Reviews look positive, but there are only a few so far.
At $39.99. It has been as low as $23.99.
- Audio: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Gameplay: 7 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Story and characters: 5 reviews raised it, mostly praise
- Performance: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Combat: 4 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
- Bugs: 3 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
Based on 289 player reviews · updated 7 days ago
What players think
The recurring themes across 138 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.
Give Gradius a try if you want to have a blast with an epic(in all the sense of the word) soundtrack, addictive gameplay, somewhat iffy hitboses and most importantly, SHOOTing THE CORE!
Each game loops into a harder version of itself after a clear and provides nigh-infinite replayability as you learn to get better, achieve higher scores, or even knock out a 1cc with enough practise.
My son thinks that's hilarious and that's probably one of the nicer reactions to that story, but it does show how much I like the series.
Theme by theme
Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.
Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway.
Should you buy it now?
Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.
Currently $39.99. The lowest we've tracked is $23.99.
The data behind the verdict
For the players who want the receipts.
We’ll surface hours-played once playtime ingestion ships.
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