4/1/2023 0 Comments Gradius 2 lasers bossWhen you reach these corners, the direction of travel changes from ever scrolling from left right to scrolling upwards. I’ve not played a game since the aforementioned Salamander/Gradius games that did this often but in Habroxia 2, there are a number of levels that contain corners. What’s also quite exciting about Habroxia 2 is the inclusion of direction changes. Habroxia 2 seems to have been tuned to accommodate this with alien ships often able to take quite a battering before exploding. This also means you’re able to manoeuvre out of enemy fire, much of which is still tied to straight horizontal or vertical paths, while returning fire. This means you’ll sometimes have to move further into a level in order to shoot back at a turret or ship, making for frenetic and energetic play. In Habroxia 2, the ability to fire in any direction means enemies can hide around terrain or above/below (and in boss battles, behind) the players ship with no horizontal or vertical attack path. Most auto scrolling shooters tend to keep most of the enemies in front of the player controlled craft with clear line of sight to destroy them. ![]() The way this control method enables fresh games design in the shmup space is quite ingenious. ![]() The ship itself doesn’t turn but if you point the right stick in any direction, the standard laser attacks will fire in that direction, granting full 360 degree offensive capabilities. ![]() Here, the left stick moves the ship and the right stick informs the direction of fire. The combination of a continually scrolling shoot-‘em-up and twins stick controls is a real rarity. I’ve searched the internet for mention of another in this vein and have come up with just one (Zytron II, if you were interested). Sure, twin-stick shooters aren’t new but to have this control method in an auto scrolling shmup is almost entirely new. The biggest innovation in Habroxia 2 is the inclusion of twin-stick controls. The tried and tested visuals and rote plot are where most of the familiarity ends. At a glance, it’d be easy to confuse this game with any other shmup. You play as Sabrina, the daughter of one scout pilot who’s out to rescue her dad after he didn’t return from his mission. The plot is akin to many from the 80’s and 90’s too After the events of the first game, humanity sends out scouts to the solar system that was the origin of the attack on Free Space. It’s played on a purely 2D frame, like most in this genre, with some terrain to navigate around. With retro inspired visuals, like a spruced up Salamander complete with a similar fighter jet styled space craft, the game barrels through levels as alien ships, turrets and more fly ahead in formations and attack. ![]() DB1-EN199 - Dark Beginning 1 - Common - English - +, - PSV-EN089 - Pharaoh's Servant - Short Print - English - +, - PSV-089 - Pharaoh's Servant - Short Print - North American English - +, - PSV-E089 - Pharaoh's Servant - Short Print - European English - +, - SDP-F089 - Pharaoh's Servant - Short Print - French - +, - PSV-G089 - Pharaoh's Servant - Short Print - German - +, - DB1-DE199 - Dark Beginning 1 - Common - German - +, - SDF-I089 - Pharaoh's Servant - Short Print - Italian - +, - DB1-SP199 - Dark Beginning 1 - Common - Spanish - +, - TB-39 - Thousand Eyes Bible - Common - Japanese - +, - D元-034 - Duelist Legacy Volume.To look at Habroxia 2, you wouldn’t expect it to be revolutionary in the slightest.
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