Sagaia v2 (Darius 2) | Arcade playthrough
0Played on Darius Cozmic Collection on Switch.
This is the third arcade release of Darius 2 (renamed Sagaia in the west). It was released on 2 screens (rather than 3 screens in the Japanese version.
To make game cycles faster in the West, the game has shorter levels than the original Japanese release. It has less levels to choose from and boss energy is reduced. But the difficulty has been cranked up to make up for it. Like Darius ever needed to be any harder!
Sagaia version 2 isn’t even confirmed to have ever had an actual physical release so it’s cool that they added it in this collection, although I’m sure the difference between Version 1 is unnoticeable.
Because this is on a collection, I had option to have loads of lives, continues and power ups to make the game easier. And did I need it! I didn’t feel bad using cheats because I have already done the hard work of completing Darius 2 on the Saturn legitimately and that was incredibly hard.
The game is much better looking than the Saturn version which is surprising since the Saturn could definitely handle these graphics. Some of the bosses are slightly different too.
I was surprised how much you can actually power up your ship. It would take a full playthrough collecting every power up and not dying to power up fully and I’m sure this is what is expected of the player because if you lose your power ups, good luck in lasting longer than 5 seconds.
I’m a big fan of Darius 2 because of the Saturn version, but as usual, the arcade game is way too hard for humans.
Rating – 8/10
Difficulty 10/10
Save states used
Deaths Cut out
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