A Treasured Game

Another innovative way to make things possible for use casual gamers, increasing abilities on the game. I love shooters – first person, third person, scrolling horizontal or vertical. One of the best vertical scrolling shooter is Radiant Silvergun* It's genius is that unlike most shooter of this type – there are no temporary power ups. I say again, there are no temporary power ups – you don't pick up something to make it possible to get through the level, then die, and come back in the middle of the level just like you started the game.

What you have instead are weapons that power up. The more you shoot things, the more the weapons power up. You can save your game, and when you come back to it later the weapons are as powerful as you left them. This does two things; First, as you memorize the early levels by replaying them, your guns get more powerful so you clear the earlier levels faster, getting to the areas of the game you haven't before more quickly. Secondly when you get to the later stages of the game, getting killed once doesn't mean you are completely screwed – your ship comes back just as tough as it was when you died.

So hardcore gamers that relish the challenge can play the game, and plow through it fast. Us casual gamers who aren't so good at shooters, can level up, and beat the game a little slower. Now I love shooters, but I suck at them** So here is a game that even though I suck at shooters, I can still play it. It just takes me longer to get to the end. So what do you know, a hardcore game, with a minor tweak to game play, and it becomes casual accessible. So give props to Treasure.

Yes I have a copy I was a fan of the Saturn and imported a number of games for it. This was one of them.

** A phrase you will likely hear a lot on this blog, it applies to so many game types.

Now back to games – Running around a cave and shooting some dinosaurs.

Games played since last post

Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis)
Radiant Silvergun (Saturn)
Turok Dinosaur Hunter -Demo (360)
Devil May Cry 4 - Demo (360)
Rumble Roses XX(360)
Gauntlet Dark Legacy (PS2)
God Of War (PS2)
Conan (360)
Soul Calibur 2 (PS2)
Solitaire (PC)