Ikaruga #2 - Hard Mode

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Published on July 23, 2015 2:15:10 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9aT4FhYAkI

Game:

Ikaruga (2001)

Duration: 7:02

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Ikaruga's gameplay centers primarily around the polarity mechanic. Only bullets of an opposite polarity can kill the player. Same-color bullets are absorbed and converted into energy for the game's special weapon, a homing laser. Switching the ship's polarity also changes the color of the ship's bullets, and shooting an enemy using opposite-polarity bullets will cause double damage. Thus, much of the challenge of Ikaruga comes from careful polarity-switching, choosing between high damage and (relative) invulnerability.