Space Invaders Extreme

A very fun take on Space Invaders, particularly with the the greater variety it offers and its mechanics. Shame the manual, that explains A LOT about the game, isn't proper in the game, but rather links to a new expired page that links to Taito's default page.

space invaders extreme is one of my personal favorite video games, and yet it is with a heavy heart that i cannot wholeheartedly recommend the steam port. the 3 main dealbreaking issues for me with this game are as follows: 1) always online singleplayer game no internet? too bad! you can't play space invaders extreme. there is absolutely no reason this singleplayer only game has to be always online, it's inexcusable 2) they put no effort into the music when they said they were bringing back the ds tracks, i was hyped to hear my favorite sie tunes remixed in full hd, but what i was NOT prepared for was for them to push all the music work onto an unpaid intern. it appears as if literally NONE of the budget was put into the music, as literally NONE of the tracks are actually remastered, they are only reusing older HQ versions of the old tracks, and any track without a preexisting HQ master is left to the wolves. at least they're not using the psp version's soundtrack, i guess, and the new music is actually quite good 3) the border keeps flashing during gameplay this sounds like a minor complaint, but the reality of the situation is that the nonstop border flashing is beyond obnoxious, hurts my eyes, and makes this game kind of literally painful to play. something so stupid is actually my personal biggest gripe with this port, though i think always online is a bigger dealbreaker for most people strangely, there is also no credits in this game whatsoever that i can find. in the ds version, the credits are an additional playable level, but here there's just a single screen that says congratulations and that's it. the complete lack of crediting any of the devs tells me this port must've been made on a horribly low budget. another big L is no co-op from the xbox 360 version. that's just disappointing.