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Average game. I'd rather play Soldier Blade or Wings of Thunder.
Finally someone that speaks my language.
Words of wisdom Doc.
I'd add Final Soldier in there. What a shooter!
Average game. I'd rather play Soldier Blade or Wings of Thunder.
Go for the boot and save the money...these days there aren't many legit copies out there. I paid $500 for mine and like an idiot it's a boot. It just sits on the shelf and rarely gets played. Soundtrack is awesome. There are many other pic shooter worth buying...like twin bee for starters lol
Does anyone know where to get the pressed boot these days? I know there were tons of loose copies floating around a few years back, that'd be good enough for me. Always wanted to play this one
CD-Rs don't harm the laser, that's an old wives tale.
Yeah, there has been a bunch of debate about that over the years. A few years ago on PCEFX someone bought spindles of the Sapphire boot disk only and were practically giving them away, but I never got in on that. I would burn a copy, but if I could find one of those that would be even better.
I wouldn't ruin my laser for it. Emulate the ISO or look for the collecion on PSP with those Galaxy Fräulein Yuna games.
CD-Rs don't harm the laser, that's an old wives tale.
Sapphire feels more like a tech demo than a solid game. It's okay but nothing special. Enjoy Raiden and Soldier Blade much more.
The boot is the way to go, IMO. Aside from the CARE4DATA stamp and some coloring on the case/manual you can hardly tell the difference.
The trend I see is that hardcore shooter fanatics aren't crazy about the game, but more casual players like it.
Go for the boot and save the money...these days there aren't many legit copies out there. I paid $500 for mine and like an idiot it's a boot. It just sits on the shelf and rarely gets played. Soundtrack is awesome. There are many other pic shooter worth buying...like twin bee for starters lol
From san Diego and has a sapphire boot that was $500.. Where have we heard that one before?
If I had to compare it to a holy-grail Shmup up there with RECCA and Radient-Silvergun, yes it is a grail game due to its rarity and quality.
We may come up with criteria for Shmup holy-grails such as:
1. appeared late on in the platform's life.
2. well above average in quality.
3. excels on a technical level above other Shmups on its platform.
4. rarity.
5*, maybe a lack of any other way to play it apart from an Emulator - so system exclusivity.
Hmmm I'd give the game a 7/10, it's quite good, but I prefer Winds/Lords of Thunder waaaay more for instance.
Anyways, I give a 10/10 as for the soundtrack, music from Sapphire is fucking awesome.
I feel the narration takes away from the music which pisses me off, I really like the intro music like in the US version, no dumb narration, maybe later...after the intro track is over...I mean...come on! Bad ass paused riff, close ups, different armors...splash screen...animations...damn you narrating douchebag cutting into my moment of glorious lordship!!!