Ikaruga is awesome
Posted: 2005-04-17 11:01pm
I'm too lazy so I'm gonna quote someone else's post instead:
Trip Machine @ TSForums wrote:http://www.fnord.net/~zakk/Ikaruga_DP_N ... 49k_WH.wmv
http://www.frkz.us/shmup/Ikaruga_DP_NOR ... 49k_WH.wmv
(Thank you 4chan /v/ for the video. Looks old, but I've never seen it.)
Review of the game by Maddox: http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=ikaruga
For people who don't know what Ikaruga is and are too lazy to click: Ikaruga is a side (vertical?) scrolling shooter where you take control of an aircraft. "The game's design is ingenious: the entire game can be played by alternating between black and white phases. It's impossible to complete the game without switching back and forth between colors. Clever design or subtle social commentary? The concept is deceivingly simple: when your ship is black you can absorb black shots and your attack becomes more powerful against white enemies, and vice versa." I should mention that the difficulty of this game is ridiculous, but I haven't played DMC3 yet.
The video has a guy playing through the third level (the farthest I've ever gotten to was the second level because I suck at video games), but that isn't all. He plays both fucking sides with one hand. His final grade: S++.
God damn I suck at this game.