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Take one ancient TAITO
arcade game, convert it onto the Sega Saturn, and what
have you got? Well back at the time, not a lot really.
During the Saturn's life Treasure released some
fantastic 2D Shoot-em-up's, all significantly better
than this. Hold on though, whilst certainly not being
worth £39.99 back in the 90's, viewed in a retro
context, where you can now pick up a PAL copy for a
couple of quid this game merits re-evaluation.
A 2D side scrolling shooter, Darius 2 looks very basic.
The Mega CD could do better than this, and the Saturn,
as we know could do breathtaking 2D.
Here the backgrounds are
basic and crude, and worst still the PAL version suffers
with awful borders, it's like looking at a game through
a post box. But the game is fast, the shooting intense,
and most importantly the game is addictive.
You'll find yourself coming back again and again for a
quick blast on this, but there are other issues. The
game is far too short, levels are samey, power up's on
the ships unexciting. The biggest problem though is the
number of continues, it makes the game far too easy.
Things don't sound all that promising for Darius 2, but
if you enjoy this style of game then you should buy it,
you honestly should.
Accept it for what it is, a
dated shooter, that wasn't the best of it's genre even
in its day. Don't pay more than a pound or two for it,
and if possible get hold of the Jap version to get it
full speed without borders. Buy it, enjoy it, but don't
expect the world.
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