Darius Alpha
Darius Plus boss ushGenre: shooter - horizontal
Publisher: Taito
Year: 1990
System: PCE
Gameplay Score: 2
Gameplay Notes:
There's nothing wrong with the gameplay mechanics. Movement feels good and you've got a weapon and sub-weapon so you have to press two buttons. And you have to mash. Sigh. There's just not enough game here to score any higher.
Level Design Score: 0
Level Design Notes:
This is nothing more than a boss rush through five bosses. There's all of 15 minutes worth of gameplay here.
Theme Score: 4
Theme Notes:
Darius! I love the sci-fi aquarium setting.
Art Style Score: 3
Art Style Notes:
Darius has one of my favorite ship sprites ever, but with only five boss enemies and no other enemies, there's not much to see here. Even the background doesn't change. It's a landscape of Jupiter with a plain brown roof above and floor beneath.
Audio Score: 1
Audio Notes:
Hmm, I thought Darius had better musical stylings. The tracks sounds like an 80s Casio keyboard with harpsicord setting turned on. The final boss song is little more than a slowly strobing alarm. Yuck
Overall Score: 32
Review ID: 8026
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