Ikaruga Comments by Kristan Reed
The hardest game you'll play all year.
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shirubagan
17/06/03 @ 14:15
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"Play it in horizontal, anamorphic mode on a widescreen telly and you'll have a blast. Or two. "
Pah. Turn your telly on it's side, THEN you'll know how great this game is. Buy it, buy it, buy it! |
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LaundroMat
17/06/03 @ 14:33
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Ikaruga was heavily warez0red and imported at the time of its DC release. I wonder how many GC owners have
a) a DC b) a copy (beit legit or not) of the game on their DC Substract this number from the number of potential buyers, and I fear there's not a lot left. |
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no mention of the awful pal conversion i see,
basically if you want this game, get it imported with freeloader for the same price, the PAL version doesn't suffer to badly from borders - but the frameskip is ugly, basically instead of speeding everything up so the PAL (50hz only) version matchs the 60hz game, they've just hacked it so it doesn't display every 6th frame, this makes the game 'jump' along and is sadly very noticeable (exactly the same as what happens when you try to play halo with the dash set to 60hz, displays at 50hz but jumps frames to speed it up) dont get! |
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"awful pal conversion", "the frameskip is ugly", "they've just hacked it so it doesn't display every 6th frame, this makes the game 'jump' along and is sadly very noticeable", "dont get!"
I didn't notice anything of that kind at all. Call me low-tech, but this game is utterly playable as it is sold over here in Germany. It's just like complaining about "missing lines" in US DVDs. Sure, technically that may be true, but how many people actually do notice these things? Don't miss such a fine game, just because some things you may not even notice may be missing.
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Bloody hell, look at all you lot vying for hardcore status in the Ik' thread! Bless ;-)
I stink at this sort of game, years of Xenon/1942 and R-Type confirmed the fact. Like to play it, but have to be realistic. Maybe I can nick someone else's copy when they get pissed off with it and realise they ain't that hardcore after all. /gets ready to email Alastair |
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wasn't slating the review, just letting people know.. while most gamers dont even remember the borders on final fantasy im sure a few of us would be pretty let down with the conversion, i've had the jap version to compare it to and the FMV at the start, and the ingame action is awfully jumpy. either that or my cube is playing up :P
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"either that or my cube is playing up"
I never noticed any slowdowns in the entire game or the FMV except for the boss explosions (but let's mercifully assume that this was a conscious decision on part of the developers... (C;). Come to think of it, the FMV intro of Extreme G-3 is very choppy indeed... |
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that was sorta my point :) its a great game and im glad they've decided to release it - and im not against 50hz, if done properly 50hz is perfect, slightly lower frame-rate but sharper picture. my problem is that it skips every 6th frame which means anything moving appears to suddenly jerk.
but then again, if you cannot notice it there is nothing to worry about. just figured ppl might want to know certain sites are doing a deal where you get the US version AND freeloader for £5 less than the english RRP. |
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well, i suppose the main question is can anybody else notice it? i thought it was pretty apparent, but then again hardly anybody noticed the 60hz halo fault until i posted about it. (xbox magazine still deny it, dispite bungie actually issuing an public apology)
what i dont want is a big 60/50/moan/debate thing, we've been there too often, |
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Well, I second that motion, no doubt.
People in Germany buy German release DVDs which lack extra features and look like shit. 'cos they don't have a choice. Importing things is still something many people won't do or are unaware of. I think the more games are sold over here in Europe the sooner we will have proper versions of them. In the meantime, I'm grateful for every playable shooter I can get. But I appreciate people having strong views about this. In the long run, that will improve things for sure. Have a look at Driver 2. Now that's a fucked-up game and it wasn't even a 60 Hz/PAL/can't be arsed issue. (C; |
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I agree publishers should include 60Hz, but in this case it's such a niche game they probably realised it wasn't worth it.
The trouble is, this is a niche game. And the type of people who would buy such a title are exactly the type of people who would make a big fuss about the lack of a 60hz mode. They should have known better. |
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i can't really get my head around it, i could understand if they had rushed it out, and sold it cheaper so maybe the casual gamer may pick up a game which would probably get overlooked otherwise. but releasing a hardcore game, without advertising, and a dodgy conversion, for more money, why not just put a few posters up saying "Import it Now!" or something.
they'll end up just bitching about how the sales are crap and then not bother releasing the big-guns as they are too 'japanese' |
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now lets start complainig about the measly 4 levels!
just kidding ;) bloody cool game. Treasure have a knack of making games unique - well, apart from Wario which looks pretty bollocks. i'd like to be a git however and annouce this ISNT the hardest shooter ever, i have somewhere this NeoGeo game, its like a horizontal shooter and its bloody impossible!.. and you can't even get a ActionReply for the CDZ :( am i the only person who didnt like the whole Black/White gameplay system? i think its a bit gimicky (for the record i think Silvergun is the better game) |
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Pirotic: Pulstar? That wasn't too hard. Viewpoint - now there was a rock hard game.
As for Ikaruga, I imported the DC version last year, and never really clicked with the rigid gameplay system. There seemed to be a perfect way to beat a level, and once you've figured out the correct route, that was it. In that respect, the game is alot more like a puzzler than a shmup. Personally, I prefer the more traditional shooters with a little more freedom in the way you approach a level. DoDonPachi Dai-Ou-Jou on the PS2 is a good example. What a game! |
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gravity0: "Pirotic: Pulstar? That wasn't too hard. Viewpoint - now there was a rock hard game. "
Try blazing Star (the Pulstar's sequel). It is DESIGNED so you can't play it. Shame, cos it looks so superb. I always had difficulties with Viewpoint mainly because of controls. I could never figure out how am I supposed to avoid bullets. Looks nice, though. |
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I reckon that the 50hz version has been hacked up purely for the online stats - not really fair for us Europeans to be playing at a slowed down 50hz. Still not an excuse for the lack of a true 60hz mode tho - but from reading various reviews the juddering is not supposed to be that noticable except in the non shooting parts - i.e ship swooping etc.
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