Raid over the River for the DS video

sega-trader · Post by **sega-trader** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:03 pm

Here is a short video for Raid Over The River coming soon to the Nintendo DS. Looks amazing. Hopefully it will be better the Nanostray.

http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/sh ... d=24903705

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:05 pm

Holy crap does that look awesome. Even TATE!

What graphics, lets just hope the gameplay is up to par.
Even if it is a tech demo.

Xargon · Post by **Xargon** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:32 pm

Man that looks smooth and sure amazing. Must have.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 3:37 pm

Well I'll be jiggered....it IS a shmup. Not half bad looking either.....for the DS, at least.

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 4:54 pm

Woah, can't wait for this. Definitely looks like it's being controlled with the stylus there.

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 5:16 pm

Y.U.M.M.Y!

Honnestly, I simply look awesome. This game is already mine. A WW2-based shmup with beautiful graphics on DS, that's all good in my books.

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 6:52 pm

Cool. Me like WW2 style shmups.

Xargon · Post by **Xargon** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:12 pm

FatCobra wrote:Cool. Me like WW2 style shmups.

But I have read it's not WW2 shmup. It has some kind of past-to-the-future storyline. But yes it includes WW2 theme. I've also read that the desingn of the ship depends about the theme. But not sure, not sure at all.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:16 pm

I just can't get over the huge gap in the middle...

sega-trader · Post by **sega-trader** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 7:45 pm

Sonic on the DS has the vertical 2 screen setup and you get used to it.

junkeR · Post by **junkeR** » Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:38 pm

That looks GREAT!

I may have to get a DS sooner or later..

I was going to get one for Lunar: Dragon Song but I guess that didn't turn out to be that good of a game

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 12:49 am

WOW!

Those have to be the best looking graphics on the DS to date! Absolutely amazing!

I don't mind the 2 screen set-up, but having to control your fighter with the stylus might kill this one for me. Part of the reason why I got rid of my original DS was the unresponsiveness of this device; it was worst in Pac Pix, but not that much better in other DS games. Haven't used the stylus on the DS Lite, which is supposed to have been redesigned, so maybe that's better.

PFG 9000 · Post by **PFG 9000** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 7:30 pm

Wow, I haven't had any problems with touchscreen responsiveness. Granted, I haven't played Pac Pix. But Metroid Prime: Hunters, New SMB, Resident Evil DS, Castlevania DoS, and Nanostray are all perfectly responsive for me.

lmn4096 · Post by **lmn4096** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 8:52 pm

Looks amazing to me.
BTW the developpers are asking your opinion on gamespot forum here :
http://www.gamespot.com/pages/forums/sh ... 013&page=0

ASK · Post by **ASK** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:40 pm

Hot damn that looks nice!

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:36 pm

wtf! I definitely want this game.

Dylan1CC · Post by **Dylan1CC** » Fri Aug 18, 2006 11:57 pm

Have they said you can play with the Dpad buttons or do you have to play with the stylus?

Anyways, looks great. Very nice Strikers feel to the visuals.

PsikyoPshumpPshooterP · Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:00 am

playing with the stylus sounds pretty retarded

Never_Scurred · Post by **Never_Scurred** » Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:01 am

hopefully this is the sign of good things to come for the Wii in terms of shmups and good ol' fashioned gameplay. I'm just worried about that gap.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Sat Aug 19, 2006 12:38 am

I posted the following over there:

I prefer the second screen. I love my vertical shooters with a long display, but it looks plain silly when there's a huge gap in the middle. What would happen if you stand in the middle of the screen? Will your ship be magically split between the two screens? Same with the enemies and bullets. Oh, and try not to make the same mistakes as Shin'en, don't use any touch screen functionality.

Why not make a horizontal Shmup next? The DS screens are better suited for horizontal Shmups anyways.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 4:23 am

PFG 9000 wrote:Wow, I haven't had any problems with touchscreen responsiveness. Granted, I haven't played Pac Pix. But Metroid Prime: Hunters, New SMB, Resident Evil DS, Castlevania DoS, and Nanostray are all perfectly responsive for me.

Well, out of all those games, I've only played Nanostray, which was fine, in terms of touch responsiveness.

jp · Post by jp » Sun Aug 20, 2006 3:37 pm

That looks amazing.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Sun Aug 20, 2006 9:54 pm

"Hey Pedro, what do you think about Raid Over the River?" - Napoleon
"It looks pretty good." - Pedro
"Yeah, it looks pretty sweet.....it looks awesome.....that game is, incredible!" - Napoleon

K-J N. · Post by **K-J N.** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:32 pm

New and longer video.

D · Post by D » Tue Aug 22, 2006 12:57 pm

Hmmm, the game will ofcourse not be played exclusiveley with a Stylus, perhaps they'll make it an option. and the gap between the two screens is bigger on a real DS.
It does look great, the WWII scenes are nice, but will the other time stages suck? They should've just made a WWII themed shooter. We already have Gekerindan for different times and it doesn't work for me.
Looks very promising!

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Tue Aug 22, 2006 5:10 pm

D wrote:Hmmm, the game will ofcourse not be played exclusiveley with a Stylus, perhaps they'll make it an option. and the gap between the two screens is bigger on a real DS.
It does look great, the WWII scenes are nice, but will the other time stages suck? They should've just made a WWII themed shooter. We already have Gekerindan for different times and it doesn't work for me.
Looks very promising!

Sky Soliders is another time-traveling shmup.

And yeah, this game looks awesome!! I don't mind the time travel theme; it adds variety.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:16 pm

It looks like your ship always stay on the bottom screen anyway...

UnscathedFlyingObject · Wed Aug 23, 2006 7:00 pm

I'll be the naysayer and say it'll probably turn out average like Nanostray did. Yep, we're getting too hyped.

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 9:57 pm

UnscathedFlyingObject wrote:I'll be the naysayer and say it'll probably turn out average like Nanostray did. Yep, we're getting too hyped.

Depends, was Nanostray made by a Japanese company?
Is this game made by one?

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 10:34 pm

Raid Over The River is being developed by Nibris, a Polish company.