Ikaruga

 PlayStation 4
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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 12 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 12
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  1. OriginalMan
    Nov 2, 2022
    8
    I got this on a sale and have put 10 hours into this game and still haven’t come close to beating it.

    Gameplay is easy to pickup but difficult to master. Visuals are amazing. Sound is great and soundtrack is awesome. Difficulty is arcade style. It’s a fun difficult arcade style shoot ‘em up with impressive graphics and great audio. It’s a must play for retro gamers or fans of the    I got this on a sale and have put 10 hours into this game and still haven’t come close to beating it.

    Gameplay is easy to pickup but difficult to master.
    Visuals are amazing.
    Sound is great and soundtrack is awesome.
    Difficulty is arcade style.
    It’s a fun difficult arcade style shoot ‘em up with impressive graphics and great audio. It’s a must play for retro gamers or fans of the shmup genre.    … Expand
  2. Yojimbo2015
    Jan 25, 2023
    7
    Beautiful looking and rather unique vertical shooter in that enemies and their fire are divided between black and white, one fatal and the other adding to your smart bomb gauge. Your ship can switch between the two at will to gain advantage and avoid "opposite" fire. It's a great idea that certainly keeps you on your toes but it does make for little variety: no power ups, no weaponBeautiful looking and rather unique vertical shooter in that enemies and their fire are divided between black and white, one fatal and the other adding to your smart bomb gauge. Your ship can switch between the two at will to gain advantage and avoid "opposite" fire. It's a great idea that certainly keeps you on your toes but it does make for little variety: no power ups, no weapon swapping and the enemy fire is always the same. Because of this, I don't consider it amongst the true greats such as R-Type, Thunderforce IV and Gradius V, but it's certainly one of the better old school shooters old there.… Expand
  3. Genji1
    May 14, 2023
    8
    Short but fun.
    Impossibly hard. But thankfully there is an infinite lives mode.
    Switching between white and black modes to be immune to enemy fire of that color is unique and interesting.
    Only negative is lack of any sort of power ups.