Border Down Review

[J2d]

You know what I'm saying. Ikaruga was like an R-Type kinda shooter. Precision, memorization, and perfection. It's awesome when you get into it, but it can be hard to pick up for a casual play at the same time.

Border Down is definately easier to grab a game of and then put down for a while.

To be fair, almost every shooter is hard on those things if you go for score and Ikaruga doesn't need to be half of that if you only select easy imho.

[Frogacuda]

To be fair, almost every shooter is hard on those things if you go for score and Ikaruga doesn't need to be half of that if you only select easy imho.

Yes, but Ikaruga more so because it feels more like there's a "right way" to do it. I feel more compelled toward perfectionsim. It's what makes the game work, but it's also what makes it frustrating at times.

Heh I didn't mean this to turn into an Ikaruga critique, I'm just saying, I'm having a blast with BD. I never said BD was the better game, just that I'm enjoying it more right now.

[Taito]

You know what I'm saying. Ikaruga was like an R-Type kinda shooter. Precision, memorization, and perfection. It's awesome when you get into it, but it can be hard to pick up for a casual play at the same time.

Ikaruga's only maddeningly difficult if you play for chains. That's where the insane precision and uncompromising perfection comes in to play. Not to say I've '1-credited' Ikaruga yet, but I think it's actually easier than BD when you play more for survival than for score.

[dhowerter]

COULD somebody PLEASE post links here for movies of Border Down in action. All I can find are movies in the .asx format and they dont work on my computer.

Maybe jsut stage 1 and 2 would be nice :-)

[Shinya]

Hope more people crack down and get this. The score board seems lonely.

[Mikey]

COULD somebody PLEASE post links here for movies of Border Down in action. All I can find are movies in the .asx format and they dont work on my computer.

Maybe jsut stage 1 and 2 would be nice :-)

Go to http://get.to/SDP and download SDP multimedia. It captures .asx and saves them as .wmv. If that link doesn't work I also posted a link that will in the old Border Down anticipation thread. It'll be a few pages back by now.

[Josh]

I'll have the D-Direct LE's on DCH in a month and a half, if you're still interested.

Oh, and word to the wise, take NCS' inventory claims with a grain of salt. They really have NO idea how long they'll have it for. Trust me on that one.

Could you let us know when you get them in?

[Frogacuda]

What's in the D-Direct version? That mouse pad?

[oxtsu]

What's in the D-Direct version? That mouse pad?

Yep.

EDIT: It also comes with an extra CD case with back liner notes for the Soundtrack.

Neat.

[Frogacuda]

Pretty spiffy. But I'm a trackball man anyway, so I wouldn't even get to show it off.

Put my 1 credit scores to the side for a moment to explore the later levels. They're damned cool! In the first couple levels, the different borders were subtle variations on each other more often than not. In level 4 the Green Border doesn't even resemble the Red border. I hear there's 4 completely different versions of the last level, also, depending on how you did. the Border system is a good gimmick once you get into it.