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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Since being released in 2016 for the Xbox One, our viewers have been clamouring for a review for Moss' Raiden V. But without an Xbox One and no real incentive to get one, waiting for a PC or PS4 version was really our only recourse... Thankfully, UFO Interactive released Raiden V Director's Cut on October 6th, 2017 for PC and PS4. Compared to raiden III Digital Edition and Raiden IV Overkill, How does it stack up?
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Love this game!! Came from work today and fired up my PS4. Had the TV all the way blasting. My wife on the other side of the house kept complaining that it was too loud. Me: "but this is the way we used to play back in the arcade days". Lol.
I just wish it were better, which is totally a subjective thing; There is a lot we don't really enjoy about it compared to greats like Raiden IV Overkill or Raiden DX. But we're glad you dig it! I'd be boring if everyone agreed with everyone else (but I could do without people "correcting" us about which is best.)
Does it still crash or freeze the PS4? Do you happen to know if this issue got patched?
Best game in the primary series. The shield system makes far more sense than being instantly killed. Amazing music and a solid challenge. Bit on the long side though and agree with the occasional panning and zooming issues for spotting bullets.
For your notification, you can get the best ending by simply filling up all your power up levels to 10 and then defeating the True Final Boss.
More than that, you also need to keep missed enemies to minimal (enemies that are not destroyed)
This is my go to game when I can't fall asleep and want to play an enjoyable shmup
Strikers 1945 (et. al from Psikyo) hits the spot for us, especially since it's on Switch. Perfect bedtime option.
I am finding the switch to be the go to console for shmups; unfortunately, I am one of those that needs a physical version until I can't wait any longer like jamestown+ hahaha
Oh man, don't limit yourself like that, you'll miss out on way, way too much. Physical games are glorified downloads these days; unless it has standard, regular stuff like booklets and inserts as they did in the past, physical is only really good for resale. Raiden V proves that if it's physical, many modern games can still be crippled sooner than anyone would care to admit!
@@StudioMudprints To be fair. Physical games can be sold for most of your money back. Hence why I try to buy physically whenever possible.
For a game series that had little to no story to begin with, the story is actually pretty good, although it could’ve been presented in much better ways with less distractions and better voice acting. It’s also fairly depressing as well, and one of the endings hints at a possible sequel. I do think we will be seeing Raiden VI, or something new related to Raiden, since MOSS has opened a new subdivision, Kaminari Games, and the concept art that was posted appears to take place in the Raiden universe from a FPS perspective
Ser you didn't mention to reach the true final boss and get the best ending you need to stay on either the A or S route and you need to level up all your weapons to 10 or you won't see the true good ending! Great review!
Can't mention what we're unaware of. We stayed in "S" the whole game but focused only on one weapon.... that powerup system is so weak. Good that there are even more endings. We'll make more of an effort to mention things like that in the future.
I played the game without the cheer system (mainly so I don't have to pay for Nintendo's crummy online service) and honestly, it doesn't feel like I'm missing anything. So far, I've only gone through once, and so far my thoughts kinda line up with yours. I need to play it a few more times before I'm final and I may think this game is slightly better or worse then you say. I should note this game was actually initially developed as a console exclusive hence some of the odd choices like multiple endings.
The cheer system is take it or leave it. The stage charting for score and such is important though, and it's locked behind a paywall via Nintendo online in the Switch version.
@@StudioMudprints Played through the game a few more times and.... yeah. I think your review is spot on. It's a B to B - grade shoot em' up and I don't see myself going back to replay it dozens of times like Mushihimesama or Gradius V.
What I really love about this game is the visuals. 3D visuals. Also the ost.
Moss deserves way more credit for this game than they will probably ever get. I hate the character portraits, the voice overs, all the info in the bezels that don't matter while playing, and not being able to play in tate. These all seem to be bad decisions when thinking about what your fan base is going to care about.
However, I have to accept that the fan base is really small, as is the market for these games that I love. In terms of trying to expand the market these are great choices, although how well they executed it is arguable. It seems like their strategy with a lot of the changes wasn't with players in mind (new or old) but focusing on a potential audience watching the game being played. That makes sense out of not allowing tate and adding a bunch of stuff you can't really follow while playing. I would prefer having the game not be like this but I would also prefer to play raiden 6 and moss trying to create a more stream friendly presentation I think is a brilliant thing to try and you should award them more points in your ingenuity category.
Jonathan Lewis Watch our Battle Garegga review to see why ingenuity suffers here. It has a lot of the same ideas, but implimented way, way better. It also caters to brand new players.
Being someone used to playing Ace Combat (what with all the radio chatter going on all the damn time) I'm honestly perfectly fine with the banter of this game.
Actually, I'd be all good with it if the banter was as well produced as Ace Combat.
The music is so good that I can forgive the shortcomings.
Genuinely my favorite part.
I just got this delivered yesterday from Amazon. Can’t wait to dig into it but I’m curious to see what you guys think. I hope the soundtrack is worth the extra $$.
The soundtrack is actually really great. Can't say the gameplay was something we particularly enjoyed compared to our experiences with the likes of Raiden IV Overkill, but it's still playable at least.
>Opens game
>Plays Stage 1
>Exits Run
>Turns off Voice overs
Me when I first opened this dang thing...
Teh Foxxy We were fine with it mostly, but it was a huge distraction and the sound balance makes it a low, dull murmer if you want both it and a good amount of BGM too.
@MrBipson lol, that's exactly what it's like!
@Nakarin DX
In my opinion I think Raiden Project is the best in the series.
Raiden Project is defenitely held in very high regard. A lot of people like DX over anything else though. But we preferred Raiden IV: Overkill above them all.
huh; this was WAY sooner than i thought!
though, i suppose it's still fairly old...
I'm hoping to finally get a PS4 next week, so I hope to be playing this game next weekend :D
Make sure to grab Dariusburst CS if it's still on sale too!
Studio Mudprints Yeah, I actually bought the LRG release of that as my first PS4 game, well before I knew I’d be getting the console, in anticipation of the fact that I was going to want to play it, especially since I missed out on the PSP predecessor.
why does it only use the middle third of the screen? Is there some option to turn off the useless sidebars so the playfield stretches across the entire monitor like in Skyforce Reloaded, for example?
It's a throwback to the vertical 3:4 aspect "TATE" orientation of the original games. It lacks a proper vertical mode though, which we always found was dumb.
Anyone who has a Switch in the US and Canada, best pick up the physical release as soon as you can. It only received one print, and once all are gone, that's it.
The physical release on the Switch comes with an OST sampler, and a mini art book. Worth the price.
Lastly, the hell difficulty you two playing on? o.O Is that one past Very Hard?
That... was "easy".
@@StudioMudprints In the words of Stewie Griffin: "Saayy WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!"
The intro music feels so lovely, is there a full track?
mudprintsmusic.bandcamp.com/track/the-ninth-9ate
Toothpaste laser! That's the perfect way to describe it
Yeah it wasn't as good as IV but the music balanced out the minor negatives I had for V. Awesome review guys! 👍
Cool review. I actually like Raiden 5 a lot
The gameplay is good, if a little drawn out, but it doesn't feel as Raiden as we would have liked. The music is also excellent, but again, doesn't quite have the right flavour. I 100% hate the story bits and mumbly VO though.
@@StudioMudprints Yeah, the story is very annoying, but the game is pretty fun imo
After all these years, the game keeps crashing on PS4, they never bothered to fix it. Also there is a flickering shadow (glitch) on the top- right of the action screen, once you see it you can't unsee it. Even though I bought it on sale for 8€ I regret doing so, I have deleted it and never looked back.
I'm still not a fan in general, but it's super lame that these issues never got patched.
I love the old Raiden games. Not sure if I would enjoy all the changes in this one, plus the fact that the game has issues starting up at times.
Guys, I love your channel. Top notch STG reviews, really. One thing though: it would be great when you would include if the games have a Tate mode. A lot of STG players love to hook up their consoles to a vertical BVM/PVM. Sadly most of your reviews for shmupbox360 are already done, but maybe you can add a short comment on a Tate mode in future ...
We always do that, and if we miss one, it's typically the rare exception. I literally just went through all of our XB360 reviews and all but two (Eschatos in Series 3 and Bullet Soul in Series 4) mention or demonstrate it. But, these also have updated reviews that go over their tate modes. This kind of function is typically in the Presentation section of the review. Every Switch game that supports it also has it mentioned in the Presentation phase.
Studio Mudprints why thank you! So it seems that I somehow didnt notice it in your videos ... But than, I’m also no native English speaker, so it might’ve slipped under my radar. Anyway - keep up yout great work! Its the top shmup review channel!❤️
No problem. I was genuinely worried that I had somehow not mentioned it in my stuff from five years ago.
Awesome! Are you going to get around to Saint soon?
When the time comes. All I can say is, when it happens, it happens.
Studio Mudprints Okay!
Have you guys considered reviewing Stardust Galaxy Warriors: Stellar Climax? I enjoyed every minute of it, but I will admit that I'm not a hardcore shmup fan by any means.
TBH, we haven't even heard of it. But it's something to look into!
Fair enough. It's only on Steam and it's been out for a few years, so maybe something to fill out the review schedule after you're through the publisher-supplied review codes.
Where's the Duelshock Vibration??!!!
In the controller, typically.
So which of the new Raidens is the best 3, 4 or 5? I'm leaning towards 4.
Milos Misic Raiden IV, definitely.
Got this for 8 usd in 2022. Real good value for 8 dollars.
For 8 bucks, that's not terrible.
do viewpoint for the neo geo next!
Nope, we have new review codes from publishers that need doing before any of that.
Yeah Raiden IV is just so much better than this. I have no idea what happened.
If a Raiden VI happens, hopefully it will be a full return to form.
Too much guff going on outside of the shooting. I wish you could turn it off and go Tate.
Seconded, but then again, the aspect ratio wouldn't allow for a ton of difference...
Studio Mudprints but it would be easier to play because it's a larger play area. Did you play ghost blade HD on the ps4?That's got a fab tastic tate mode. Fills the screen, unlike raiden 4 on ps3
Mmmm, no not really. It's not actually a 3:4 aspect like Ikaruga Tate, which is the right aspect ratio on its side, there would still end up being a letterbox, even on a standard display. It's only slightly taller than square, unlike others like Under Defeat, Batsugun or DoDonPachi. It would be a bit bigger, sure, but not significantly.
Side note: I produced the alternate tracks in Ghost Blade HD. I'm not proud of it though, they weren't especially good to me.