R-Type Final

[BioMechanic]

IGN: 8.1
Gamespot: 8.1
Gamespy: 3/5

All three basically agree that Final doesn't match the brilliance of Delta, but it's still a grand and fitting way for the series to conclude, and definitely worth it for series fans.

[Roufuss]

IGN: 8.1
Gamespot: 8.1
Gamespy: 3/5

All three basically agree that Final doesn't match the brilliance of Delta, but it's still a grand and fitting way for the series to conclude, and definitely worth it for series fans.

GMR also gave it 9/10, and I think Game Informer gave it an 8.

The search feature sucks ass, but I remember EGM liked it too.

[johnk_]

.nevermind

[Agent X]

A bump for the thread since this comes out tommorrow.

Tomorrow (2/3), or Wednesday (2/4)? I think it's just shipping tomorrow.

I'm definitely getting this game!

[James]

Yeah, it's a Wednesday thing unless you luck out. I'll just be pacing impatiently until then.

James

[Rocca]

Respect for GMR +1

[LittleEric]

hey everyone, havent posted awhile.

posting today since rtype final is the first game ive been excited about enough to want to buy in 6 months or so .. heh, im not in it like i used to be. thats what school and work and girl did to me.

but anyway, i cant wait to get this tommorow as shooters are all i play anymore - Einhander, Ikaruga, Gradius 3 and 4 and Thunderforce 5 have been on constant rotation lately.

what is Border Down ? i havent heard about this one, but like i said i dont keep up on news to much anymore, i'd appreciate some info if someone could give me a run down on that and Gradius 5, which i didnt know till now was coming out.

cheers everyone.

[alpha5099]

I was shocked today. My friends know about R-type Final. Maybe not for the right reasons, but hell, they're aware of its existence. OK, just about everyone at my school has a TI-83 claculators, and we all spend lots of time playing games on it. There's Tetris, and a really great proto-shmup called Phoenix. One of the games is called R-type. However, it bares no real resemblance to the actual thing. It's a small ship dodging rocks, and nothing but rocks, in a side-scrolling environment. It's not that great, but it's good for some brainless distraction in Math Class. Anyway, during one of my free blocks, I had my calculator was out, and a friend of mine grabbed it and started playing R-type. Another friend was looking over his shoulder, and a little conversation got started.

The guy who wasn't playing made some sort of comment like "Hey, you know they're making a new version of this game?!" He said it disbelievingly, and I responded, "Yeah, R-type Final." So he starts talking about it: "Yeah, it's got 3D graphics." I quickly pointed out that the gameplay was still 2D. The guy who was playing, and obviously not listening to our conversation, chimed in with "Hey, I heard there's a PS2 version of this game." So I start talking about it, and mention the word "shmup." They look at me like I'm "special" (as always happens when I say "shmup"). I explained it was short for shoot-em-up. They were suprised, because they didn't even know that shooting was involved. They had no knowledge of R-type beyond the calculator.

So, yeah, not the most knowledgable discussion of the R-type franchise, but at least there's some awareness among the mainstream. Too bad both of them stared blankly at me when I mentioned Gradius V. If only someone would program a game called Gradius for a graphing calculator.

[Mzo]

I'd appreciate some info if someone could give me a run down on that and Gradius 5, which i didnt know till now was coming out.

cheers everyone.

Gradius 5 is the single most gorgeous game made by god's hands. Look at screenshots, quick.

Added a link for the lazy: http://www.gamespot.com/ps2/action/g...reenindex.html

[johnk_]

the gamestop guy in my area said this was due tomorrow, 2/4/04...

then he asked me what kind of game it was.. and i cried a little bit inside.