Border Down Review

[haohmaru]

neogeoman, Lawrence Wright has put up a Border Down review.

You can find it at my site or at his site. His also has an impressive gallery of screens.

Dreamcast History:

http://www.dreamcasthistory.com/borderdown.html

NFG:

http://nfg.2y.net/games

[BEBOPlover]

Much thanks, dude.
I don't think I've ever seen you site.
Very nice.

[Low]

Good review, I agree the music is a bit too upbeat, but the composition is good. So far I've played the game about a hour. The graphics are very solid if lacking color as Neogeoman pointed out. If you pause the game as you pass the first building you can see stairways through the windows.

Only complaint thus far, if you die on the third segment of a level you automatically arrive at the boss. Personally I think it would make more sense to fall back on a checkpoint but perhaps this is a "punishment" to deny you a extra chance to score points on that segment again.

The levels are long and varied so far, Remix mode switches around day of time for the borders and offers enemies with altered patterns and placement.

Fine game. *-neo

[Cheebs]

Great review. Now to wait for the mailman. I do love my shmups.

[skelly]

The one thing I really dig in the videos is the music.

NCS hasn't emailed me yet. Hrm.

[johnk_]

i thought NCS mailed them out just yesterday....

i don't think i'll be getting mine in the mail today..

[Frogacuda]

I don't agree with the review at all. I really like the music, I like the firing patterns, and the beam system, I like the enemy design... I'm bothered by the lack of color, but whatever.

Really I like the game better than G Darius, which I consider to be a classic. Oh and the remix mode is really well done too. The game's a class act, it's honestly better than I was expecting.

i thought NCS mailed them out just yesterday....

Dunno about Neo, but I live in NJ, and 3-day UPS shipping from NCSX (in New York) only takes overnight to here.

[Cheebs]

I don't agree with the review at all. I really like the music, I like the firing patterns, and the beam system, I like the enemy design... I'm bothered by the lack of color, but whatever.

The review painted the game as a competant worthwhile purchase. So you disagree with the enemy design and music part of the review... no biggie. I personally love Zuntata (Darius Gaiden music in particular), but I can certainly see how they would turn other people off.

By the way, is it me or is the Dreamcast still holding up quite well on the graphic end of things? Those screens really don't look dated at all in comparison to the "living" consoles.

[Shapermc]

Hey, I want to start an argument, is this the right thread Hoah?

[Cheebs]

Well, do you want to argue about Border Down or the abysmal play of the Phillies the past week? This may or may not be the correct thread depending on your answer.