Review: Ikaruga
May. 28
Ikaruga is a vertical strolling shooter with a simplistic button scheme but difficult to master game play. Blasting enemies and avoiding fire is what you'd expect but the twist here is mastering your ships polarity. Bad guys shoot in two different colors, white and black. The polarity button allows you to switch your ship's shields and absorb one wave of fire or the other. Its a simple move but when both colors of bullets are flying, strategy becomes more important than trading shots.
This think first, shoot second approach can be frustrating but if you can work past it you'll find a game so fun, so pretty to look at, and with such an "I'm so close to beating this game I just need one more try, oops look at the time, I've been playing for 2 hours and my girlfriend has gone to bed, guess I'll sleep on the couch tonight" feel to it you won't want to put it down.
- Terry Terrones
CONS: Requires patience and a degree in Videogame Shooting Theory
Graphics: 4.75
Sound: 4.00
Control: 4.50
Fun Factor: 4.50
(Editor's Choice)
Andrew Ramsey (39)
Ian Guss (43)
Sean Ely (5)
Tae Kim (1)
Terry Terrones (161)
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