STRIKERS 1945 II

Another classic STG and another very competent PC port...if City Connection can do it, I don't know what is stopping others from releasing more shmups on Steam. I've bought every one of the Psikyo games on day 1, and can't wait for the rest of the collection- kudos to the devs for keeping the games coming.

[h1]彩京STGの後期作品[/h1] ＜昔買ってレビューを書いていなかった作品。通常のレビューより簡素＞ STRIKERSシリーズの第2弾。 本作からチャージゲージが追加されて、ゲージの蓄積量に応じて特殊ショットの強さが変化する。 難易度は彩京STGの中では比較的簡単で、特に自機の一つであるフライングパンケーキは通常攻撃のホーミングレーザーの使い勝手が良く、ゲージレベル3が無敵効果持ちということもあって、クリアしやすかったのをよく覚えている。 シリーズの完成形である続編のSTRIKER1999には面白さで今一歩劣るが、ほどほどのパターンゲーとして難易度も極端に高すぎないこともあって個人的にはおすすめしたい一作のひとつ。

"Strikers 1945 II" is very, very difficult, even more difficult than the original. There's simply too many bullets on screen to get far without continues, even on "very easy." The 'power shot' is a great addition to your weaponry, but it takes too long to charge up for regular use. You must be strategic, but you'll likely be blown up to pieces and lose all of its charge waiting for the right moment to unload the massive firepower. On a final note, the music is worlds better in "Strikers 1945 II" over the original. The developers have done a great job, as usual, including the option to tune difficulty, lives, and continues to your level of skill. I warn you - even the easiest setting is difficult. As with most of the other Psikyo shooters, keep playing and you'll find a very enjoyable shooter experience. Summary Rating: 9

My personal favourite psycho shmup and one of the best shmups off all time. The game was published in a era were we had a transition from classic shmups to bullet hell and that combination made a quite unique game. It is a classic shmup at his core. The bullet patterns are simple but not basic, full of fast bullets and some curtains of slow bullets (therefore some elements of early bullet hell) where you have to do toggle between macro dodges and precise and hard micrododges (this last one a trademark of psycho games) because it was designed to don´t have a focus button. The combination of this elements make the action unique and quite frenetic even for a shmup. The difficulty is high as this games were made to steal quarters. The game does not suffer from the same problems of classic shmups (gradius syndrome, no autofire , big hitbox) therefore it handled well the test of time. It is still good after all these years (in fact it gets even better). There are 2 buttons , a fire and bomb, altough you will need one more for autofire that is easy to configure. There is a meter on the screen that increases when you hit enemyes and allows you to hold the fire button and do a super shot (that is stronger than a normal shoot but does not clear the screen of bullets like a bomb) and then you have to replenish it. The enemyes are diverse and fun. bosses have many transformations. The order of the initial stages is random, but the difficulty changes with that order wich increases the replayability has the games will always be different. There are many different ships that are not well balanced, but once you find the best ones (cough , cough flying panckae) you will put the bad ones aside. some ships suffer have bad bomb design (as the bomb takes to long to appear on screen) and won´t save if the enemy bullet is near. The graphics, sound and music are good but Some of the levels could have better bullet visibility as some of the backgrounds blend with enemys bullets (could have more contrast), but those are minor complains and you will get used to it. Now about the port. i had minor problems configuring my joystick and putting the screen in tate mode. whenever i start the game i have to change to tate and sometimes the button configuration.That copuld be fixed. the lag is good , there are options to change the difficulty without having to go to dipswitches like mame or other emulator. it could have been better, but it is still a step above emulation. The price is right considering the age and the quality of the game. I recommend This game as for me even with some problems is a masterpiece and one of the best shmup off alltime.

While I love the arcade version of this and played a lot when I was teen, this Steam version offers more options like: 1. You can adjust the levels of difficulty. You can play the lowest level for casual gameplay and the hardest level if you are a sweat lord. 2. There is turbo button where you can just hold the primary attack for continuous shooting. 3. The is exclusive button for charge attack that is separate from primary attack (you still need to hold it like in Arcade version). There's still similarities too. And one of them is typing your name as SEX in the score screen will give same result like in the arcade days. Of all the shoot em up games, I consider this as my old time favorite. Music and gameplay wise as well as the bosses. Regardless of difficulty level, this game will f you up no matter how good you are.

Choosing between this and Strikers 1 is a tough choice, but I think this is probably the winner with slight improvements to just about everything. That being said, you have gotta play both. Some of the best shmups ever made. About as close to perfect as it gets.

동체시력이 구려서 손가락이 느려서 학교 앞 오락실에서 구경만 했었습니다 다이렉트 게임즈에서 단돈 2500원에 팔길래 고민 없이 구매 요즘 오락실 가면 한판에 500원은 할건데 20판 이상 했고 본전 뽑았다고 생각합니다

I highly recommend you guys to buy this classic shoot'em up game, and also I recommend you guys to play this game with an arcade controller to nostalgia spending your time at arcade and spending your money on it.

When souls boss become aware that they are jokes. Favorite Strikers (May be Psikyo)

If you like the first game, then you will almost certainly like this one. Like the first Strikers, this game is quite challenging, but still quite fun. It's especially satisfying to 1CC (I've only been able to do this on child difficulty so far). If there is any complaint that I have, it's that some of the late-game bosses and mini bosses have laser attacks that serve as cheap beginners traps. These will almost certainly cause you to lose a life the first time around, so heads-up. Buy this if you like shmups and are itching to add another to your collection (I would especially recommend getting the series bundle if there's a sale).