mix of every of them (Except Gradius V from PS2) put together on a different game. I recommend this game if you are into Gradius or arcade style shoot em ups, but if you dont care about this type of game this game might frustrate you so..its up to you. For myself, I loved this game and is pretty good entretainment on my lunch breaks at work or anyplace that you need to wait for something.