In a grim future where a once-benevolent alien technology has turned against humanity, only a ragtag group of ace pilots can save the Earth from total annihilation. Code name: Thunder Force! Witness the first 32-bit installment of the massively popular shooter series! Five spectacular weapons with multiple power-up levels let you blast through waves of metallic predators, and look good doing it. A constant barrage of innovative enemies keeps you intrigued while you struggle to stay alive. A speaker-imploding soundtrack has your foot tapping as your fingers are mashing. Unbelievable rendered cutscenes draw, no-DRAG you kicking and screaming into the action. Put simply, it's the ultimate hardcore gaming blast-o-rama!
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Definitely have been better entries, however strongest point to me was that I really enjoyed the soundtrack for this one, years later still listening to it.
1CCed on Normal with the Good Ending
THAT FINAL BOSS, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?!?!??!?
THAT FINAL BOSS, WHAT WERE THEY THINKING!?!?!??!?
Not as tight as IV or III but still a fantastic experience all around, another one for the pile of surprisingly fantastic ps1 shooting games lmao.
Not quite as good as the horizontal shmup magnum opus that is Thunder Force IV but TFV still kicks all kinds of ass. This game has an impressively cool energy that manages to impress today even with the low-poly visuals and the boss fights are all awesome multi-phase monstrosities with many different nuances to learn. The simple scoring system based around speedkilling everything adds depth to the gameplay without taking anything away from the spectacle.
Tvtropes "suicide by cop" is not a "trope" damn
Everybody fuckin' gangsta (🤣🤣🤣🤣) until RVR-01, rogue cyborg protector of humanity's future and prosperity, dropped this banger over here (😁😁😁😁):
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> worldnet break down
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LAST LETTER
" I am cyborg humanity.
I am cyborg animals.
I am cyborg flowers.
A cyborg world.
And my name is the Guardian.
[Soldier/Human]. Listen to me.
All the things created using Vasteel have been destroyed [by me/by you].
Their number was too great. But now has been reduced to a proper level. The world will continue as it was before.
The living creatures of this world will continue to fear battle and [die in/live by] combat. But even in a world of minor warfare one oversight could mean...
RVR-01 Gauntlet destroyed
RVR-01 Gauntlet destroyed
RVR-01 Gauntlet destroyed
RVR-01 Gauntlet destroyed
The existence of Vambrance will once again cause humanity to embrace mass death and destruction. Just as Vasteel did.
This I know.
You know it too. Do you not?
[Soldier/Human].
You must make sure humans never reach access to Vambrance again if you wish to safeguard humanity's future.
[Soldier/Human]. May fortune be with you... "
FAREWELL
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> playback
LAST LETTER
" I am cyborg humanity.
I am cyborg animals.
I am cyborg flowers.
A cyborg world.
And my name is the Guardian.
[Soldier/Human]. Listen to me.
All the things created using Vasteel have been destroyed [by me/by you].
Their number was too great. But now has been reduced to a proper level. The world will continue as it was before.
The living creatures of this world will continue to fear battle and [die in/live by] combat. But even in a world of minor warfare one oversight could mean...
RVR-01 Gauntlet destroyed
RVR-01 Gauntlet destroyed
RVR-01 Gauntlet destroyed
RVR-01 Gauntlet destroyed
The existence of Vambrance will once again cause humanity to embrace mass death and destruction. Just as Vasteel did.
This I know.
You know it too. Do you not?
[Soldier/Human].
You must make sure humans never reach access to Vambrance again if you wish to safeguard humanity's future.
[Soldier/Human]. May fortune be with you... "
FAREWELL
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> cyborg end
> complete