Oh man, Otomedius Excellent being rated an average score? OK, the first time I played this, I realized on what the hell was wrong with it. First, the certain weapons which are always used in Gradius games are horrendous when trying to take out the enemies and the weakspots of the bosses. Second, some of the platonic breaks are tremendous but the other platonic breaks are already the best all along. Third, the gameplay quality isn't perfect either just like Radiant Silvergun for XBLA in which I already had the same realization. Forth, the way you charge the platonic break is horrendous like hell compared to using the D-Burst feature from the original which is kind of easy but on the Xbox 360 version, the lack of touchpad buttons may be kind of difficult compared to playing the arcade version. Sure, there's the touchpad on the controller when it comes to buying the original, no wonder the original version could not be released on Asian Games On Demand. And speaking of Asian Games On Demand, the sequel was already released a month ago without any notice from me until I checked again one more time to see if there is something new. In addition to Japanese and Asian Games On Demand release, there also happened to have US Games On Demand release. Last flaw is the inaccurate character concept for boss battles like, why the hell are certain traitors joining the Baterion?
And that concludes the rant, it is already mediocre to me but still, it is supposed to be as fun as playing the original Otomedius and Gradius V. Perhaps this is some game you should spend your money on instead of KOF Sky Stage which is slightly below average to me. So the rating is 5.8/10 for how screwed up the weapons are and the way you charge the platonic break whose attempt is kind of delayed before the charging starts.
For Every Extend Extra, it appears that the Original Mode has everything replaced except for the background, enemies, effects and especially the self-destructor ship. Yes, the Original Mode is what Every Extend Extra is inspired on. Not to mention by surprise that there is Numa Numa in this game, I already saw a video of some final stage before I bought the game.
