Raycrisis sucks

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:01 am

Specineff wrote:Um, JP's avatar is Reala, Nights evil counterpart.

Umm, they're talking about Lone Sage's avatar, not JP's.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:03 am

Whoops. Thorry.

LoneSage · Post by **LoneSage** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:32 am

jp wrote:*looks at LoneSage's avatar*

DUDE!!! I LOVE THAT GAME!!! Or at least, I did when I was a kid, but I could never figure out how to play as the dude in your avatar. And I don't remember what the game was. But I remember it was cool.

Well, looks like I might set you on a quest for another Saturn game -- Fighter's History Dynamite, a port of the Neo-Geo sequel, lets you play as both Clown and Karnov.

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:37 am

ST Dragon wrote: The only problem with RayCrisis, is that TAITO decided to remove the 2-Player option of the PS-1 version, so its not as fun as the previous 2.

That was a strange decision too, seeing as Night Raid (also from the Taito G-NET PCB) has a 2-Player mode on the PS-1.

The 2-player option being cut might be a concession since G-Net is a System 12 class board (juiced up over the original PS spec). On G-Net, RayCrisis does look slightly better.

Night Raid on G-Net looks the same pretty much as on PS. Takumi might have tried to add 2P and probably saw too much slowdown with it.

D · Post by D » Mon Jul 18, 2005 8:51 am

1 rayforce
2 raystorm
3 raycrisis

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 2:12 pm

Interestingly enough, chronologically the series go:

1. RayCrisis
2. RayForce
3. RayStorm

D · Post by D » Mon Jul 18, 2005 3:10 pm

ST Dragon wrote:Interestingly enough, chronologically the series go:

1. RayCrisis
2. RayForce
3. RayStorm

What's interesting about that?
Am I living in another dimension? Am I blind? What?

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:10 pm

I loved Rayforce and Raystorm. Unfortunatly i never got to play Raycrisis.

Operation Galactic Attack? What's up with that. Did they send the game to the dumbass-name change department or what?

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:57 pm

circuitface wrote:Did they send the game to the dumbass-name change department or what?

Better-known as Acclaim.

But at least they didn't mess with the actual game.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:30 pm

I'm with 'ya on Raycrisis, LoneSage. People who think Battle Garegga's rank system is incredibly tough and/or unfair ain't seen NOTHIN' until they've played Raycrisis!

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue Jul 19, 2005 5:34 am

I think Raycrisis sucks too.

I love both Rayforce and Raystorm. I've played a hell lot of Raystorm when I got it for the PS.

Now Raycrisis never got me.

al138 · Post by **al138** » Fri Jul 22, 2005 3:40 am

I think Raycrisis is an aquired taste, kinda like coffee. Granted, I like the other Ray titles better, but Raycrisis does have a level of graphic sophistication going for it that others do not. Combined with the fact that you can make it a contest for higher scores saves it in the end. I don;t its the best in the series, but I have certainly played worse!

alpha5099 · Post by **alpha5099** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:39 pm

ST Dragon wrote:Interestingly enough, chronologically the series go:

1. RayCrisis
2. RayForce
3. RayStorm

Wait, what? I hate the Ray series, I can never remember which fucking game anyone is ever talking about. That's the chronology of the story, right, not the releases of the games, right? It's Force, Crisis, Storm in the real world, no?

And this PS1 mode -- if we are talking about Layer Section 2 here, I'm not entirely sure -- is it present in the Saturn version, or are you only offered the option to play four levels?

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 5:50 pm

alpha5099 wrote:That's the chronology of the story, right, not the releases of the games, right? It's Force, Crisis, Storm in the real world, no?

Close: in terms of release order, it's Force-Storm-Crisis. Storywise it's Crisis-Force-Storm.

And this PS1 mode -- if we are talking about Layer Section 2 here, I'm not entirely sure -- is it present in the Saturn version, or are you only offered the option to play four levels?

If the "PS1 Mode" you're talking about is the extended game on Raycrisis, then methinks the games got mixed up again; Layer Section 2 on Saturn is the same as Raystorm, not Raycrisis. Then again, maybe it's me that's confused.

ST Dragon · Post by **ST Dragon** » Sat Jul 23, 2005 8:55 pm

Yes, Layer Section 2 (Saturn) is the same as RayStorm on the PS-1.
Where as Layer Section 1 is also known as Galactic Attack/RayForce & only for the Saturn & Arcades (TAITO F3 PCB).
RayCrisis was only released for the arcades (TAITO G-NET PCB) & an arcade perfect PS-1 conversion minus the 2P mode.
RayCrisis had the best graphics of the series, but I can't say the same for the music & Gameplay.

In the real world they were released in this order:

RayForce - RayStorm - RayCrisis

But in the game story line they go with this order:

RayCrisis - RayForce - RayStorm

I always found it interesting that even though RayForce was supposed to be 2nd in the story-line, it had they weakest ships (No Mass Destruction Bombs) unlike RayStorm & RayCrisis