Rate this game: BORDER DOWN

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:01 pm

Hey all!! One more newbie has just joined the ranks!

Anyway, I love this game, and the OST is one of the best I've heard for a Shmup. 8/10

What's your rating and thoughts on this game?

U K Narayan · Post by **U K Narayan** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:20 pm

Agreed, Border Down is awesome, probably my favorite horizontal shooter.

Yasuhisa Wantanabe is awesome, his latest work with Senkou No Ronde is even better than Border Down.

GO G.REV!

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:35 pm

Is Senkou No Ronde getting a DC or PS2 release?

Frogacuda · Post by **Frogacuda** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 2:49 pm

Nei First wrote:Is Senkou No Ronde getting a DC or PS2 release?

There's never going to be an official word before the arcade release but a DC port should be considered extremely likely.

I'd give BD a 9/10. It's one of the best side scrollers ever. It perfectly captures the oldschool Taito feel, but with new school polish. I love the music, I think playing for score is a blast, and it's a good mix between twitch and learning. It's also a style of shmup abandoned since ThunderForce V and fills a void.

I expected good things considering the pedigree, but BD srpassed all my expectations. One of the best shmups on DC.

Thunder Force · Post by **Thunder Force** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:42 pm

Agreed, Frogacuda. Those comments are spot on...

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:50 pm

BD is a very good horizontal shooter and was a pleasent surprise upon first play.

Neon · Post by **Neon** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:18 pm

I love it. Apparently the LE has doubled in value since I bought it too.

Take that pirates

Not that I'll sell it, but nice to know in case my tastes change.

Ord · Post by **Ord** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:27 pm

Neon wrote:I love it. Apparently the LE has doubled in value since I bought it too.

Take that pirates

Not that I'll sell it, but nice to know in case my tastes change.

I've got the LE one to. Man i can't believe how much the value had risen. I bought it on ebay (peorder) for £30.
I'm still not a big fan of the soundtrack though.

jp · Post by jp » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:31 pm

9/10

Best.Hori.Ever

Just needed some better enemy design...

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 5:50 pm

"Just needed some better enemy design..."

Yes definatly, couldn't agree with you more on that point.

The bosses in Radient Silvergun, Ikaruga and Gradius V were really good. Btw, does anyone here think that Gradius V would have ported well on the DC?

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 6:54 pm

I really hate this game. It hurts me to play it with sound, because the music is so out of place and obnoxious.

The whole style of the game just bugs me. The game doesn't really have anything wrong with it, but it just doesn't make me want to come back for more.

It also bugs me when you can suicide in a game and be rewarded for doing so. That's just backwards.

U K Narayan · Post by **U K Narayan** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:23 pm

Nei First wrote:Btw, does anyone here think that Gradius V would have ported well on the DC?

That's a good question, but I doubt it would have; seeing as how Gradius V was written from the ground-up for the PlayStation 2.

If it were written on NAOMI though, well, that's a whole different ballgame.

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:31 pm

Nei First wrote:Hey all!! One more newbie has just joined the ranks!

10,000 Bonus Shmup points for you for choosing such a kick ass screen name. Phantasy Star rules.

(You wouldn't happen to be a female, just like Nei/NeiFirst, do you?)

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:39 pm

(You wouldn't happen to be a female, just like Nei/NeiFirst, do you?)

Nah sorry, I'm one of the boys up in here,but I love Nei. You're right though Phantasy Star does indeed rule! Thanks for the extra points!

I wonder, are there any females in here?

Post by **Ghegs** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 7:58 pm

Nei First wrote:I wonder, are there any females in here?

One's taken (by a fellow shmupper, no less), one seems to have disappeared into her art-world and the rest are probably just guys anyway.

Oh, and welcome aboard.

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:28 pm

"One's taken (by a fellow shmupper, no less), one seems to have disappeared into her art-world and the rest are probably just guys anyway."

Doh!
Oh well, worth a try man

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:23 pm

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:33 pm

Yeah, the most impressive thing about Border Down is the music IMO.

Sealed copies go for outrageous prices thanks to the fools from Ebay even though the non-LE edition can still be found for retail price elsewhere. However, used copies are cheaper than retail. So, all in all, no depreciation, which is as much as can be expected.

More classic PS fans are always good. I actually own 5 different copies of PSII (Genesis, Saturn, GBA, PC, and DC). My fave traditional RPG series.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:34 pm

Oh, and as for girls here, come on. Shooter girls would have to be really strange people. What, you interested in hearing their opinions on games or is there an ulterior motive at hand here...?

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 9:55 pm

Hey don't hate on shmup girls, if they're pretty I'm game

Nah seriously though, I'm strictly business and here for talking and opinions man..... for now anyways

and yep, Border Down's OST is...

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:04 pm

Ganelon wrote:Sealed copies go for outrageous prices thanks to the fools from Ebay

Not necessarily. Sealed LE's still fetch 10,000+ on YJ, so you can't blame Ebay idiots just yet.

Darkcomet72 · Post by **Darkcomet72** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:07 pm

I have the soundtrack on computer, but I haven't heard anything from the stage 5 music and after... because I haven't gotten there yet.

The game is very great, I'm just very, very incostent with this. Rando said that Snow Fox(Stage 5) is the best music in the game, I just hope he's right...

druuna · Post by **druuna** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:20 pm

One of my favorite "top 10" shmups....but the gameplay is really hard, need a lot of practice.

U K Narayan · Post by **U K Narayan** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:28 pm

Darkcomet72 wrote:I have the soundtrack on computer, but I haven't heard anything from the stage 5 music and after... because I haven't gotten there yet.

The game is very great, I'm just very, very incostent with this. Rando said that Snow Fox(Stage 5) is the best music in the game, I just hope he's right...

He is, oh my god he is!

The soundtrack's arrange version of it is just phenomonal, I get so amped up hearing that mini guitar solo.

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:31 pm

"Rando said that Snow Fox(Stage 5) is the best music in the game, I just hope he's right..."

I agree, Snow fox is among the best for sure. There are some others though, even the little track no.2 S.D.F. is cool.

Anyone like the boss music on stage 3 (What's that track called again..

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U K Narayan · Post by **U K Narayan** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:42 pm

Nei First wrote:"Rando said that Snow Fox(Stage 5) is the best music in the game, I just hope he's right..."

I agree, Snow fox is among the best for sure. There are some others though, even the little track no.2 S.D.F. is cool.

Anyone like the boss music on stage 3 (What's that track called again.. )

Track 09 - Prot #7 "Illusion"
Track 10 - Prot #2 "Defensive Style"

Nei First · Post by **Nei First** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 11:59 pm

Yeah those are the ones, thanx. Those two and the remix stage 3 boss music, my favourite boss tunes in the game.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:17 am

GaijinPunch wrote:Not necessarily. Sealed LE's still fetch 10,000+ on YJ, so you can't blame Ebay idiots just yet.

I meant sealed normal copies, which can go for over $80 on Ebay even though you can still get it for $65. Everybody sells the LE edition for over $100 so no surprise there.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 1:42 am

I still haven't played this, I remember seeing BorderDown on TV, the visuals looked decent, I could have got this along with Ikaruga, but when I went to buy them both were sold out

neoalphazero · Post by **neoalphazero** » Tue Mar 15, 2005 6:16 am

I love it. Hori shooters have a soft spot with me and it sucked that DC never had one for so long. Therefore I greeted Border Down with open arms and came away more than happy. I commend G.Rev for putting extra effort in the game's home port, it's a nice touch that Remix mode is more pattern oriented and Arcade is more traditional hori style.

*-neo

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