{"id":21316,"date":"2021-06-11T00:01:56","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T00:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/?p=21316"},"modified":"2021-05-28T12:45:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-28T12:45:56","slug":"r-type-final-2-ps4-switch-xbox-one-xbox-x-s-pc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/11\/r-type-final-2-ps4-switch-xbox-one-xbox-x-s-pc\/","title":{"rendered":"R-Type Final 2 (PS4, Switch, Xbox One, Xbox X\/S, PC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>R-Type is a classic 2-D side scrolling shooter series that was super popular in the late 80\u2019s and early 90\u2019s.\u00a0 While these kinds of games were a dime a dozen back then, R-Type stood out with its detailed graphics (at the time), and unique power-up system.\u00a0 In fact, many consoles back then that had a home port of R-Type would show it off in commercials to demonstrate the power of their system, like the SEGA Master System and Turbo Grafix-16.\u00a0 Many, many years and sequels later, game maker Irem, creator of R-Type, would release one last game in the series called R-Type Final on the PS2.\u00a0 Of course it really wasn\u2019t the last in the series, as I do believe they also made a strategy game spin-off.\u00a0 And even though Irem is sadly no longer in business, R-Type lives on with R-Type Final 2, a sequel nearly 20 years after the last one.\u00a0 It\u2019s available on most current consoles and PC, but reviewed on PS4 here.<\/p>\n

Even though the game uses crisp 3-D graphics, the gameplay still remains the same.\u00a0 Pilot your ship in 2-D sidescrolling fashion, shooting everything that moves.\u00a0 You can change your speed with the L1 and L2 buttons, as well as use charged shots or rapid fire.\u00a0 Soon after you start, you\u2019ll get the game series trademark orb, which you can attach to the front or the rear of your ship to shoot in front or behind you.\u00a0 You can also separate it and it\u2019ll fire on its own.\u00a0 If you have it attached and collect a power-up, you can fire powerful weapons like reflecting lasers and circle shots.\u00a0 There are also missiles and bits, too.\u00a0 It\u2019s all familiar territory to R-Type fans.\u00a0 I\u2019m glad that your ship doesn\u2019t get destroyed by touching walls in this one, as the 3-D graphics can make it hard to tell what you can and can\u2019t hit, but you still die in one hit if you collide with a bullet or enemy ship.\u00a0 Then you start at the last checkpoint with all your power-ups gone, so it\u2019s very challenging like the original!<\/p>\n

There are many game modes to mess around with.\u00a0 Start Game is the main one where you start from the beginning and have limited lives and continues to get as far as you can.\u00a0 Beat your high scores in stages you\u2019ve already completed in Stage & Score Attack.\u00a0 Data & Gallery has a whole menu in itself to explore, such as the R Museum where you can craft your own ships using things you\u2019ve collected in the game.\u00a0 And there are tons of ships, too!\u00a0 You can also edit each ship\u2019s colors, so go ahead and pilot a puke green craft if you want.\u00a0 Pilot and War Record lets you edit your pilot\u2019s suit, actions, and phrases, which is odd since you never see your pilot outside of a few cutscenes.\u00a0 View the enemies you\u2019ve destroyed in the Bydo Lab, and check out other unlocked art in the Gallery.\u00a0 Finally in the Data & Gallery mode you can view the credits.\u00a0 Back in the main menu, you can toggle things in the Options and buy decals for your ships with in-game currency you\u2019ve collected in the Shop.\u00a0 You can also view the game instructions in the R Manual, which I am thankful for since many games nowadays don\u2019t even come with instructions, and the ones that do are usually poorly written.\u00a0 Finally there is a Special menu where you can unlock extra things if you were a Kickstarter backer for this game.\u00a0 I had no idea there was a Kickstarter for this game (there are so many of those), so I hate it that I can see so many things I\u2019m missing out on in this game.\u00a0 That\u2019s one of the reasons why I\u2019m not a big fan of Kickstarters.<\/p>\n

Aside from that, the only other big problem I have with the game is that it\u2019s just too darn hard!\u00a0 If you get hit you die instantly and you must start back at a checkpoint with no power-ups!\u00a0 And you only get a few lives and limited continues!\u00a0 Granted I know that\u2019s how the original game was, and I\u2019m all for retro game sensibilities.\u00a0 But there are some of those that need to just go away.\u00a0 I had the game set on the easiest difficulty selection and I still couldn\u2019t get past stage 3!\u00a0 I know I\u2019m not very good at R-Type games, but come on!\u00a0 Sometimes I didn\u2019t even know what hit me!\u00a0 It\u2019s fine when you\u2019re just plunking a few quarters into an arcade machine, but when you are paying full price for a game to play at home, I think you should have the capability to see everything in it, no matter your skill level.\u00a0 So I think they should\u2019ve let you have more lives or infinite continues if you wished.\u00a0 As it stands, I\u2019d say only get this game if you\u2019re REALLY good at R-Type and 2-D shooters in general.<\/p>\n

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

R-Type Final 2 is rated E-10 with ESRB descriptors of Animated Blood and Fantasy Violence.\u00a0 You sometimes fight alien critters that splat guts everywhere, and there are lots of exploding spaceships.\u00a0 But that\u2019s about as violent as it gets.\u00a0 Reading skill is helpful for some of the text, and younger players may find this game too difficult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

R-Type is a classic 2-D side scrolling shooter series that was super popular in the late 80\u2019s and early 90\u2019s.\u00a0 While these kinds of games were a dime a dozen back then, R-Type stood out with its detailed graphics (at the time), and unique power-up system.\u00a0 In fact, many consoles back then that had a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21316","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\/21316","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=21316"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21318,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21316\/revisions\/21318"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gamerdad.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}