Raiden...IV?

Lili-Xiang · Post by **Lili-Xiang** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:53 am

I've heard of it, but... does anyone have better to say of it than "It's out in
(country location) on the arcades"?

VicViper_Mk2 · Post by **VicViper_Mk2** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:08 am

Raiden happens to be one of those game that never changes much, or rather changes very slowly. its already up to 4 now, and they still can't think up of another new weapon than the silly snake laser? shame on you Seibu.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:11 am

^plays gradius for the story

VicViper_Mk2 · Post by **VicViper_Mk2** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:26 am

what of it? i despise any game with a half-baked incomplete story. and frankly in raiden, the story is almost non-existence.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:36 am

You're in the wrong genre, obviously

May I suggest text-based adventure games

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 11:56 am

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Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:45 pm

Lili-Xiang wrote:I've heard of it, but... does anyone have better to say of it than "It's out in
(country location) on the arcades"?

All I could think of to point you at was this coverage of the location test some time back.

henry dark · Post by **henry dark** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 2:58 pm

I like it.

It's straightforward- simple scoring system, some slightly cheapish aimed bullets, some bosses with easy patterns, and an interesting powerup system where you need to stop shooting to allow the power up to come straight to your ship (stressful from level 3 on)

Still can't get past the third stage, but it's a nice old school break from the ketsuis of the world.

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 8:58 pm

Lili-Xiang wrote:Raiden...IV?

Raiden IV.

TVG · Post by **TVG** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 9:06 pm

Twiddle wrote:^plays gradius for the story

Hahaha.

Fake edit: wow, that was constructive and mature of me. Hahaha

j^aws · Post by **j^aws** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:21 am

VicViper_Mk2 wrote:Raiden happens to be one of those game that never changes much, or rather changes very slowly. its already up to 4 now, and they still can't think up of another new weapon than the silly snake laser? shame on you Seibu.

Haven't played IV; but if you play III in Double Mode: It has one of the most flexible weapon systems in a shmup, EVAR!

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:32 am

VicViper_Mk2 wrote:what of it? i despise any game with a half-baked incomplete story. and frankly in raiden, the story is almost non-existence.

Twiddle wrote:You're in the wrong genre, obviously

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:31 am

Arvandor wrote:
VicViper_Mk2 wrote:what of it? i despise any game with a half-baked incomplete story. and frankly in raiden, the story is almost non-existence.

Twiddle wrote:You're in the wrong genre, obviously

But it does have a story. You see the Red-Orbitrons started infecting the Imperial Military's Armed Destruction Unit. The only two crafts unnaffected were a pair of mysterious red and blue vampire ships that can only be controlled for a short time before destroying the user. Now our hero/heroes is/are in a race against time to destroy the red-orbitrons and rescue planet Ganymede before the vampire crafts drain him/them completely!

Erinu · Post by **Erinu** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:41 am

incognoscente wrote:
Lili-Xiang wrote:Raiden...IV?
Raiden IV.

Blame this forum for having a terrible search engine.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:44 am

Zebra, read again. He didn't say it didn't have a story, he said it had a "half-baked" story. There's a difference. And he's still in the wrong genre if he wants story =P There's what... Radiant Silvergun... and... err... Hmmm... *shrugs*

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:55 am

LOL THERES SPACE BOMBER

viniciusvbf · Post by **viniciusvbf** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 10:27 am

There's also aero fighters
It has dialogs

Post by **Shatterhand** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 12:59 pm

Zebra Airforce wrote:

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Will it get a console port? This would rock on the wii.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 7:38 pm

Will it get a console port? This would rock on the wii.

I know! The controls are perfect! You would swing the wiimote to pause, or swing it slightly different to erase your save data. You could also swing the nunchuk to decide whether to start a new game or quit and go straight to the "Everybody Votes" channel.

Zebra, read again. He didn't say it didn't have a story, he said it had a "half-baked" story.

Well, you should be able to tell from my synonpsis that it's actually a very well thought-out story with alot of depth. I didn't even get into the stuff about the ancient burial ground or the strange semi-erotic relationship between the two pilots.

EDIT: Actually, he said the story is almost non existent. (I had to read it three times just to check.)

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:05 pm

WOAH

TELL ME MORE

ArrogantBastard · Post by **ArrogantBastard** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 8:07 pm

RAIDEN...IV!

MrQuan · Post by **MrQuan** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:17 pm

VicViper_Mk2 wrote:Raiden happens to be one of those game that never changes much, or rather changes very slowly. its already up to 4 now, and they still can't think up of another new weapon than the silly snake laser? shame on you Seibu.

VicViper_Mk2 wrote:what of it? i despise any game with a half-baked incomplete story. and frankly in raiden, the story is almost non-existence.

I pity the fool. Raiden is awesome, story or no story, and why change when you're on a winner? I think enhancements and 'slow changes' are the best approach for a classic like this, otherwise Seibu would get much fan hate.

Besides, what would you suggest needs changing?

doctorx0079 · Post by **doctorx0079** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:26 pm

MrQuan wrote:
VicViper_Mk2 wrote:Raiden happens to be one of those game that never changes much, or rather changes very slowly. its already up to 4 now, and they still can't think up of another new weapon than the silly snake laser? shame on you Seibu.

VicViper_Mk2 wrote:what of it? i despise any game with a half-baked incomplete story. and frankly in raiden, the story is almost non-existence.
I pity the fool. Raiden is awesome, story or no story, and why change when you're on a winner? I think enhancements and 'slow changes' are the best approach for a classic like this, otherwise Seibu would get much fan hate.

Besides, what would you suggest needs changing?

If you want crazy intricate scoring systems go play a Cave game.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 3:24 pm

doctorx0079 wrote:
MrQuan wrote:
VicViper_Mk2 wrote:Raiden happens to be one of those game that never changes much, or rather changes very slowly. its already up to 4 now, and they still can't think up of another new weapon than the silly snake laser? shame on you Seibu.

VicViper_Mk2 wrote:what of it? i despise any game with a half-baked incomplete story. and frankly in raiden, the story is almost non-existence.
I pity the fool. Raiden is awesome, story or no story, and why change when you're on a winner? I think enhancements and 'slow changes' are the best approach for a classic like this, otherwise Seibu would get much fan hate.

Besides, what would you suggest needs changing?
If you want crazy intricate scoring systems go play a Cave game.

Here here. Leave the beautiful simplicity that is Raiden alone (except for bringing back the toothpaste laser in all its glory).

Master O · Post by **Master O** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:06 pm

VicViper_Mk2 wrote:Raiden happens to be one of those game that never changes much, or rather changes very slowly. its already up to 4 now, and they still can't think up of another new weapon than the silly snake laser? shame on you Seibu.

Unless I'm going crazy, on arcade-history.com, Raiden 3 and 4 were made by Taito, and not Seibu.

RyanDG · Post by **RyanDG** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:07 pm

Master O wrote:
VicViper_Mk2 wrote:Raiden happens to be one of those game that never changes much, or rather changes very slowly. its already up to 4 now, and they still can't think up of another new weapon than the silly snake laser? shame on you Seibu.
Unless I'm going crazy, on arcade-history.com, Raiden 3 and 4 were made by Taito, and not Seibu.

They were actually made by Moss not Taito - Taito is the game's acting publisher basically and the source of the game's arcade hardware.

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 4:15 pm

I want Viper Phase 1.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:21 pm

I want Viper Phase 2.

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Nov 01, 2007 8:39 pm

Zebra Airforce wrote:

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http://youtube.com/watch?v=XTn_dwYS5UU

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:24 am

it looks like this might be the Raiden IV thread...

if this hasn't been posted before, please take the time to put in a vote for Dreamcast
Raiden IV console vote

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