THE greatest shmup ever created. There are a few that come close (Ikaruga, R-Type) but none surpass this masterpiece. I still have it on PS2 both used and MIB, just wish they'd do a remaster for current gen. It'd be great on the go on Switch.
I have watched hundreds of Gradius V players over the years and I am a player myself, but I have never seen a playthrough like this. The playthrough takes everything you know about Gradius's mechanics and you flip them on their head. Strategic posiitioning with multiples whilst using the E laser is excellent, and the selective charge firing takes some knowledge as to when to fire the E laser.
The sound design on this game is incredible, and so is the music. (I only found out recently that it's the same guy who did the music for Final Fantasy Tactics and FF XII).
Lol just been watching again this game is visually stunning and the audio is amazing too, got all the tracks on myipod. I wish a hd port would be released.
Gradius V is surprisingly still graphically impressive even after all this time. The level design is very good too. You can tell there was passion put into making this game. It's sad to see Konami practically abandon this franchise.
It's sad to see Konami, a once great video game publisher, almost completely abandon video games in general and become a mockery of their former selves. Seriously, someone with deep pockets just needs to buy out Konami's classic franchises.
Overall I think that Konami stopped making shoot em up because the genre became in a pretty small niche market, the last based in Gradius if I am not wrong was "Otomedius Excelent" exclusively for the Xbox 360. I think Gradius will back in some point of the future, I also love Gradius is my favorite shoot em up. About Konami itself the things were pretty harsh for the company between 2015 - 2017, but them are improving now, maybe not great but I think I can call it "good". About the mockery I think is pretty easy ignore it, foolish people (The people swearing and being rude) don't deserve much time but I think out there is people that have proper criticism for the company and them know that the proper way to critize Konami is not buying the games from the company. At least it seems like most people still trust in the company, the 1 millions copies sold of Super Bomberman R are a proof of that and the rude comments usually don't get too much attention compared to the nice comments. I wish them the best, hopefully next years will be better for the company. Hope dies last, and if not out there are more than 100+ worthy Konami old games that are worth checking. (At least for me, sorry if I sounded like speaking for you)
Gradius is my favorite shoot em up of all times so I like a lot to meet other fans from the franchise. I have seen a lot of videos from other shoot em up from Konami where people beat them in the hardest loop and not losing lifes. This video is pretty impressive!! Gradius V has a lot of intense and hard sequences and it is a great spectacle watching gamers with nerves of steel playing the whole game and beating them with no deaths. Congratulations, I am sure that it wasn't quite easy beat this. Destroy the core!!
Dude this is what intimidates me with Gradius games. There's just so many things going on and it's stressful to play. That doesn't mean though that it is not a good game, obviously it is. Looking at this, it was ahead so much of it's time before. The game aged well honestly.
I used to play every chance I had. I've been all the way to deep in loop 3 without dying. I absolutely love the intensity of this game. To this day I haven't seen any game get near this level of concentration. Excellent run 😎💯🚀
PEG, I can say it man, even after rewatching this dozens of times, dammit man, your skill with this game is unmatched. If this is as hard as the game can get, pending no subsequent loops are harder, you are the absolute best. *Tips hat*
Ohhh... Gradius Loop. I remember my best Gradius loop is Gradius 1... 8 Loops then I got sleepy and died a hilariously miserable fate of just staring at the screen and bumping into objects till Game Over. My friend who was watching was dumbfounded and thought I got tired but when I explained my brain actually went off there for a little while, he said "What the heck? You actually fell asleep with open eyes?" That was when I was a Young Great Gamer Enthusiast. Now I'm just a random normal gamer who's fangs have become dull and lost its instinct.
Konami hired Treasure to make this game I think. Say what you will about Treasure, but they sure know how to make an awesome shmups. Ikaruga. Radiant Silvergun. Gradius V. Someone needs to hire those Treasure guys to make a new shmups on the new consoles.
In all the Gradius games, there's always an open passage behind the extremely weak final boss. ...what if we used our warp engines to go around all the BS levels and CAME IN from that back door? 🤔
this wansnt originally going to be called gradius. the original was supposed to be called "gladius", but a japanese-english error, but it kept its name due to the fanbase.
Que jáponeses que son los creadores y por ende uno de los países donde más se consume videojuegos porque son los creadores se sorprendan de como pasas GV es que estas en un nivel Dios, yo soy fans de Gradius desde la NES hasta este última versión de PS2 su ost, los efectos, los gráficos, la historia, los jefes, sub jefes y naves bacterians; todo es fabuloso de este video juego se lucieron en su totalidad ¡Gloria siempre a gradius y a la VIC VIPER!
i was thinking of what i could say....the kaizo gradius was pretty funny, but i would have loved to stood behind you at the arcade back in the day and watch you play something like this.
I HATE STAGE 7. The traps in part 1 are ridiculous because when you die- it starts a chain reaction of deaths. Even the best players get destroyed here.
I grew up with GI~GIII & Salamander (arcade, 1985~1990), and there used be a lot of Japanese players being at this level.....except you go above & beyond. Quite impressive (I used to loop 7~8 on GII, but on GV I keep crashing into walls lol). I still can't beat the boss at the meteor stage without losing 2~3 Vipers, and the high-speed stage is a joke (those damn shutters). GV is insanely difficult (GIV was even worse).
I don't mean any disrespect towards AGDQ, I found the Yoshi's Island speed run to be very impressive, but they should really have things like this for raising money to fight cancer.
great channel, I love all the games you play, I must ask what controller are you using? I had a Saturn pad for my PSX shmups back in the day before I sold most of my older systems and games
+Rob Dobson Thanks! Back when I played this in 2014 I was using a PSOne pad (the controller that came with the small, white PSOne). Now I'm using Sega Saturn pad with a PSX adapter.
Even at loop 3 this game is already tooooo hard, with soooo much suicide bullets to dodge. Imagine Loop 7 and above. Puts even the hardest Cave shooters out there to shame. Our only hope for seeing Loop 10 played all the way from Loop 1 is to build an AI to teach itself to play this game.
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THE greatest shmup ever created. There are a few that come close (Ikaruga, R-Type) but none surpass this masterpiece. I still have it on PS2 both used and MIB, just wish they'd do a remaster for current gen. It'd be great on the go on Switch.
I have watched hundreds of Gradius V players over the years and I am a player myself, but I have never seen a playthrough like this. The playthrough takes everything you know about Gradius's mechanics and you flip them on their head. Strategic posiitioning with multiples whilst using the E laser is excellent, and the selective charge firing takes some knowledge as to when to fire the E laser.
GRADIUS V even in 2023 is still legendary.
The sound design on this game is incredible, and so is the music. (I only found out recently that it's the same guy who did the music for Final Fantasy Tactics and FF XII).
FF TACTICS?
Lol just been watching again this game is visually stunning and the audio is amazing too, got all the tracks on myipod. I wish a hd port would be released.
Gradius V is surprisingly still graphically impressive even after all this time. The level design is very good too. You can tell there was passion put into making this game. It's sad to see Konami practically abandon this franchise.
All the blue is so deadly and so so beautiful
It's sad to see Konami, a once great video game publisher, almost completely abandon video games in general and become a mockery of their former selves. Seriously, someone with deep pockets just needs to buy out Konami's classic franchises.
Overall I think that Konami stopped making shoot em up because the genre became in a pretty small niche market, the last based in Gradius if I am not wrong was "Otomedius Excelent" exclusively for the Xbox 360.
I think Gradius will back in some point of the future, I also love Gradius is my favorite shoot em up.
About Konami itself the things were pretty harsh for the company between 2015 - 2017, but them are improving now, maybe not great but I think I can call it "good".
About the mockery I think is pretty easy ignore it, foolish people (The people swearing and being rude) don't deserve much time but I think out there is people that have proper criticism for the company and them know that the proper way to critize Konami is not buying the games from the company.
At least it seems like most people still trust in the company, the 1 millions copies sold of Super Bomberman R are a proof of that and the rude comments usually don't get too much attention compared to the nice comments.
I wish them the best, hopefully next years will be better for the company.
Hope dies last, and if not out there are more than 100+ worthy Konami old games that are worth checking. (At least for me, sorry if I sounded like speaking for you)
@@MrSuperspeedsonic they should give the rights to Treasure, cause it looks like its in good hands!
Making a true Gradius Collection like on PSP but for PC and current gen consoles would be a good begining
人間やめてるレベルのプレイヤー。
更にこんな鬼畜ゲーム作ってしまうメーカー。どちらにも脱帽です。
Gradius is my favorite shoot em up of all times so I like a lot to meet other fans from the franchise.
I have seen a lot of videos from other shoot em up from Konami where people beat them in the hardest loop and not losing lifes.
This video is pretty impressive!! Gradius V has a lot of intense and hard sequences and it is a great spectacle watching gamers with nerves of steel playing the whole game and beating them with no deaths.
Congratulations, I am sure that it wasn't quite easy beat this.
Destroy the core!!
Dude this is plain I N S A N E !!! My respects to you sir. And in the Operation Wolf final words
YOU ARE A REAL PRO
I ever lasted 9 loops.
Very impressive skills you got. Never seen any one play this kind of level. Its insane!!!
Especially on loop 6 to 8.
ＢＧＭが神ってるところ，弾幕やエフェクト含め全てが美しいに尽きる…
Dude this is what intimidates me with Gradius games. There's just so many things going on and it's stressful to play. That doesn't mean though that it is not a good game, obviously it is. Looking at this, it was ahead so much of it's time before. The game aged well honestly.
That is some arcade level serious bullet hell. Im impressed.
宇宙戦争が起きたら、この人に託そう。
The only thing I would have love to see in this game are the Moais ( easter island heads ) it would have been phenomenal.
I used to play every chance I had. I've been all the way to deep in loop 3 without dying. I absolutely love the intensity of this game. To this day I haven't seen any game get near this level of concentration. Excellent run 😎💯🚀
For me i ever lasted 8 loops.
PEG, I can say it man, even after rewatching this dozens of times, dammit man, your skill with this game is unmatched. If this is as hard as the game can get, pending no subsequent loops are harder, you are the absolute best. *Tips hat*
Thanks! Gradius V does indeed continue to get harder up until loop 10. Pretty rediculous for a game this long!
Tviks is the best gradius v player ever with a score of 39 million and 16 loops. While this guy is impressive he's not quite on that level.
デザインから音楽まで、センス抜群だよな、、完璧。 クリアできなかったが、、
Ohhh... Gradius Loop. I remember my best Gradius loop is Gradius 1... 8 Loops then I got sleepy and died a hilariously miserable fate of just staring at the screen and bumping into objects till Game Over. My friend who was watching was dumbfounded and thought I got tired but when I explained my brain actually went off there for a little while, he said "What the heck? You actually fell asleep with open eyes?"
That was when I was a Young Great Gamer Enthusiast. Now I'm just a random normal gamer who's fangs have become dull and lost its instinct.
I know this video is a few years old but DAMN! Your gameplay is LEGENDARY!
He is using CHEAT,this is impossible to play without cheat
@@ssdivizion None of my videos use cheats.
@@ssdivizion impossible? That's why you fail... @PEG is good this is what I call dedication.
@@PEG you're awesome bro
@@miguelromero4130 I agree with Master Yoda but disagree with you,sorry
Great no death run, another challenge is to kill all enemies on screen, wished they showed percentage of enemies killed like some shooters
Gaming skill at its finest. Simply beautiful.
この人は本物。GJ!!
こんな難しいのに需要があるのがすごいw
I love these kind of shooters. This game looks great. Wish i could get it on my PS Vita
Back again lol, fully enjoying this whilst eating my tea.
41:40 ここでフォースフィールド切れてからそのまま生還するのすごすぎる
This kid playing is insane!
Awesome gameplay! You're skills are impeccable. Well done. 💯
Konami hired Treasure to make this game I think. Say what you will about Treasure, but they sure know how to make an awesome shmups. Ikaruga. Radiant Silvergun. Gradius V. Someone needs to hire those Treasure guys to make a new shmups on the new consoles.
Yeah man, Treasure in their prime, were a force to be reckoned with
ほんと素晴らしい。初代から難しいゲームだけど、とことん探求する人がいるから面白く進化したプレイができるのでしょうね。次回作出て欲しいです。
Agree.
すごい 攻撃の当たり判定や距離感が完璧すぎる
This game is awesome , real masterpiece !
I haven't played Gradius since part 3. Didn't know they had more. Gotta get out under this rock.
Gradius V is fun as hell, dude.
There's like 10+ Gradius game (counting the Nemesis and Salamander series)
世界は広い 凄い人がいるもんだ
Steam should release this great game
ハードコアーなちちびんたりか様、ご機嫌そうで何よりです。
The Option Thief appearing while the brain was talking at 1:03:39 made me laugh so hard. Even funnier is that the thief stole nothing!
He came for shits and giggles
He left because he wanted to live
Cannot even get past loop 2 on very hard. Congratulations! Loved your run!
相変わらず敵を撃破してからの返し弾が鬼畜レベル‼️
それをギリギリでかわす神テク✨
もう凄すぎて口あんぐり( ｡ﾟДﾟ｡)
I consider it legendary.
Impressive, most impressive.
Really great run, 5 hours is a brutally long time to be going
u are a real gamer dude
Here after Nijigasaki NEXT SKY OVA Movie. GRADIUS V 19 years later still hold up impressively.
"You're a living legend"
Indeed
Congratulations that was pretty amazing to watch.
Holy hell! This is my first time even hearing about Gradius V....It's come a REALLY long way from the days of Gradius and Lifeforce...
I hope I will be alive when they remake this in VR
En serio lo sacaran en vr?
This is some God tier gameplay shit right here lol, wish I could play ikaruga like this or this game.....
My god Ill always get pumped up to that stage 2 startup music.
You're living legend
*WHAT SAY THE NARRATOR WHEN YOU LOST YOUR LAST LIFE?*
"You're a living legend"
@@PEGThanks.
Man What I would give to have this series rebooted
I'm afraid if Konami would consider such a thing nowadays, it would be a microtransaction and lootbox infested mobile game.
In all the Gradius games, there's always an open passage behind the extremely weak final boss.
...what if we used our warp engines to go around all the BS levels and CAME IN from that back door? 🤔
The legendary 255 loops stages, I was totally amazed. But this 5 loops stages looks also too much difficult.
Dude , you are BADASS !!! 👍👍👍
この動画みてPS2買ってしまったｗ
wow this game evolved since i played 20 years ago
This is inhumane, hardest shooting game I have ever seen... BTW, I can't even able to complete raiden by throwing 10 round tokens.
ラストにしゃしゃり出てくるオプハンに笑う
That High-Speed section… it is the BANE of any Gradius player. Beacon is also a cast-iron bitch stuck right after it.
this wansnt originally going to be called gradius. the original was supposed to be called "gladius", but a japanese-english error, but it kept its name due to the fanbase.
OOOOOOHH YES! thats it mad spealling error
*raughs*
@@123TeeMee ror
와우 진정한 예술의 경지네
탄막게임 최강자
잘보고 갑니다
^^b
"your a living legend" all i had at my highest was "What the hell?!" :P
I wish they didn't scrap the Gradius series.. Imagine a PS5 gradius... Sheeeese.. Bet it would need an epilepsy warning
Que jáponeses que son los creadores y por ende uno de los países donde más se consume videojuegos porque son los creadores se sorprendan de como pasas GV es que estas en un nivel Dios, yo soy fans de Gradius desde la NES hasta este última versión de PS2 su ost, los efectos, los gráficos, la historia, los jefes, sub jefes y naves bacterians; todo es fabuloso de este video juego se lucieron en su totalidad ¡Gloria siempre a gradius y a la VIC VIPER!
Are you human....playing with perfection
1:03:42
option hunter: ight imma head out
can't believe how unforgiving is this game at that difficulty. this dude must be really used to pain to be able to play it so well
WHY DOES THE FIRST LEVEL LOOK SO GAWD DAMN HARD?!?!?
i was thinking of what i could say....the kaizo gradius was pretty funny, but i would have loved to stood behind you at the arcade back in the day and watch you play something like this.
I HATE STAGE 7.
The traps in part 1 are ridiculous because when you die- it starts a chain reaction of deaths.
Even the best players get destroyed here.
25:30、34:33、39:12、47:42、47:54、48:03、48:11、52:13、52:36、1:17:33
メチャクチャ利益あげてる零細企業の仕事内容のようなゲームだな
フリーズは兎も角Eレーザーは結構ネタ装備なんですよ～
I grew up with GI~GIII & Salamander (arcade, 1985~1990), and there used be a lot of Japanese players being at this level.....except you go above & beyond. Quite impressive (I used to loop 7~8 on GII, but on GV I keep crashing into walls lol). I still can't beat the boss at the meteor stage without losing 2~3 Vipers, and the high-speed stage is a joke (those damn shutters). GV is insanely difficult (GIV was even worse).
Can we talk about III? Dear God that game is brutal.
wow, you're the best.... :D
やきにくここっ攻撃こ「ちがう＠：ラム「だろ
＠：ぢぢｓぐん
こ
Superb.
Nostalgic, forgot about that Life Force nod on stage 2 boss fight
I don't mean any disrespect towards AGDQ, I found the Yoshi's Island speed run to be very impressive, but they should really have things like this for raising money to fight cancer.
E-laser is so cool
人間を超えてる
Great moving and nice dodge
MAN,THAT'S HARDCORE!!
That's nightamre precisely and this dude is using cheats for sure
What if Konami made Gradius Solid: The Infantry Missions. You would have the Mass Effect series!
人がクリア出来るのか？ってゆうくらいの難度💧
画質めちゃくちゃ良い
ソーラーズアサルト、ビマニを超えてさらに進化した、グラドゥースですね。カッコイイのひと言です。
すごい！アメーバのとこ鬼畜！
一面のボス強すぎて笑うしかない
Come on, Konami. Would it be too hard to ask for a Paradius Ultimate for the WiiU, Otomedius Sexy for the Xbox One and a Gradius VI for the PS4?
great channel, I love all the games you play, I must ask what controller are you using? I had a Saturn pad for my PSX shmups back in the day before I sold most of my older systems and games
+Rob Dobson Thanks! Back when I played this in 2014 I was using a PSOne pad (the controller that came with the small, white PSOne). Now I'm using Sega Saturn pad with a PSX adapter.
やる方もすごいけど、造る方もえげつない。
Even at loop 3 this game is already tooooo hard, with soooo much suicide bullets to dodge. Imagine Loop 7 and above. Puts even the hardest Cave shooters out there to shame.
Our only hope for seeing Loop 10 played all the way from Loop 1 is to build an AI to teach itself to play this game.
Based on true facts!
I just realize that they don't kill you unless they hit exactly the pilot's cabin.
That's correct, the hit box is only the cockpit of the ship, and only 2x2 pixels in size.
Boy I thought I could fly. Wow.
Damn, got serious quick.
Wow you got skills!
This is insane!!!
gotta love that tragic gameover music