Game:

Strider (2014)

Duration: 46:35

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And for the finale :

Fully equipped with just about every power up (besides some optional stuff for the Kunai and Plasma Catapult), we finally have the means to raid Meio's battleship : Balrog, which also houses the final gravitron key. (I really wish this area had a remix of the Strider 2 Balrog theme(s)).

Once said raid is near its end, Solo fights us one last time only now he's crazier and interrupts his own dialogue with more of his insane laughter. About the same level of interruption as Sonic and Shadow's little "fight" in Green Forest in Sonic Adventure 2.

After that we finally tackle the gigantic tower, mess with more switches and gravity related, fight more robots, and then Meio himself (whom I died to 1 extra time that is not in this video).

But being a final boss and this being a recent Strider game, Meio makes one extra attempt to end us, be we end up turning him into a shooting star.

And that ends Strider (2014), I really love this game. I've beaten it upwards to 4 times at this point. Didn't really play the absolute first strider game too much (or the genesis port/NES games/etc) but I was familiar with Strider 2 and I personally believe this game controls better and FEELS better than Strider 2.

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I really only have 2 complaints about this game...maybe 3.

1. The music : the soundtrack is NOT bad, however, multiple areas tend to not have unique music or don't have unique music for very long. Hell, the final boss music is used multiple times earlier in the game and during some exploration sections. More remixes or even more music would have given some variety to every area. As it stands and with multiple area using the same music at points, it almost makes the soundtrack somewhat repetitive.

2. Random escape sequence would be kind of cool : Something similar to the absurdly short escape of the exploding balrog (Strider 2), especially with the rocking remix of that stage's theme.

3. Magnetic Cypher needs to be able to hit a few more times : Despite the fact that I do use it a lot after getting it, I kind of wish it could shoot more beams. Charge mode does allow it to hit super fast, but it doesn't shoot beams during that. Then again, if it did shoot a few more, it would be a bit OP....but then again we could've had an optional power up that used the energy meter to give us something similar to the Boost option in Strider 2.

4. No new game plus : Something this game really needed, because there are no other save files and you're always asked to restart the WHOLE GAME after defeating Meio Prime. Kind of annoying, but you could always say no and grab everything and then save, then enter the tower and win. Something akin to Shantae's "hero mode" would be pretty neat, or even something like Skyward Sword where the Master Sword's beam can be upgraded again for an even stronger beam (hero mode was needed for that though).

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That's about it for me. Besides Breath of the Wild (switch version) I'll be tackling "Hollow Knight" starting sometime tomorrow, more on that game here - http://store.steampowered.com/app/367520/