Gradius Thread? Gradius Thread.

any lainons play Gradius? definitely one of, if not the best shoot-‘em-up games to ever exist. you can also post about Salamander/Lifeforce or any other Gradius spin-off game. (III and IV for the PS2 is my top favorite, brings back childhood memories)

>>6520 I've only played the 1st one for the Famicom, because i'm the kind of person that likes to play games in order; i would say it's definitely in my top 3 of famicom/nes games

I went through and single-credit cleared all the games in the original series a few years back, and included Gaiden (which I don't consider one of the originals). Stopped at Gradius IV, which felt like low-effort dogshit, and couldn't bring myself to care about V, which hardly feels like Gradius. Gradius Rebirth, on the other hand, feels like a stellar send-off to the series.

Make sure you play the arcade Japan version of Life Force, it's the definitive version of Salamander that incorporates a ton of balance improvements. Reminder that the series that truly picked up the mantle where Gradius III left off is Parodius.

I guess anon didn't like Gradius that much after all.

I loved Gradius III on SNES as a kid. Haven't thought about this series in so long. If I wanted to play again which game should I go to first? What's considered the pinnacle?

>>6536 Gradius II is a good entry point, it represents the full formulation of series mainstays. Though you're probably going to be disappointed by others afterwards because it was also the pinnacle of the series.

I like the Parodius games a lot. Played them first on Super Famicom years ago before I knew much about the PlayStation/Saturn ports.