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sjchen's Gradius (NES)
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| [January 19, 2007 06:18:11 AM]
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My second session playing Gradius also proved rather unsucessful. Either my gaming skills are lacking or the gameplay of Gradius is rather challanging. However I have noticed differant patterns in the game sequence of the game. After multiple times flying through the first level, it becomes apparent that the enemy ships and gunfires come at preset instances. Based on this premise, one should be able to master each level given a certain amount of time. Another element of the game that helps alleviate the difficulty is the differant points of respawning in a given level. Perhaps with an actual controller instead of a keyboard, Gradius may prove a bit easier. However, playing Gradius has definitely reinterested me in the Shmup genre. Despite Gradius' difficulty, it is nonetheless addicting and fun as the path to beating a given level is clear, though mastering the path through the level is definitely challanging.
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| [January 19, 2007 01:14:46 AM]
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As I really enjoyed playing shmups when I was younger i decided to choose Gradius off the classics list. However, I must admit that I haven't played a shmup in long time. Starting up Gradius i immediatly noticed it was a horizontal shooter. To say the least, I was a bit unconfidant in playing Gradius since I was more familiar with vertical shooters like the Raiden series. My first session with Gradius was quite embarassing. I crashed and burned on the first level repeatedly. Coupeled with my inability to figure out the purpose of the octangular pods that you collect along the level, I was quite frustrated with my first experienced playing Gradius. However, I managed to get through the cave area of the first level and past the exploding rocks after many futile attempts. However, once I reached the boss I was immediatly blasted away. After a few more attempts I was still unable to reach the boss again. Hopefully I will be able to make a little more progess in the game in the next session.
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sjchen's Gradius (NES)
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Current Status: Playing
GameLog started on: Thursday 18 January, 2007
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