Sagaia for Genesis

Review #4494

Sagaia

Sharks with frickin lasers

Genesis 1991 Taito Shooter Shooter › Horizontal
Sagaia screenshot for Genesis
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
4 / 5

Gameplay

Classic Darius gameplay
Pick up a shield and hold down both a and b to shoot missiles and a normal shot. Power ups lightly upgrade these two shots but add other shots like a vertical laser.
Good stuff
Thankfully, enemies go down pretty quickly, unlike other Darius games.

4 / 5

Level Design

Levels are filled to the brim with enemies and environmental obstacles. It's the environmental stuff that gives the levels character and provides most of the challenge.
Like all other Darius games There are branching pads after each level which gives the game way more replayability than most shooters. There are total of 22 levels!

4 / 5

Theme

I've always enjoyed the bioorganic and underwater creature theme of the Darius series.

3 / 5

Art Style

The sprite work in the game is good but the backgrounds aren't as interesting as I would like. There are a few levels with interesting effects in the background but others are very static like zone B for example. Also, the colors seem muted and dark.

1 / 5

Audio

Oy vay. The sounds of your shot and missiles are soooo annoying. The missiles sound like squarely mice while the shot sounds like popping three bubble wrap bubbles in rapid succession. And these sounds are so loud!

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