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To me the music is the first thing I noticed. I feel it creates a very distinct atmosphere and it feels appropriate in the same way that River City Girls music felt appropriate in its oddness.
As a Queen fan, i think that comparison sold me on the game. Whether it be the melodic or more high octane style songs, I'm just a sucker for any soundtrack emulating any of their style.
I remember playing the original Space Harrier back on arcade and than on the Amstrad CPC! That game was always far too hard for me, I don't have twitch reflexes and tend to go exactly in the wrong direction at the wrong time. This one, however, looks quite fun. Does it have any difficulty settings? The review didn't mention them. Also, I think the music sounds great. I guess I do appreciate when the music doesn't automatically fit with the action. It can sometimes add an interesting dimension to what's happening.
It has an arcade mode with various difficulty settings.. Otherwise your health / lives are determined by your progress in the game RPG style (stars accumulated by playing give health and items). there's no level select so you star t at level 1 when u die. It has a slower ramp up than SH. If you weren't good at SH, this will be easier.
Going to definitely pick this up. The market for rail shooters is terribly lacking. Still hoping for Sin and Punishment 2. Are you going to check out Risk of Rain Returns, Salt and Sacrifice, or Excessive Trim?
Saw this game a while ago in the coming soon section in the eshop and thought it was the typical eshop shovelware and totally dismissed it. But after seeing a lot of coverage of this game over the past couple days it has definitely shot up on my to get list!
Interesting! I have to say I wasn't interested when I saw this in your upcoming games Video but now I think this could be some good fun. I'd still wait for a sale though. Thanks for another great review 😊
Great review - I like the music on its own, but agree 100% it absolutely does not work with this style of game - at all. It feels like you're playing a game and someone nearby is blasting a rock opera through their speakers... Very off-putting - it ultimately becomes quite annoying...
6:34 sounds decently appropriate for a space stage but 6:44 sounds like it would have been better suited for the giant flower level you showed a bit earlier. I get your point though that it's a bit odd but at certain angles (from those two examples you've shown) I can kinda get it
Ahhh, I'm so unsure about this. I like Sega in general and here and there, I like to fire up Space Harrier, for maybe 5-10 minutes and than I'm done again for a while.
I definitely don't think the music fits the game at all. That's the exact thing I was thinking is this sounds like Queen but more lower paced. I don't like moving in front of enemies to target them. It needs a crosshair like Starfox, it seems majorly stunted without one. I do like the graphics & gameplay are good though. The graphics definitely look like Dreamcast Era but that's ok with me. I do love the variety of stages.
I don't have anything against the OST, I feel it fits well in certain places, but yeah, mostly out of place or disjointed from the rest. Also is it just me or does it sound like one of those experiments where you feed AI a certain song and tell it to extend it further so it makes up some random similar sounding melodies...in this case Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody...I wonder if they actually did something like this...
I always wanted a new Space Harrier. I'll probably get it, although the music isn't really doing it for me, especially compared to the original Space Harrier games.
Thanks for the review! I think I'll wait for a sale on this one; I wish it had a bit more depth to the music/gameplay elements, I was hoping for it to be a bit more like Rez, I think.
Personally I absolutely adore the soundtrack for this game, and it’s one of the main reasons I picked it up. My issue is the fact the main character looks like she’s nipped round from Portal Runner on the PS2…
Great review as always. Just got the game two days ago and I am just having fun with it. Really loving the variety of game modes and features Air Twister offers. I am among its target audience, as I'm a huge Yu Suzuki fan. For the most part, I shared the same sentiments as you with the pros and cons, with the exception of the soundtrack. Strange? Yes! But in my opinion, the soundtrack did fit the mood and the world of Air Twister. Loved it so much, I'd really love to get a vinyl version of the soundtrack. Anyway, Air Twister is a flawed but fun experience, overall.
Fun game, but I would literally pay extra money if there was an option to replace the music with a decent remix of the original Space Harrier soundtrack...
Man that music is completely out of place. It's not bad music it just doesn't belong. Is a shame because to this day I still play and love space harrier.
Thanks for the review. The only on-rails shooter' that I've enjoyed was 'Dead Space Extraction' on the Wii, so this one isn't for me. Also, while I appreciate the variety of different levels, I don't get the vibe that there is any corehent links between them, could someone that's played it clarify that?
I've been intrigued given my love this style of game, but something about it continues to just look "off" to me. I can't put my finger on it. Appreciate the review, though. Makes me even more curious, but I might just wait for a sale.
The music not quite matching the game reminds me of being in arcades in the mid nineties with the sounds of whatever prog-rock, new wave, classic rock mix the kid running the counter had brought in that day.
This looks like one of those fake games you see in advertisements while scrolling through Facebook Cutscenes and some models look quite nice but that’s the only compliment I can give
Happy to see dead genres get resurrected and hope it leads to more. Here hoping for a Panzer Dragoon Saga remaster. Yes, I know it’s more of an RPG, but it’s still a great game that barely anyone has played
introducing Yu Suzuki and not even mentioning Shenmue.....and visuals are mind blowing for Switch...most Switch games have shitty graphics or snes level graphics.
It does remind me of space harrier or panzan dragon and I enjoyed these back in the day down the arcades in the 89’s. Tbh I just think these sort of games are just dated
Appreciate the review but this is a definite no for me, the music doesn't fit at all especially when I think of how awesome the Panzer Dragoon soundtrack on the Saturn was; also don't really like the aesthetics it really gives off that mobile game vibe to me.
You’re never too old!!! Check out the Electric Underground video “You're NOT Too OLD to Play Difficult Games!”. The arcade style is actually really well suited to older people with responsibilities because they respect your time and pack a lot of density into short sessions. Maybe Air Twister will make you a convert!!!
@@russellgolden7546 that's why i have Switch as my secondary console :) Playing anywhere i want, anytime i want and when i need to stop, i just pause and put my console to sleep so i can continue where i stopped 👌
I love games like Space Harrier and Panzer Dragoon, but the visuals on this look so dead and lifeless compared to the greats of the genre. Everything sorta just blends together into mush at certain points.
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SwitchUp sure are a Twisted;) review team
nope
The graphics and the music are awesome. The game looks like a blast. Going to get it.
Personally the music is likeable and gives me the feeling of wondrous exploration in a fantasy world. So I personally find it appealing.
I actually like the out of place music, makes the game feel more different and 'abstract' :))
Yea it's so strange and dreamlike and I think it fits very well
He should have gotten the composer from the Panzer Dragoon series Saori Kobayashi, i think Her music would have fitted better.
Ordered this one physically throught Strictly Limited and it arrived just acouple days ago. Gonna play it over the holiday weekend!
To me the music is the first thing I noticed. I feel it creates a very distinct atmosphere and it feels appropriate in the same way that River City Girls music felt appropriate in its oddness.
As a Queen fan, i think that comparison sold me on the game. Whether it be the melodic or more high octane style songs, I'm just a sucker for any soundtrack emulating any of their style.
I love Space Harrier, i love Yu Suzuki, just preordered the Limited Ediition. Thank Switch Up, always on point with the review❤
Shenmue 1 and 2 are still good as well
I remember playing the original Space Harrier back on arcade and than on the Amstrad CPC! That game was always far too hard for me, I don't have twitch reflexes and tend to go exactly in the wrong direction at the wrong time. This one, however, looks quite fun. Does it have any difficulty settings? The review didn't mention them.
Also, I think the music sounds great. I guess I do appreciate when the music doesn't automatically fit with the action. It can sometimes add an interesting dimension to what's happening.
It has an arcade mode with various difficulty settings.. Otherwise your health / lives are determined by your progress in the game RPG style (stars accumulated by playing give health and items). there's no level select so you star t at level 1 when u die. It has a slower ramp up than SH. If you weren't good at SH, this will be easier.
looks a little like panzer dragoon game which I enjoyed so might consider great vid guys
On rails shooters aren't really my thing but for those that it is if you pick this up I hope you enjoy it!
Going to wait for $10 price tag. Game looks like a classic
Going to definitely pick this up. The market for rail shooters is terribly lacking. Still hoping for Sin and Punishment 2. Are you going to check out Risk of Rain Returns, Salt and Sacrifice, or Excessive Trim?
Saw this game a while ago in the coming soon section in the eshop and thought it was the typical eshop shovelware and totally dismissed it. But after seeing a lot of coverage of this game over the past couple days it has definitely shot up on my to get list!
it's not. it's good. It's a good arcade type title.
I get off at 5am here in the states and this channels videos are the first things i go for wheni get home. Thanks guys.
It looks beautiful and the feel seems interesting. I’ll wait for a good sale, but I’ll definitely try to get this one
Interesting! I have to say I wasn't interested when I saw this in your upcoming games Video but now I think this could be some good fun. I'd still wait for a sale though. Thanks for another great review 😊
This game gives me huge Kid Icarus vibes. Looks like a nice game, though.
Great review - I like the music on its own, but agree 100% it absolutely does not work with this style of game - at all. It feels like you're playing a game and someone nearby is blasting a rock opera through their speakers... Very off-putting - it ultimately becomes quite annoying...
Music reminds me of the disconnect you'd get with the Euro cartoons (Ulysses, Cities of Gold etc.) from after school back in the day.
Great review, im definitely getting this new game from Yu Suzuki, love these old skool arcade on rail shooters and this looks to be a great one !!
6:34 sounds decently appropriate for a space stage but 6:44 sounds like it would have been better suited for the giant flower level you showed a bit earlier. I get your point though that it's a bit odd but at certain angles (from those two examples you've shown) I can kinda get it
Ahhh, I'm so unsure about this. I like Sega in general and here and there, I like to fire up Space Harrier, for maybe 5-10 minutes and than I'm done again for a while.
I definitely don't think the music fits the game at all. That's the exact thing I was thinking is this sounds like Queen but more lower paced. I don't like moving in front of enemies to target them. It needs a crosshair like Starfox, it seems majorly stunted without one. I do like the graphics & gameplay are good though. The graphics definitely look like Dreamcast Era but that's ok with me. I do love the variety of stages.
I love panzer dragoon and the starfox games. This game is up my alley and looks amazing. Def gonna get it.
I don't have anything against the OST, I feel it fits well in certain places, but yeah, mostly out of place or disjointed from the rest. Also is it just me or does it sound like one of those experiments where you feed AI a certain song and tell it to extend it further so it makes up some random similar sounding melodies...in this case Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody...I wonder if they actually did something like this...
Definitely buying this!
I collect Schmups but this one doesn’t trigger me at all
I always wanted a new Space Harrier. I'll probably get it, although the music isn't really doing it for me, especially compared to the original Space Harrier games.
I have always loved Space Harrier, will need to put this on the wishlist!
Only watched John Riggs play this the other day on Xbox and I said I hope this comes to the Switch...And all and behold it's here lmao 🤣🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾🤘🏾
With the lock-on and one riding a creature, it is almost more like Panzer Dragoon than Space Harrier.
That music is a deal breaker for me!!🙉
This is Space Harrier 3 - Air Twister
Thanks for the review!
I think I'll wait for a sale on this one; I wish it had a bit more depth to the music/gameplay elements, I was hoping for it to be a bit more like Rez, I think.
Makes me want to play Child of Eden instead. That needs a rerelease on consoles and VR.
Looks like a fun game, the music does feel off for me too so will definitely take some getting used to. May get in a sale because of the length.
you get used to it.
I probably won't be picking this one up but a solid review nonetheless
Welcome to the fantasy zone!
Personally I absolutely adore the soundtrack for this game, and it’s one of the main reasons I picked it up.
My issue is the fact the main character looks like she’s nipped round from Portal Runner on the PS2…
Panzer dragoon minus the dragon.
Great review as always. Just got the game two days ago and I am just having fun with it. Really loving the variety of game modes and features Air Twister offers. I am among its target audience, as I'm a huge Yu Suzuki fan. For the most part, I shared the same sentiments as you with the pros and cons, with the exception of the soundtrack. Strange? Yes! But in my opinion, the soundtrack did fit the mood and the world of Air Twister. Loved it so much, I'd really love to get a vinyl version of the soundtrack. Anyway, Air Twister is a flawed but fun experience, overall.
Glad you found the sound track more fitting than I did. Yeah, a good game for sure. Glen
Fun game, but I would literally pay extra money if there was an option to replace the music with a decent remix of the original Space Harrier soundtrack...
Man that music is completely out of place. It's not bad music it just doesn't belong. Is a shame because to this day I still play and love space harrier.
Thanks for the review.
The only on-rails shooter' that I've enjoyed was 'Dead Space Extraction' on the Wii, so this one isn't for me. Also, while I appreciate the variety of different levels, I don't get the vibe that there is any corehent links between them, could someone that's played it clarify that?
What music would you have picked for this game?
Something with a faster tempo would have suited the gameplay a bit better in my opinion. Glen
Synthwave would have been perfect, but I'm still gonna get the game. I kinda like it when there is weird music that I didn't expect in a game.
Shaun: David, kill the Queen! David: What? Shaun: The jukebox!
This reminds of that Panzer Dragoon game.
I've been intrigued given my love this style of game, but something about it continues to just look "off" to me. I can't put my finger on it. Appreciate the review, though. Makes me even more curious, but I might just wait for a sale.
The music not quite matching the game reminds me of being in arcades in the mid nineties with the sounds of whatever prog-rock, new wave, classic rock mix the kid running the counter had brought in that day.
Might be fun for others who like arcade games like this but sadly it's not for me.
Its Rez or Panzer Dragoon gameplay rather than Space Harrier. Space Harrier doesn't have lock on gameplay.
It looked nice until enemies started firing.
It kinda looks like a asset flip in places.
That price is too high shouldn't be more than £10
That music makes it an absolute no for me! I wouldn't be able to play it listening to that haha
It looks like a fake game that would be on in the background of a movie
Makes Me Want a StarFox Game on Switch !
Space harrier
This looks like one of those fake games you see in advertisements while scrolling through Facebook
Cutscenes and some models look quite nice but that’s the only compliment I can give
Happy to see dead genres get resurrected and hope it leads to more.
Here hoping for a Panzer Dragoon Saga remaster. Yes, I know it’s more of an RPG, but it’s still a great game that barely anyone has played
There is a remaster. I'm pretty sure it wasn't a remake. It's not the best. I got it on sale for 2 bucks.
why does the PS5 version look and play so much better ? lol
I wish they re released panzer dragoon with meta progression
It looks interesting but not enough for me to purchase at full price. I may pick it up at a deep discount in the future. Thanks for the review
I want a sequel of kid icarus from 3ds...with good controls this time...
I heard killer queen, crazy little thing called love, and bohemian rhapsody in there
Not my cup of tea but appreciate the video 😊
The music really sounds like queen and is pretty odd for this kind of game. But hey, that's special and unique. :-)
Have this game on iPhone Apple Arcade , the music /soundtrack is the most bizarre out of place I have ever seen in a video game just weird.
A Panzer Dragoon sequel would be sweeter 😁😁😁
My thought: Queen? Like Queen the band Queen?
You say: Yeah Queen, seriously listen.
My thought: that's definitely like Queen.
😂
30fps hurts.
Poor baby
introducing Yu Suzuki and not even mentioning Shenmue.....and visuals are mind blowing for Switch...most Switch games have shitty graphics or snes level graphics.
Yeah that music totally does not fit.
Excited for this to come out, even if it's just ok
It does remind me of space harrier or panzan dragon and I enjoyed these back in the day down the arcades in the 89’s. Tbh I just think these sort of games are just dated
You can really tell this game was made for mobile, like the targeting system. And yes, that music gave me instant Queen vibes 😂
Es una compra segura ya que se ve hermoso
Reminds me of Panzer Dragoon Orta
This review is useless. You forgot to tell us that you need to play the game in 1 session. There are no resume from where you were.
This game is for sure not for me, thanks for reviewing it tho!
This totally looks like a rock opera game
Appreciate the review but this is a definite no for me, the music doesn't fit at all especially when I think of how awesome the Panzer Dragoon soundtrack on the Saturn was; also don't really like the aesthetics it really gives off that mobile game vibe to me.
Reminds me of Panzer Dragoon
Farrokh Bulsara will be turning on his grave.
Michigan
This game looks gorgeous but.. seems like you need some rly good reflex 🤯 i think am too old for this type of games 😂
You’re never too old!!! Check out the Electric Underground video “You're NOT Too OLD to Play Difficult Games!”. The arcade style is actually really well suited to older people with responsibilities because they respect your time and pack a lot of density into short sessions. Maybe Air Twister will make you a convert!!!
@@russellgolden7546 that's why i have Switch as my secondary console :)
Playing anywhere i want, anytime i want and when i need to stop, i just pause and put my console to sleep so i can continue where i stopped 👌
A panzer dragoon ripoff
lol look at how bad the reflections line up.
👍
I love games like Space Harrier and Panzer Dragoon, but the visuals on this look so dead and lifeless compared to the greats of the genre. Everything sorta just blends together into mush at certain points.
This looks horrible. Glad you liked it though, Glen!
I think this game was actually originally a N64 game because it's on the NOS in the 64 game selection
no ... 😣 .
No thanks .
Brutal 😂
Dude this game sucks! 😠
Norway First😎
They should have completely remade the game to suit the soundtrack. It would have been a far better product.
Nope, I don’t like the look or feel of this game at all.. should’ve jus stayed on the Apple Arcade
Nobody cares if you don't like it. It's an game by yu Suzuki and the guys a legendary developer
This is one of my avoid games. Its so bad and looks so ugly.
Waste of money
The Ui looks so cheap. Like a cashgrab game.