Progear no Arashi

Arcades   Is It Worth It?

Capcom and Cave. What else u need to know? *s*

Okay...the good side:
2 planes and 3 gunners to choose from. Planes have their own shots, gunners provide homing firepower if u keep the shot-button pressed (which also slows u down, like in Esprade and Guwange).

Technically this game is unbelievable. The old CPS 2 system shows what it can do if programmed by pro´s (like Mars Matrix). Saw clippings (when enboss blows up), and game slows down 1 or 2 times in one player mode, but thats about it (2 player mode tested soon). Those errors are more than accepted, if u see what goes on onscreen. Well done!!! Background grafix rock!!! The whole game plays like a comic strip, more so as the endbosses are shown in a nice painted picture (see below). Sound is also very well done.

Endbosses are nicely animated, fit into the level and atmosphere, pack a punch and are not too unfair. At the end of a level u get some nice grafix and your Gunners Data.

Power up ("P" on paracute see below) system features standard shot-power-ups. Nothing worth mentioning. Bombs are nicely done ("specials" see below)
During the game u meet more big enemies than small ones...and they shoot like theres no tomorrow...
Nice idea: If u fly to upper side of screen the HUD (points, bombs, aso) vanishes to give u more oversight...as soon as u lower altitude it reappears.

Like in Giga Wing and Mars Matrix the game features "collectible" shots if done correctly (if u kill an enemy all shots that left it about second ago turn into "collectibles"). Depending which of the 2 shots types u use (repeatedly pressing or holding firebutton) the shots change into jewelery or gems. Each one is counted seperatly at the lower left of the screen. U lose some gems/jewelry if u use ur bomb or die. Depending on how many u collected the bomb is more or less powerful. Bombs destroy enemy shots and hurt enemies.
If u manage to have three bombs and collect a 4th one ull see the bombsymbols on upper screen turn from red to blue and and some people wave a banner beneath the bombs (very nicely done) to show u got a special bonus. Now u collect jewelry/gems at an accelerated rate (to be continued as soon as i discover something new).

There HAS to be a bad side of course: The game is very very short. Even for shooters. 5 levels and thats it. Cant think of anything else...

Great game even if short! Get it!

Players: 2
Developer: Capcom/Cave
System: CPS2
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