just got steel dragon ex (pal)

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 10:33 pm

...for the ps2.

not going to touch my current faves i don't think but seems ok. the original steel dragon on there seems good quality and a decent level of difficulty for me, someone fairly new to the genre. got pasted a bit on the third stage and i'm still trying to figure out the weapon symbols and their significance (damn rubbish instructions grr)

however on my first playthrough of steel dragon evo i've managed to get to the seventh stage on one credit without breaking a sweat. is this normal? is it just a stupidly easy game, or does the difficulty crank up on the last few stages? i only had few lives because it took me a while to figure out the star collection = extends.

what is the general consensus on this package? nothing in the xenocide files

Smraedis · Post by **Smraedis** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:05 pm

Yeah, the proper names are Shienryu and Shienryu Explosion, part of Double Shienryu

or something like that.. and the 3d remake version is really easy for most people too.

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:07 pm

post once more smraedis and you'll both have 34 posts and be from manchester

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 11:43 pm

twice more

that certainly is a coincidence lol

Tony Gradius · Post by **Tony Gradius** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 1:08 pm

Got Steel Dragon EX too. Don`t really like it. Ah, well, it`s a shmup and got a pal release. Just had to support that. But don`t force me to play it....

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:53 pm

Does anybody know what exactly the little blue and red things that enemies drop do? Has something to do with score anyway, but whats the diference between blue and red?

Post by **system11** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 2:57 pm

I wrote a review of this on www.shmups.com, which covers most of the important parts of the evo game scoring. Also worth noting, is the PAL release is not only slower, but also much easier than the JP one, which wasn't very hard to begin with. The JP one is definitely the one to own, set it to hard and it becomes less easy.

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:07 pm

Sorry I was meaning the original shienryu

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 4:40 pm

hadn't spotted the review so thanks. it's helped me figure out the seemingly random nature of star drops.

as usual a pal release that runs slower than elsewhere.... very irritating, and i expect to 1cc this later tonight due to the decreased difficulty.

i see no reason for every game now to offer a 60hz option and retain the difficulty as almost every uk tv can support the frequency. but you know. what do i know? i'm only the consumer lol

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:32 pm

1cc of sheinryu explosion. kiss my face

i'll have to crank it up to hard and do it again.

oh and spoilers

did any of you finish it and ready that message at the end for some extra stuff? kill boss 3 using his own bullets to get ex1 and get to stage 5 boss with 2000+ stars for ex2. sounds interesting

MovingTarget · Post by **MovingTarget** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:45 pm

Yea thats gonna be the reason I play this game again, and the harder dificulty.

Post by **system11** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 5:55 pm

sjewkestheloon wrote: as usual a pal release that runs slower than elsewhere.... very irritating, and i expect to 1cc this later tonight due to the decreased difficulty.

On the PAL one, they even went as far as to change the weapons a bit, as well as decreasing fire rates. PAL hard still fires less bullets than JP normal..

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 6:06 pm

is there an extra hard option to unlock or anything to keep the challenge going? as much as i realise the game is far from perfect it really is pretty enjoyable for a relaxing shmup between revision sessions (doing my finals)