That shield swap timing at 16:20 is just so satisfying. I've seen this run several times but just noticed it the first time. This person is such a god gamer.
It always gets me that the opening lines, echoed before the finale, foreshadows exactly what happens to you at 21:40. literally dying with no regrets and therefore not knowing if you accomplished your mission or not because the final boss dies just moments AFTER you do.
If I needed to prove to someone that the strongest asset a human can have is their will, I’d show them this video. The video goes by so fast, but the skill on display is the culmination of hours upon hours of hard work, memorization, and determination. You are truly an inspiration and one of the best Ikaruga players I’ve ever seen. Well done.
the hardest challenges and stuff in games are really fascinating and they're some of my favorite stuff about it - i could nerd out for quite a bit about celeste's MOCE // LXVI for example. i love that sort of thing
@@quillllly lol I love this comment it happens all day, but man I gotta give it to you... watching this amazing ikaruga display 7 years later is awesome you're the shit. Anyways I got verified under much different rules about 10 years ago. I got lucky basically but i was offered it when one very simple video reached 250k views. Much different than it is today.
I heard about this game some years back when watching a video about bullet hells. Nice to see Sega reference this game in Sonic Frontiers. Honestly, a game about switching colors to avoid death sounds like mountains of extra pressure to me
Putting the story from Radient Silvergun and connecting it to Ikaruga, this is actually a very sad story all together. Without death, there can’t be life. Without sacrifice, there can’t be liberty. Without war, there can’t be peace.
the presentation of this game is second to none i particularly love the final stage, the whole thing just gives me chills and the music just leaves me speechless - its art
16:10 This is the moment that finally made me lose my shit, when you ducked out of the core to change polarity to get those homing shots off on it before changing back and going back in. THIS is true art.
xKawaiiMuffiin toward the end when you're dodging that crystal. the ship says please release the restraining device. Using the released power may result in the destruction of the ship. the last sentence is when the ship say was I useful to and so on.
Right at the end. As the last boss stops emitting energy waves and the scene starts and the ship positions itself for the final barrage. According to what I found the ship says "Release the restraining device. Using the released power may result in the possibility of destruction of the ship. Was I helpful for you? I am deeply grateful to you." Basically, there must've been some kind of limiter on the ship to restrain its power output. But he realized at the end that they weren't going to normally have enough power to destroy the core. If they let the core escape now it might just return and what would they do then? I also don't recall if it was the ship that was talking to him or the engineer who helped design and build the ship. Maybe he was communicating with that person instead. The pilot then disengages the limiter on the ship and unleashes the final barrage. He dies without ever knowing if he really accomplished his mission. Truly a heroic end. T__T
Well, it really does not matter. Humans will eventually dig that stone-like thing out again, starting a new cycle of life. Similar thing happened in Radiant Silvergun, only that more people died (2 left acually), so I guess you could say this is a rather good ending.
It always hurts my heart to know they die without ever getting to see whether they were succeesful or not. Literally giving it all they had right to the very end, and seeing themselves consumed by flames against an enemy that refuses to die. The last thing it knows is failure, but a mere moment later those last few bullets hit true. Perhaps they knew somehow. Perhaps they were content.
They know they can't give more. And still, they go further. Giving all and some more. They were fated to fail from the start. They pushed on. They reached the limit. And they die breaking it. NO TEARS FOR THE ONE WHO MADE THE CHOICE.
ikaruga's patterns and precision put my brain into a "zone" that ive never experienced with another game. best i could do is s++ in ch1 and s in 2, 3, 4, never beat the game
I love this videogame's story, also the messages at the opening demo, and start of each stage. Are there the people who like story of this videogame? I think, old school shoot'em up's story is as better as movies.
Who knows how many iterations humanity went through since Radiant Silvergun....But this one took. This one saw the final defeat of the Stone-Like, and humanity was at last free.
21:23 In the end, The player ship along for final moments with absorbed with fully energy max, as their The Stone-Like said to any last words before the fighter ship bring attacked were came damaged wing and gets destroyed until the player is getting sacrifices as well presumably soon to died. And after all The Stone-Like has been destroyed for massive destruction of under cases. However in the ending scene were people came shocks and very sadden here on the ikaruga beat the game several is being sacrifices, and pretty epic music and bird flying through of mountain and sky.
Bullet boy: Do not try and dodge the bullets. That's impossible. Instead... only try to realize the truth. Neo: What truth? Bullet boy: There are no bullets. Neo: There are no bullets? Bullet boy: Then you'll see, that it is not the bullets that bend, it is only yourself.
I still love the movie "The Last Starfighter" even today. One quote that describes your expert skills playing Ikaruga at hard difficulty and high score is this: "RECORD BREAKER!" Great job!
When I'm going through some faiure or disappointment in life I like to come back to this video. If you fail a million times, it may be meaningful but not in a negative sense. You take took every necessary step to towards mastery, and that's what ends up mattering. Plus the game music gets me pumped every time
It's understated how important this is. Graphical power is nice, but maximizing your art style as they have done here is a neal trick of a true artist. Much like the mechanics, the developers pushed the look of the game as far as possible giving it a unique style and visual flair all it's own. Helps it age very nicely. Radiant Silvergun has aged almost as well in my opinion.
I remember watching my friend try to get past the 2nd boss in this game when it came out 20 years ago. I sat there for a whole evening watching him relentlessly run the first two levels, he couldn’t do it. It’s just that kind of game.
It's the one thing that the original Ikaruga can't duplicate: Tageri-3 running at full speed. Only one player has aced that section perfectly to the last second - RNA out of Japan - but unlike the X360 port it has lag from on-screen items. This version runs at full speed. Fuckin beautiful.
+Evrain Brandigan Whats amazing is the ability to chain all this bullshit together while Ive played this game quite a bit and I STILL cannot beat the game without using a Continue, much less get a score like this.
+Romalian it was an incredible afternoon, coming back form holidays after I hadn't been playing for a couple of weeks - I lost my first credit at level 4.... I was never able to replicate that effort again.....
Superb show of skill. My eyes couldn't keep up. I've listened to the soundtrack right through many times, but never before seen the end of the game. Beautiful.
@@jadebayoba7073 No, different game known to be difficult. Current title is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Different genre. Ikaruga's final boss is named Tageri
Your ship going down before Stone Like is such an important aspect of this game's storytelling. Not at the same time, not just after, but well before the last shot is fired and the outcome is unclear. It aligns with all of the establishments the game's text makes since the first 3 lines of text, and holistically it speaks to the nature of risk and aligning yourself to ideals that are never certain to come true, yet being content in not the result but the attempt that was made. Ikaruga is the most beautiful shmup ever created, combining bullet hell with puzzle solving and poetry to deliver a message that resonates deeper as an individual progresses deeper into their own lives and experiences the stages first hand. It is all parts intellectual, emotional, reactionary and reflective achieved in under 30 minutes of presentation. To this day the fact that Ikaruga exists by human creation blows my mind.
i have a theory, many say this game is a spiritual sequel to radiant silvergun, but i think it's a direct sequel spoilers: after defeating the stone-like (the golden tetrahedron), it's revealed that it's an atemporal being who seeks to stop humanity from destroying itself, by resetting time until they realize the error of their warmongering nature, creator, the robot, is the only link between timelines, as he's always found alongside the stone-like, this version was sent back to the past, carrying the dna of the protagonists, buster and reana, which he used to clone then in the new timeline, thus restarting the time loop. here's where ikarouga fits, after contless timeloops, creator takes matters into it's own hands and upgrades himself into a modified silvergun, and faces the stone-like, however, he had a power limiter holding him back, as to not stress his body, and in his final moments, he deactivates the limiter, unleashing all his power and destroying itself, his true nature would never be truly understood, but in that timeline, creator would be remembered a hero and humanity's saviour. thus manking can now move on to a brighter future.
Not me or anyone I knew could get past 12:45 back in the day. The strangest sensation for me was watching and listening past that point-especially hearing music I'd never heard before.
I would almost be willing to say that this is a TAS but he dies in stage three, so it's got to be a person. But the reflexes, the knowledge seem to indicate to me that this is machine precision. So there is only one conclusion... This man is a Human TAS. Unbelievable.
Taylord touhou 8 has beautiful art. I like the first touhou game. I don't know why people don't like it. The guy who made ikaruga are called treasure and they made great games like gunstar heroes
One of my proudest achievements was one coin clearing this game. As Kagari of course, idk why but Ikaruga's ship was always hard for me to see compared to hers.
Who programmes this boss and is like Bullets: 0%_________________◇100% Speed: 0%_________________◇100% Dodge Difficulty: 0%_________________◇100% Space left on screen for movement: 0%◇_________________100% "Hm... ok. Seems reasonable"
Testiment of skill.... I remember playing this game on 360 and I ragequit on the boss of Stage 2 after this game kicked my ass. Mind you this is a very good game, but damn it gets brutal at points. I watch playthroughs of games like this and they impress me. Good skills :)
I remember the first time I heard of Ikaruga almost a lifetime ago. Bought it for the GameCube. It kicked my arse for 18 months until I finally managed to beat it. It’s still in my top 10 all time. Although I’m now 40, and can no longer challenge it, it’s still one hell of a ride.
Never saw something like this. I never passed world 2 back then, and now I see this? So freaking awesome! I can't do nothing but bow to your skill...! O.o
I'm usually not one to complain about hard games, but the polarity system confused me way too often and I forget which color I am when dodging bullets. But an excellent game nonetheless.
But...there's only two different types. And they have completely different colours...It's like the most basic system you could have aside from everything kills.
floooooooooooooooood everything kills is hard by itself, add the polarity system and it gets confusing as hell. Not sure you watched the video or played the game if you think this is simple.
@@rorz999 It's a different type of difficult. You do not see bullet absorbing mechanic in games like Touhou, where you only concern on two major things: dodging bullets and shooting. In Ikaruga you have three major concerns to worry about: dodging bullets, absorbing bullets and shooting. This alone makes Ikaruga stand out from Touhou which would make it and unfair comparison.
So much shit going on that I can't even enjoy watching it cuz I can't tell if anything is hitting you. I can't imagine what it's like to be playing it.
@@pentexsucks43 That's what annoys me. When I pointed out that the final boss was a 1 to 1 copy of Ikaruga on a video of the final boss, some sonic fan told me "Ikaruga? Nobody has heard of that game besides you probably, who would copy that shit" The fucking gall.
@@lucylu3342 just a bunch of zoomers who've never played a real shmup in their lives, thinking that just because they haven't heard of something, no one else has. Just sucks that this game is being undermined by "cute anime bullet hell" that the fans haven't even played
i for one i really appreciate Sonic Team doing a homage to Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga The End also has a bit of "Fake Moon" from Metal Black and "The Stone Like" from both Ikaruga and Radiant
I was genuinely happy to see the final boss was Ikaruga while taking a page from Yoko Taro's book with having the final boss be completely different from what the player would be expecting. It shows that they still have some of daring and experimental spirit old Sonic Team used to have.
The amount of skill shown in this video takes years to master , this person probably has thousands of hours on this game a few dozen even a few hundred hours will not get you this type of skill, this is mastery absolute perfection
This game reminds me of Raiden... with a health bar on the top of the screen from all the enemies and bosses, switching sides (light and dark) called polarity, no bombs, slow motion boss explosions, bullets don't hurt you if you are on the light or dark side of your ship and it just builds up power to release from your ship, a chain meter, a boss warning intro, and no upgrades.
wow! you are not Human... you are Super Human. That was amazing. I can't even beat level 2 haha I was never good at this style of gaming but I like watching. This was amazing, I have never seen such a beautiful game. My brain does hurt because I can not process all the data going on. man.. Great Job!
Magnifique jeu, une référence dans le milieu du shoot. Le seul problème est qu'il est tellement dur qu'on a pas un instant pour admirer les jolis décors.
Dark Souls is a walk in the park compared to this. Anyone can complete Dark Souls, sure you'll die, but then its about learning why and where you died and trying to avoid it the next time and slowly progressing. This game takes alien level skills to chain whole levels and get S++ ranks on Hard. Even on Easy and Normal its very hard to chain whole levels, nevermind the whole game
This is one of those games that looks so good the backgrounds get you killed. You want to look at the details of the beautiful backdrops and forget that you have a hell storm of bullets coming at you.
Imagine your some leader of this advanced civilization that has built these super structures that support countless souls who live and work and grow in these technological marvels. Then imagine a single ship coming in and F***ing things up and no matter how much funds and resources and souls you throw at it, it does not stop until it gets to you. Man I would be so heated seeing all this destroyed!!!
![IKARUGA 1CC Superplay [Hard Difficulty]](/img/1.gif)
That shield swap timing at 16:20 is just so satisfying.
I've seen this run several times but just noticed it the first time.
This person is such a god gamer.
Nice catch; didn't notice it either (first time watching it though).
This isn't a WR is it? I noticed a dropped life.
@@SicketMog It was, not sure if it still is.
I think Ikaruga was part of a supersoldier reflex training program, but as a joke they released it to the population..
God decides to take an afternoon to see what this Ikaruga is all about.
Lol! Awesome comment is awesome
+Big Core Mk X he still died twice.
Harli Baron I hope this guy doesn't come after me!
Epic 😄
Still takes him a fair while to git gud
It’s crazy how adding a little bit of text can make a game so emotional.
I didn't understand shit about the texts. Makes no sense.
@@SirGeorgeofWorcestershireSame, the translation is so bad.
It always gets me that the opening lines, echoed before the finale, foreshadows exactly what happens to you at 21:40. literally dying with no regrets and therefore not knowing if you accomplished your mission or not because the final boss dies just moments AFTER you do.
Damn...
If I needed to prove to someone that the strongest asset a human can have is their will, I’d show them this video. The video goes by so fast, but the skill on display is the culmination of hours upon hours of hard work, memorization, and determination. You are truly an inspiration and one of the best Ikaruga players I’ve ever seen. Well done.
the hardest challenges and stuff in games are really fascinating and they're some of my favorite stuff about it - i could nerd out for quite a bit about celeste's MOCE // LXVI for example. i love that sort of thing
How about you show them something that isn’t a video game? You know, something that helps people other than the player exclusively?
@@blue_shiner why would I care about that when helping people isnt what my comment was focused on
@@ravioli4601 There's no point to doing anything if it only helps your own ego.
@@blue_shiner cant tell if youre being intellectually dishonest or trolling but im jus not gonna entertain this
I watch this when I think I'm really good at something. It puts me in my place.
verified with 200 subscribers?
@@quillllly lol I love this comment it happens all day, but man I gotta give it to you... watching this amazing ikaruga display 7 years later is awesome you're the shit. Anyways I got verified under much different rules about 10 years ago. I got lucky basically but i was offered it when one very simple video reached 250k views. Much different than it is today.
@@BradAhrens Interesting. Also I didn't upload this just to be clear lmao. I can't imagine being this good at a game.
@@quillllly bro this is peak gaming and to be clear I knew it wasn't you who did this. This session is far beyond 99% of gaming today.
This might be the most impressive display of any kind of skill I've ever seen in my entire life.
I heard about this game some years back when watching a video about bullet hells. Nice to see Sega reference this game in Sonic Frontiers.
Honestly, a game about switching colors to avoid death sounds like mountains of extra pressure to me
Putting the story from Radient Silvergun and connecting it to Ikaruga, this is actually a very sad story all together. Without death, there can’t be life. Without sacrifice, there can’t be liberty. Without war, there can’t be peace.
it seems we facing the stone-llike prism from radiant silvergun once again in Ikaruga.
the presentation of this game is second to none
i particularly love the final stage, the whole thing just gives me chills and the music just leaves me speechless - its art
16:10 This is the moment that finally made me lose my shit, when you ducked out of the core to change polarity to get those homing shots off on it before changing back and going back in. THIS is true art.
One of the best videogames ever. Absolutely impressive.
yeah and the graphics looks amazing and impressive for a hardest 2001 game
Even more impressive when you consider that this is mostly the work of one man.
@@jitensha5231 yep Hiroshi Iuchi, he worked for the graphics, and soundtrack!
"Was I helpful to you?...I'm deeply grateful to you..." I tear up every time I hear the ship say that.
if those R-type... I kind cry loud
xKawaiiMuffiin toward the end when you're dodging that crystal.
the ship says please release the restraining device. Using the released power may result in the destruction of the ship. the last sentence is when the ship say was I useful to and so on.
😢
Right at the end. As the last boss stops emitting energy waves and the scene starts and the ship positions itself for the final barrage.
According to what I found the ship says
"Release the restraining device.
Using the released power may result in the possibility of destruction of the ship.
Was I helpful for you?
I am deeply grateful to you."
Basically, there must've been some kind of limiter on the ship to restrain its power output. But he realized at the end that they weren't going to normally have enough power to destroy the core. If they let the core escape now it might just return and what would they do then?
I also don't recall if it was the ship that was talking to him or the engineer who helped design and build the ship. Maybe he was communicating with that person instead.
The pilot then disengages the limiter on the ship and unleashes the final barrage.
He dies without ever knowing if he really accomplished his mission. Truly a heroic end. T__T
Well, it really does not matter. Humans will eventually dig that stone-like thing out again, starting a new cycle of life.
Similar thing happened in Radiant Silvergun, only that more people died (2 left acually), so I guess you could say this is a rather good ending.
It always hurts my heart to know they die without ever getting to see whether they were succeesful or not. Literally giving it all they had right to the very end, and seeing themselves consumed by flames against an enemy that refuses to die. The last thing it knows is failure, but a mere moment later those last few bullets hit true. Perhaps they knew somehow. Perhaps they were content.
"I will not die until I achieve something.
Even though the ideal is high, I never give in.
*Therefore, I never die with regrets.* "
I love this comment.
Holy shit, is this what too much ikaruga does to a man
They know they can't give more. And still, they go further. Giving all and some more. They were fated to fail from the start. They pushed on. They reached the limit. And they die breaking it.
NO TEARS FOR THE ONE WHO MADE THE CHOICE.
At least the goddamn Stone-Like is destroyed, and can toy with humanity no longer; THAT is worth giving one's life for.
21:23 - I shed a tear.
Damn it, Treasure, you are not supposed to make me feel that.
Also, your ship blows up before the enemy, so technically the pilot never knew if his suicide maneuver was successful or not...
@@Rhannmah maybe they survived for a little longer to see the enemy defeated?
@@anamenot watch it again, your ship blows up and isn't even onscreen anymore while your homing lasers aren't even done pelting the crystal
@@Rhannmah oh I see
@@RhannmahMaybe his eyeball caught a glimpse.
If a human can complete Ikaruga on hard with S++, this human also can invent warp and beaming for sure.
Nah, I think he'd rather play video games.
@@jp3813 can't blame him
This was one of the most impressive things I have ever seen in my entire life. It’s amazing what the human brain is capable of
Never saw the player. What makes you think that he/she is human?
cosme28 they’re human you dunce
Wait until you see the guy that play's with 2 ships at the same time.
ikaruga's patterns and precision put my brain into a "zone" that ive never experienced with another game. best i could do is s++ in ch1 and s in 2, 3, 4, never beat the game
I can only get an A on the first chapter. I always end up breaking my chain or dying in the stupidest of ways. 😕
Came here looking for Sonic Frontiers comments. Got just that.
lol
I love this videogame's story, also the messages at the opening demo, and start of each stage.
Are there the people who like story of this videogame?
I think, old school shoot'em up's story is as better as movies.
I think I prefer RSG's story over this one.
It might have something to do with actually knowing the darn story in game, but still.
Damn...you got skills.
I'm impress by your game play.
You are truly a master.
Love this game! Even with so little words, the story just feels so epic!!
Switching with the music @16:20 , I'm done.
+Matthew Anderson Thats how the song goes..
+Matthew Anderson me too
+Matthew Anderson Now, if they did that when they were actually PLAYING....
Godlike.
well played
25 minutes of butt clenching interspersed with brief but abhorrent translations of Eastern philosophies... I LOVE IT
Who knows how many iterations humanity went through since Radiant Silvergun....But this one took. This one saw the final defeat of the Stone-Like, and humanity was at last free.
21:23 In the end, The player ship along for final moments with absorbed with fully energy max, as their The Stone-Like said to any last words before the fighter ship bring attacked were came damaged wing and gets destroyed until the player is getting sacrifices as well presumably soon to died. And after all The Stone-Like has been destroyed for massive destruction of under cases.
However in the ending scene were people came shocks and very sadden here on the ikaruga beat the game several is being sacrifices, and pretty epic music and bird flying through of mountain and sky.
Bullet boy:
Do not try and dodge the bullets. That's impossible. Instead... only try to
realize the truth.
Neo:
What truth?
Bullet boy:
There are no bullets.
Neo:
There are no bullets?
Bullet boy:
Then you'll see, that it is not the bullets that bend, it is only yourself.
That was beautiful.
In touhou, you must dodging the bullets
Fantastic use of that matrix scene :)
I still love the movie "The Last Starfighter" even today. One quote that describes your expert skills playing Ikaruga at hard difficulty and high score is this: "RECORD BREAKER!" Great job!
When I'm going through some faiure or disappointment in life I like to come back to this video. If you fail a million times, it may be meaningful but not in a negative sense. You take took every necessary step to towards mastery, and that's what ends up mattering.
Plus the game music gets me pumped every time
Can't get over that last stage, thanks to youtube, its the only way I will ever get to see it.
It's on Steam now for PC, so if you've discarded your Dreamcast, you can play it now.
Man Beadle I have this on Steam and Dreamcast. It's that good of a game.
kelvin santiago I have it on GameCube and Xbox 360. I cannot pass the last boss.
I think my brain died.
It's not dead. If it is, you whouldn't be able to think now.
@KMSGatzmarck ruclips.net/video/WeVt28i67Pw/видео.html
@@marcoboni9935 you are the dumb who tries to see inteligent right?
This game is rather pretty considering its age.
Good art style
This gameplay is from Xbox 360.
It's understated how important this is. Graphical power is nice, but maximizing your art style as they have done here is a neal trick of a true artist. Much like the mechanics, the developers pushed the look of the game as far as possible giving it a unique style and visual flair all it's own. Helps it age very nicely.
Radiant Silvergun has aged almost as well in my opinion.
Jeremy Garcia seriously? Try Dreamcast to be accurate.
try Sega Naomi to be accurate
Ikaruga is Timeless.. What a Beautiful Game
It isn't just a game, its.... a poetry
I remember watching my friend try to get past the 2nd boss in this game when it came out 20 years ago. I sat there for a whole evening watching him relentlessly run the first two levels, he couldn’t do it. It’s just that kind of game.
It's the one thing that the original Ikaruga can't duplicate: Tageri-3 running at full speed. Only one player has aced that section perfectly to the last second - RNA out of Japan - but unlike the X360 port it has lag from on-screen items. This version runs at full speed.
Fuckin beautiful.
Wow that ending I didn' see coming it almost made me cry.
You and me both mate.
My mind stopped computing the onslaught of bullets halfway through stage 2....
+Evrain Brandigan Whats amazing is the ability to chain all this bullshit together while Ive played this game quite a bit and I STILL cannot beat the game without using a Continue, much less get a score like this.
+Romalian my best effort was completing the game with a score ending with a 6, which means I used 6 credits........
+pensarefare Better than I've ever done. Lol
+Romalian it was an incredible afternoon, coming back form holidays after I hadn't been playing for a couple of weeks - I lost my first credit at level 4.... I was never able to replicate that effort again.....
Stage 2 is probably the easiest to get an S++ rank on.
the opening music sequence on stage one is epic.
Superb show of skill. My eyes couldn't keep up. I've listened to the soundtrack right through many times, but never before seen the end of the game. Beautiful.
This is beautiful. Original arcade gaming. Something long forgotten nowadays. Thank you.
Wow! That opener never fails to give me the goose bumps. Retro...
Congratulations for your superhuman skills
Holy shit, I can barely hope to play like that on the first stage.
....and here I thought I was good for just being able to survive levels 1 through 3....
+Ashadow Reviews I completed Level 2 ??
Dont worry... We're still good, guys.
We ARE...
It really makes you feel sad when the ship blows with the final attack. The music really helps with the feeling of the game.
Esse jogo é incrível!! Simples, porém complexo. O gameplay e a trilha sonora são incomparáveis.
I just beat Sekiro; I thought that was a pretty good accomplishment.
It was nothing.
John Petersen Sekiro is the last boss?
@@jadebayoba7073 No, different game known to be difficult. Current title is Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice. Different genre. Ikaruga's final boss is named Tageri
@@Kaleidio Ooh
Same here!
All souls are nothing really
Your ship going down before Stone Like is such an important aspect of this game's storytelling. Not at the same time, not just after, but well before the last shot is fired and the outcome is unclear. It aligns with all of the establishments the game's text makes since the first 3 lines of text, and holistically it speaks to the nature of risk and aligning yourself to ideals that are never certain to come true, yet being content in not the result but the attempt that was made.
Ikaruga is the most beautiful shmup ever created, combining bullet hell with puzzle solving and poetry to deliver a message that resonates deeper as an individual progresses deeper into their own lives and experiences the stages first hand. It is all parts intellectual, emotional, reactionary and reflective achieved in under 30 minutes of presentation. To this day the fact that Ikaruga exists by human creation blows my mind.
i have a theory, many say this game is a spiritual sequel to radiant silvergun, but i think it's a direct sequel
spoilers:
after defeating the stone-like (the golden tetrahedron), it's revealed that it's an atemporal being who seeks to stop humanity from destroying itself, by resetting time until they realize the error of their warmongering nature, creator, the robot, is the only link between timelines, as he's always found alongside the stone-like, this version was sent back to the past, carrying the dna of the protagonists, buster and reana, which he used to clone then in the new timeline, thus restarting the time loop.
here's where ikarouga fits, after contless timeloops, creator takes matters into it's own hands and upgrades himself into a modified silvergun, and faces the stone-like, however, he had a power limiter holding him back, as to not stress his body, and in his final moments, he deactivates the limiter, unleashing all his power and destroying itself, his true nature would never be truly understood, but in that timeline, creator would be remembered a hero and humanity's saviour. thus manking can now move on to a brighter future.
Who's here after beating Sonic Frontiers?
me
lol
Why? I am curious
@@TMALATERALUS Slight Sonic Frontiers spoilers but the final boss of that game pays homage to Ikaruga.
@@SuperPlaytendo Yeeeep
This game IS a real masterpiece forever......
no matter talking about the design, system, music and most of all....talented players.
RESPECT.
Not me or anyone I knew could get past 12:45 back in the day. The strangest sensation for me was watching and listening past that point-especially hearing music I'd never heard before.
huh, that boss really is just ikaruga
Fantasy role-playing
the world: we are one step away from Horai's total domination.... you are our last hope.
the pilot: my chains!!!
I would almost be willing to say that this is a TAS but he dies in stage three, so it's got to be a person. But the reflexes, the knowledge seem to indicate to me that this is machine precision. So there is only one conclusion... This man is a Human TAS. Unbelievable.
A Failed Mercenary super asian
Maybe he died on purpose, to delude us and make us believe he is human.
Wow...damned good job. Watching it on this difficulty shows just how well a crafted shmup Ikaruga is. Some of those bullet patterns are beautiful.
+Glowson i've seen so many people compare this game to touhou even though they don't have much in common.
i personally think this is the best shump out there, very creative, innovative system, and difficulty is not relying on number of bullets alone.
Taylord touhou 8 has beautiful art. I like the first touhou game. I don't know why people don't like it. The guy who made ikaruga are called treasure and they made great games like gunstar heroes
I think it's because most people just associate shmups with touhou@@taylord5381
One of my proudest achievements was one coin clearing this game. As Kagari of course, idk why but Ikaruga's ship was always hard for me to see compared to hers.
The transition at 0:35 always gives me chills.
same 😢
start from 18:46 to 19:57, it insanely intense!
Who programmes this boss and is like
Bullets: 0%_________________◇100%
Speed: 0%_________________◇100%
Dodge Difficulty: 0%_________________◇100%
Space left on screen for movement:
0%◇_________________100%
"Hm... ok. Seems reasonable"
When I was younger, my cousin and I always thought that in the ending, the pilot ejected his seat...
I love the stage one music. I usually don't make it too much further than stage 1, so I get to hear it a lot.
右側の梵字は大日如来のバーンクで、左側の梵字は不動明王のカーンですよね。
この二つの梵字は表裏一体であります。
Interesante ese dato, ojala hubiera una trilogía de Ikaruga 😞
This Video shows how amazing designed Treasure Games are!
This video shows how amazingly designed humans are.
세월이 지나도 명작은 잊혀지지 않는다...2001년도 게임이라는게 믿기지 않는 퀄리티
斑鳩フォーエバー
Beautiful play!
And it's funny to see the staff roll of the version extended so longer than the original by just a few super creative creators
This is one of the best unique bullet hell games ever made making the projectiles useful in a advantage.
Testiment of skill.... I remember playing this game on 360 and I ragequit on the boss of Stage 2 after this game kicked my ass. Mind you this is a very good game, but damn it gets brutal at points. I watch playthroughs of games like this and they impress me. Good skills :)
I remember the first time I heard of Ikaruga almost a lifetime ago. Bought it for the GameCube. It kicked my arse for 18 months until I finally managed to beat it.
It’s still in my top 10 all time. Although I’m now 40, and can no longer challenge it, it’s still one hell of a ride.
Thank you so much for showing me how the second boss looks like. I never had enough skills to proceed that far :)
16:20 i see what ya did there, and i approve wholeheartedly!
The beginning/end of this game is so awesome!!
The whole game is so epic!!
Never saw something like this. I never passed world 2 back then, and now I see this? So freaking awesome! I can't do nothing but bow to your skill...! O.o
I'm usually not one to complain about hard games, but the polarity system confused me way too often and I forget which color I am when dodging bullets. But an excellent game nonetheless.
I agree. EXTREMELY confusing, so I gave up on it.
But...there's only two different types. And they have completely different colours...It's like the most basic system you could have aside from everything kills.
floooooooooooooooood everything kills is hard by itself, add the polarity system and it gets confusing as hell. Not sure you watched the video or played the game if you think this is simple.
Stwff The concept is but very hard to master. Important detail.
@@rorz999 It's a different type of difficult. You do not see bullet absorbing mechanic in games like Touhou, where you only concern on two major things: dodging bullets and shooting. In Ikaruga you have three major concerns to worry about: dodging bullets, absorbing bullets and shooting. This alone makes Ikaruga stand out from Touhou which would make it and unfair comparison.
So much shit going on that I can't even enjoy watching it cuz I can't tell if anything is hitting you. I can't imagine what it's like to be playing it.
its a puzzle shooter...he absorbs the bullets using a certain shield and shot...but its hard as fuck to see shit on this difficulty for sure...
And here I am, not able to play through 2 chapter without dying on normal. This game is sick.
Sonic Team did you think we wouldn't notice you copying a whole-ass gameplay mechanic from another game lol
Apparently not since normies think it's Touhou
@@pentexsucks43 That's what annoys me.
When I pointed out that the final boss was a 1 to 1 copy of Ikaruga on a video of the final boss, some sonic fan told me "Ikaruga? Nobody has heard of that game besides you probably, who would copy that shit"
The fucking gall.
@@lucylu3342 just a bunch of zoomers who've never played a real shmup in their lives, thinking that just because they haven't heard of something, no one else has. Just sucks that this game is being undermined by "cute anime bullet hell" that the fans haven't even played
i for one i really appreciate Sonic Team doing a homage to Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga
The End also has a bit of "Fake Moon" from Metal Black and "The Stone Like" from both Ikaruga and Radiant
I was genuinely happy to see the final boss was Ikaruga while taking a page from Yoko Taro's book with having the final boss be completely different from what the player would be expecting. It shows that they still have some of daring and experimental spirit old Sonic Team used to have.
The amount of skill shown in this video takes years to master , this person probably has thousands of hours on this game a few dozen even a few hundred hours will not get you this type of skill, this is mastery absolute perfection
This game reminds me of Raiden... with a health bar on the top of the screen from all the enemies and bosses, switching sides (light and dark) called polarity, no bombs, slow motion boss explosions, bullets don't hurt you if you are on the light or dark side of your ship and it just builds up power to release from your ship, a chain meter, a boss warning intro, and no upgrades.
***** Yes.
wow! you are not Human... you are Super Human. That was amazing. I can't even beat level 2 haha I was never good at this style of gaming but I like watching. This was amazing, I have never seen such a beautiful game. My brain does hurt because I can not process all the data going on. man.. Great Job!
Einhander, Gradius 5, Ikaruga, Radiant Silvergun, R-Type Delta, Border Down, all great games came from this era.
Sonic frontiers final boss.
The hacking mini games and the final boss were modeled after this game. This games been out for years
@@mexicano6169925it was a joke 💀
One word to describe this entire game: Symbolic.
Aaaaaah! Fine. People like you are the only reasons I remain humble in my teachings. Expertly done! Especially on that stage 4 clear.
This game is already hard enough on Easy , imagine trying to do this on Hard......you earned yourself a medal
Imagine if this Godly game had an equally Godly anime to go along with it...
What are you?
Why are we?
Magnifique jeu, une référence dans le milieu du shoot.
Le seul problème est qu'il est tellement dur qu'on a pas un instant pour admirer les jolis décors.
Play this game if Dark soul is too easy 4u.
Dark Souls is a walk in the park compared to this. Anyone can complete Dark Souls, sure you'll die, but then its about learning why and where you died and trying to avoid it the next time and slowly progressing. This game takes alien level skills to chain whole levels and get S++ ranks on Hard. Even on Easy and Normal its very hard to chain whole levels, nevermind the whole game
This is one of those games that looks so good the backgrounds get you killed. You want to look at the details of the beautiful backdrops and forget that you have a hell storm of bullets coming at you.
Sonic Frontiers brought me here
12 years later, this shit made me cry, insane, beautiful.
This game has one of the most epic OSTs I've ever heard
One of the few game I played that made me cry all the time. Because IT WAS FUCKING HARD
¡¡Brutal, no hay nada más que decir!!
Imagine your some leader of this advanced civilization that has built these super structures that support countless souls who live and work and grow in these technological marvels. Then imagine a single ship coming in and F***ing things up and no matter how much funds and resources and souls you throw at it, it does not stop until it gets to you.
Man I would be so heated seeing all this destroyed!!!
Gorgeous game. 4 People made this. Still great looking graphics, outstanding music, mindboggling gameplay. Everything. 4. People.🤘
Phase three of Metempsychosis is fucking mesmerizing to watch.
Este juego es el mas genial de todos!! que buena dificultad!! Ojala lanzacen una segunda entrega de este juego! :")
This games is much more enjoyable to watch than play.