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PlayStation 2

R-Type Final

Developer
Irem
North America February 3, 2004 Eidos Interactive
Europe March 26, 2004 Metro 3D
Japan July 17, 2003 Irem

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R-Type Final review

How do you uphold a legacy and follow one of the best games ever made? Final is inferior to Delta, there's no doubt of that. The actual gameplay isn't on the same level: Delta boasted seven ideally crafted stages with beautiful music and detailed background designs. Given the…

Marc Golding · October 27, 2004

R-Type Final review

But it's worth all the agony, the memorization, and the sweaty palms, because there's little in the world of videogames that can compare to the feeling that you're 'in the zone' as you weave effortlessly through scores of enemy bullets and ships. Not only that, but this is one…

Jason Venter · March 6, 2004

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R-Type Final review

The Bydo Empire has been terrorizing the universe since about mid-eighties now and had no plans to stop. Well, that was until Irem decided to end the shooter series R-type with one last game. My incorrigible side didn’t want to believe such nonsense “One of the greatest series…

Sclem · February 13, 2005

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