{"id":19292,"date":"2019-08-14T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T00:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=19292"},"modified":"2019-07-24T02:09:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-24T02:09:54","slug":"psyvariar-delta-switch-ps4-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/14\/psyvariar-delta-switch-ps4-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"Psyvariar Delta (Switch, PS4, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Psyvariar was an arcade 2-D vertically scrolling shooter from around the early 2000\u2019s.\u00a0 It falls under the category called \u2018bullet hell\u2019 shooters as you must avoid large amounts of projectiles as the main challenge.\u00a0 And now you can enjoy the ultimate version on Switch, PS4, and PC (reviewed on Switch here).<\/p>\n

At first glance this looks like any other shooter with spaceships, and it kind of is.\u00a0 But it does have some gameplay mechanics that aren\u2019t as new now, but they probably were back then.\u00a0 The first is that you are encouraged to fly as close to bullets as possible.\u00a0 In this game, when you do that and destroy spaceships, you level up.\u00a0 When you reach certain levels, your ship transforms and your shot pattern changes.\u00a0 Also, when you reach certain levels, you can choose new stages to tackle as sometimes you get the chance to choose branching paths between levels.\u00a0 To help you \u2018buzz\u2019 as close to bullets as possible, there is even a zoomed in screen on the right side to help you see how close you can get.\u00a0 The HD rumble in the JoyCons is surprisingly helpful in that aspect, too.\u00a0 I wish the game would\u2019ve explained all this to me, though, as I only learning it by looking on the Internet.<\/p>\n

Controls are simple.\u00a0 Hold down a button to fire, press another to release limited screen clearing bombs, and the shoulder buttons make your shots concentrate to the front for a short while.\u00a0 Before you start, you can choose which ship to fly, and which version of the game to play.\u00a0 There are three versions, but other than enemy placement and slight changes in backgrounds, I didn\u2019t notice much difference.\u00a0 In the options you can practice individual stages, view replays, and select your difficulty level.\u00a0 Luckily you can set it on Easy and you get unlimited continues if \u2018bullet \u2018hell\u2019 shooters aren\u2019t your thing.\u00a0 Two players can go at it at the same time, too.<\/p>\n

There is some interesting DLC in the form a new ship you can pilot.\u00a0 It\u2019s a mech from another shooter, this one called Cybattler from the early 90\u2019s I believe.\u00a0 You can even change your shot direction with that ship just like in the original arcade game.\u00a0 But it\u2019s only interesting if you\u2019re a die-hard shooter fan.\u00a0 Really the only problem that I had with the game is that since the playfield only takes up a third of the screen, it can be hard to see in handheld mode.\u00a0 But if you enjoy arcade style shooters, this is a good one to look into.<\/p>\n

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Kid Factor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Psyvariar Delta is rated E-10 with an ESRB descriptor of Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You shoot spaceships that explode, and that\u2019s about it.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, but not necessary just to play.\u00a0 Even though these types of games are hard, selectable difficulty modes and unlimited continues will keep it from being too frustrating for younger gamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Psyvariar was an arcade 2-D vertically scrolling shooter from around the early 2000\u2019s.\u00a0 It falls under the category called \u2018bullet hell\u2019 shooters as you must avoid large amounts of projectiles as the main challenge.\u00a0 And now you can enjoy the ultimate version on Switch, PS4, and PC (reviewed on Switch here). At first glance this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-game-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19292"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19294,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19292\/revisions\/19294"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}