The iPhone and iPad have proven in recent months
be excellent machines for shoot'em up, the maneuverability of this type of
Game that adapts wonderfully well to the touch screen. While we count
Several legendary shoots made in Cave (Bug Princess, Dodonpachi, Espgaluda
Ii), Taïto, to whom we owe the excellent and essential Space Invaders
Infinity Gene, counterattack with a surprising adaptation of Dariusburst,
Already released on PSP. And the iOS version surpasses that on the console of Sony in
All point!
The Darius series instantly became a reference as soon as the
First episode in 1986. Atari St, Amiga, PC, Master System, Game Boy, Saturn,
Turbographx,…: there is practically not a game machine, which did not
had its version. Released exclusively on PSP and only in Japan at the end of 2009,
Dariusburst is the last episode of the saga. After an arcade adaptation
Released at the end of 2010, here it is in its iPhone and iPad version (app
universal).
The “sp” dragging behind the title of this tactile version means “second
Prologue ”, a way for the developer to mean owners of the
PSP version that there is new here. Beyond the resolution graphics
greater than that on the old laptop of Sony, this Dariusburst SP offers
in addition to the “normal” mode a new “SP” mode where everything has been redesigned in terms of
Level design and more precisely the behavior of enemies: we do not
find more the same, they move differently and attack in a way
Unpublished. In short, fans of shoots will have understood: it is no longer at all
The same game and Dariusburst SP actually offers two in one.
The game itself is a pure darius juice, that is to say a Shoot'em up to
horizontal scrolling whose environment is made of sets and enemies
Made in 3D in a metal-aquatic style. Understand by that that enemies
look like fish or crustaceans robots, a trademark of the
series. In absolute terms, the difficulty is not very high, even in “hard” mode,
And we quickly get to the end of the course, except that as for all Darius
who respects each other, we must choose our path through branches
levels offered at the end of them. In short, there are a total of 11 levels
To explore and it will be necessary to replay several times to finally do it all. If we
add the famous SP mode, concretely offering 11 other levels, there is
What to do!
Pretty and superbly rhythmic, this Darius SP does not escape maneuverability
adjusted to the hair. We can criticize a fairly obscure weapon management,
the absence of a VF allowing Anglophobes to better understand the
tutorial, but by the general care of the game, its consistency and its lifespan
Important, this second prologue Dariusburst certainly deserves the detour.
We love:
- Pure and jubilant shoot'em up.
- SP mode, a second game in the game!
- Definition of increased graphics compared to the PSP version.
- Other levels to discover by starting the game again.
- plethora of options and configuration possible.
- Turn very well on 3GS.
- Universal application iPhone/iPad.
We like it less:
- Lack of clarity in the management of weapons, very random.
- not very hard, even in hard mode: to turn the infinite continues prolonged
The lifespan.
- no French (but it's not that important)
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