Earthion

Я сначала пиратский ром прошёл на MegaDrive, и мне настолько понравилось, что я пошел и купил её в стиме. Абсолютный шедевр, недосягаемый уровень. Графика - шедевр, музыка - шедевр, баланс отличный просто. Это однозначно в десятке лучших шмупов, которые я вообще играл за всю жизнь, а играл я их не один десяток лет.

Пожалуй, лучшее, что выходило за последнее время из ретро скроллшутеров. Динамичный, красивый, вызывающий лёгкую ностальгию по временам, когда Мегадрайв был на пике своей популярности (хоть и стоил весьма недёшево).

Quite possibly the best use of modern dev kit usage with old skool hardware! Earthion impresses from the moment you boot up the game. I don't think I've EVER seen so many graphical aesthetic settings for a shooter. I have to say that if you are intimidated by the usual high difficulty of shooters, give this game a try as it has so many difficulty options and modes of play, that there's a little something for everyone! Lots of amazing visual elements in the assets, VERY little amounts of slowdown, despite being Sega Genesis emulation. The environments are colorful and fit perfectly with the scifi aesthetic. The ship and enemy designs are easily the strongest elements of the game's presentation! The sound by the masterful Yuzo Koshiro, as well as the music use EVERY channel of the Genesis sound hardware. The sounds are BIG and punchy, explosions bassy, voice overs are audible despite the PCM sounds being crunchy in that lovely Genesis way. There are some layering issues with the hit effects and explosions covering up enemy bullets, which older Genesis shooters fixed pretty easily so stray hits may occur, which won't be a huge issue as this game uses a shield health system instead of 1 hit deaths, which really helps with newer players. Otherwise I loved every moment of this throwback, modern Genesis banger!