The Gunstar family are the protectors of the planet Gunstar 9. After many years of peace, vicious dictator Colonel Red kidnapped the Gunstar twins’ older brother and used mind control to make him his slave.
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What makes Gunstar Heroes so special is it's density of ideas. It packs in so many setpieces, memorable boss fights, unique mechanics, and moments of offbeat humor into such a tight package. The result is a game that's bursting at the seams with soul, a perfect afternoon game to play solo or couch coop with a friend.
cant believe the mega drive was capable of all this chaos. Further proves my opinion of this console beating the shit out of the SNES (despite it being the first game I beat on the genesis). I played this for quite sometime due to general fumbling but now that I had gotten around to properly beating it comfortably, hell yeah this game is fucking rad
Hard to dislike a classic like this. For a 90's run and gun, there's quite a bit going on gameplay-wise. The weapon fusing, the melee attacks and maneuvers (diving, jump kicking, wall jumping, sliding)...
And then you see the graphics, and you hear the music, and Treasure really was working hard here! Bosses felt a little spongier than I would have liked... maybe their health is inflated when playing co-op? Not sure.
The levels were cool to go through as well! Even the casino level was fun, though also quite painful due to the RNG LMAOOO
Me and my friend had a great time sharing pick ups, accidentally throwing each other at enemies, and beating bosses on our last bit of health! Gunstar Heroes is great.
And then you see the graphics, and you hear the music, and Treasure really was working hard here! Bosses felt a little spongier than I would have liked... maybe their health is inflated when playing co-op? Not sure.
The levels were cool to go through as well! Even the casino level was fun, though also quite painful due to the RNG LMAOOO
Me and my friend had a great time sharing pick ups, accidentally throwing each other at enemies, and beating bosses on our last bit of health! Gunstar Heroes is great.
simply a really fun run-n-gun, truly a classic and shows how cool the mega drive was
Compared with something like Contra, it's a bit more creative and has a far better story/presentation although it's better today when you can look up what it's meant to be and ignore the bad translation. Great soundtrack. Gameplay is very good but tarnished a little by power ups that are actually busted and game breaking, looking at you homing laser. The bosses are also fantastic overall and hold up well. A must play for the shooter genre.
Played on normal, I wanna try some of the other difficulties since the first four stages were kinda painless. Still one of the best games for the system, some of the late game effects are absolutely mind boggling. Plus it's one of the few non-shmups to have a pretty alright shmup level! Curious to see more of Alien Soldier and see if it supersedes this.