- Publisher: City Connection , Clear River Games
- Release Date: Feb 6, 2025
- Also On: PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X
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Feb 10, 2025Under Defeat is a superb game, which quite rightly earned plaudits upon release and still feels like an essential part of anyone’s shoot ‘em up library.
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Feb 24, 2025Elevated by the option for a twin-stick control method and a power-up system which resists convolution, Under Defeat HD makes a fine showing on the Nintendo Switch. Factor in multiple soundtracks and modes and this has a bit more longevity than many of its projectile-dodging peers.
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Feb 4, 2025Where helicopter gunship-themed video games are concerned, Under Defeat is one of the best ever. It signifies a point in time when the shoot 'em up was being propelled by a new area of creativity, and young development studios like G.Rev were leading the charge. Love it or loathe it, its lock-shot strafe and creeping bullet patterns work terrifically once you get a feel for them, and there’s a cinematic scale to it all that feels somehow poignant. It’s not the longest game, nor the most visually diverse, but it does what it sets out to do exceptionally well.