PS1 Underrated Gem: Omega Boost
98This is a series of gameplay vids I'm doing highlighting overlooked games for the PS1. I'm playing on a PS2 with texture smoothing on.
Don't worry, "PS2 Underrated Gems" fans, I'm not quitting those vids, I'm expanding it to all my consoles which was my original planning anyways.
Omega Boost is often said to be the PS1's answer to the N64's Star Fox, and the Sega Saturn's Panzer Dragoon series, and in many ways it does just that.
It's gameplay is a mixture of both of those games with a little more free flight added, and instead of being in a space ship or a dragon rider, you're a giant anime style mech blasting hordes of baddies in a 360 degree flight radius. Many people liken this game to the Macross games which never hit the states.
There's no save feature between levels, and it's also pretty short. However, there are unlockables to be had which add some replay value to it as well.
The weird thing is this game came from the developers of Gran Turismo Polyphony Digital.