Mixing and matching support drones and beam types to change up how you approach stages. Speaking of ships, there are eight returning from Another Chronicle EX which each have unique combat mechanics. If you’ve ever played a Darius game before you know what to expect, with challenging stages full of great visuals and wonderfully designed bosses that look stunning and like to throw a lot of bullets at your ship. For fans of the series or shoot ’em ups in general there is a lot to get stuck into here and the gameplay is stellar. This is a vast amount of content and is hours upon hours of horizontal aquatic-themed shooting action. Finally, Chronicle throws you into a star system map filled with planets to liberate and is the main meat of the package with literally thousands of challenges which are unlocked as a community. Original EX is a variation with remixed levels and new bosses with a bump to difficulty. Original mode is the arcade experience sending you through three stages out of 12 with branching paths after each stage. This mode is joined by Original Mode, Original EX Mode and Chronicle Mode. Ultimately though it’s a relatively small chunk of a much larger whole. This is wonderful to finally see, both to actually get to play these but also from a preservation point of view. This version of the game is fundamentally the arcade version of Another Chronicle EX and includes all the modes from that release including Event Mode which has never been featured in other home releases.Įvent Mode features unique challenges which were time-limited in the arcade with all 13 included here along with a further eight completely original ones specifically for EX+. Like other games in the series you’ll progress through a variety of horizontally scrolling stages that let you choose your path as you go. Still with me? Good, as that’s not quite the end of the game's history but we’ll get back to that.Īnother Chronicle EX+ takes us back to the Darius universe where the population of planet Darius is still under attack by the fish-themed Belsar Army. That title stemmed from the original DariusBurst released on the PlayStation Portable in 2009. DariusBurst: Another Chronicle EX+ focuses on doing the same for the most recent entry in the series.ĭariusBurst: Another Chronicle EX+ has a lineage of its own and is an enhanced port of 2011’s DariusBurst: Another Chronicle EX which was itself a dual-screen arcade release based upon the previous years Another Chronicle. The Darius series has a long-running lineage that Taito has been revisiting of late, with last year’s pair of Cozmic Collections releases lovingly bringing the shoot ‘em up classics to modern audiences. Reviews // 31st Aug 2021 - 2 years ago // By Simon Brown DariusBurst: Another Chronicle EX+ Review
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