Raiden Nova Review: Is This New Twin Stick Shoot 'Em Up Worth Your Time?
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- Raiden Nova Review: Is it Worth Your Time? Dive into our in-depth review of Raiden Nova, the latest installment in the classic Raiden shoot 'em up series. In this video, we explore everything from the twin-stick control mechanics to ship customization, boss battles, and game progression.
Discover how Raiden Nova’s new features compare to the traditional Raiden experience. We talk about the pros and cons, including the graphics, gameplay difficulty, and whether the modern tweaks like health bars and in-game upgrades make it a better or worse experience for longtime fans. We also touch on how easy or challenging the bosses are, and why you might find yourself saying, 'Just one more run!'
If you’re curious about whether Raiden Nova lives up to the legacy of the series, or if you're wondering whether it's worth buying, you’re in the right place. Watch our honest review, complete with gameplay highlights and tips on how to get the most out of your experience. Don't forget to subscribe for more gameplay reviews and let us know in the comments if Raiden Nova is the right direction for this classic franchise!
Raiden meets Asteroids meets Vampire Survivors
Yeah, pretty much.
also: Raiden meets HoloCure
Already pre-ordered it!
Nice recommendation from YT. Knew nothing about Raiden Nova, I'm glad I've seen your excellent video.
Thank you! :)
I have absolutely no idea why RUclips recommended this review since the last Raiden game I played was Raiden Project on the PS1, but you did a great job. Solid dialogue, well made points, and the review length was long enough to cover the major beats without dragging things out.
Thank you!
A well spoken and informative review.
Good job, man 😌
Thank you! :)
Just found your channel--Gold mine :) Keep up the great work
I'm a novice shmup fan but I think I'll pick this up and give it a try
Wow, thank you very much! :)
I just tried it now and it gave me chills, what an amazing twin stick shooter, and yes they will have to dim the background in an update soon. try: "The Ascent".
The Ascent looks intriguing.
@@PixelPulseAdventure It's a very fun game plagued by a persistent crashing issue for a lot of users, including my group of friends. The issue only happens in multiplayer though so give it a whirl for solo play.
@@Oniphire Oh, good to know. I havent used Multiplayer yet.
Let me know what you think!
Sickkkk stoked for this, I want to dev a twin stick game so bad. This is a great conversion
Sounds great. Let me know when you have something to play around.
Are there any missions that would require you to move to a certain location on the map?
Is there any reason to move away from the same section of the map? In classic Raiden there are turrets or obstacles on certain sections of the map that you had to deal with as you flew past them. Because you can keep flying in the same spot in Raiden Nova it looks like you don't need to deal with these types of hazards any more?
I love raiden games, I love twin stickers. There is something stopping getting this and I dont know what it is...
Most likely due to this game's subpar graphics and bare bone gameplay modes.
I’m getting Time Pilot vibes.
Damn! you beat me to it
@ lol 😆 yeah buddy!!! It’s not too blatantly obvious lol.
Thanks for saving my money.
You are welcome! :)
Seems like a mixed reaction to this DEVIATION from what RAIDEN fans expect.
As far as old school shooters go. It seems NOBODY remembers the old Konami classic TIME PILOT ‘84. This iteration of RAIDEN takes the gameplay of TP’84 and super charges it with bullet hell intensity and adds twin-stick controls for easy maneuvering.
I think once angry fans can understand this experiment, they might appreciate it more. Currently LIMITED RUN is producing a PHYSICAL VERSION, so I might get it… just for the TIME PILOT ‘84 nostalgia.👍🏽
Remember Armada on the Dreamcast?
I just looked it up. It looks very similar.
Hello shumps fans i bought it today happy too get it physical ps5
I just got this in the post and I guess I got what I deserve for not doing more research before buying. I hadn't been expecting a Survivor-like game.
That being said, I've played about 30 minutes (a lot for me considering my time constraints these days) and it seems comparable to other games of its genre, with some shmup twists.
It's fine, but it doesn't quite belong on a serious shmup collector's shelf. It's a novelty spinoff, and probably more profit-motivated than creative. But like I said, it's fine, not bad.
Good review, btw.
Thank you! Sound about right.
This is a mobile game marketed as a 30$ console game
This would probably be fine at $15 or under, but they want $30. Vampire Survivors is $5 and original Raiden is $7.99. LOL.
is fun game
One thing that bugs me the most while playing is that the quick dash feature (L1) will make you phase through collectibles as well, very annoying
Aside from that game also needs a lot of improvements visuals wise
Raiden Survivors
Basically Asteroids meets Raiden Fighters.
Refreshing gameplay but lack of features are what appalls me. Even Raiden V has more Raiden Fighters features than this.
I'm waiting for a new Raiden Fighters entry instead.
Raiden Fighters Jet is great
With those bonuses with the 3 items in it are you supposed to choose 1, do you get all 3 or is one randomly selected? I'm not sure how it works. Also read something about being able to reroll the bonuses, how do you do that?
When you complete a mission you can loot an item that will give you either 1,3 or 5 items or upgrades of skills. You get all of them. If you level up, you choose one out of three skills.
why did they do this instead of a new Raiden is beyond me, why change a good formula ? Raiden is one of those few franchises that were always good, and now we have this and it feels like acheap spinoff for me.
Kommst du aus Hessen? 😀 Grüße gehen raus.
Nein, nicht aus Hessen. 😉
Se parece a Beat Hazzard
graphics feel.. "cheap"..... sadly .
So can this be played without sticks? My PC doesn't have sticks. Looks like a fun game though.
It can be played with a mouse and keyboard.
This game reminds me of survivor io lol
I’m w raiden fan, a shmup fan in general, the biggest twin stick shooter fan around and I enjoyed vampire survivors a lot when it came out and I absolutely despise this game. I gave it a fair go with about 5 hours logged and it’s just trash. I was hoping for a geometry wars styled twin stick shooter. It also makes no sense that it would cost more than the game it’s ripping off.
The new style/gerne, i'd be totally into it. But the game? It disappointed me deeply
I bought it, played it for 20 minutes then deleted it! Terrible game. They should have stuck with the vertical setup and maybe add the ability to "step in and out" of the screen like in some fighting games or something like that - this is just plain awful!
Thanks for sharing. Do you like Twin-Stick-Shooter in general and Raiden Nova is just a bad Twin-Stick-Shooter or do you just like vertical shooter more? I would like to have another vertical Raiden shooter, but I have fun with Nova I have to say.
@@PixelPulseAdventure I don't mind twin-stick games such as the classic Smash TV or even some newer games like Nex Machina, Tesla vs Lovecraft or Enter the Gungeon but Raiden Nova is just a poor example of how this is put into practice - bullet hell shooters like Raiden simply won't work in an open-world type twin-stick shooting set up - they aren't to return to their roots with the vertical set up!
This is how you have productive discourse. Thanks for the discussion.
@@fullcircleretrospective9913 Agreed. This game could have been really good. I wonder if it's too late to add-in a vertical shooter gameplay option.
many of bosses here are rerelease of raiden V.
Replace the plane with the Apache, it will do a better gameplay than this..
Backward flying plane. :)
Yeah, I agree. Helicopters would have worked much better. That would have been the way to go. 🚁
what is this
This looks like a mess. So it's the same non level over and over with a different background where enemies just mindlessly fly towards the player?
Arcade mode has 6 levels with noticeable differences
So it's like geometry wars but in boring.