What is the best arcade Gradius game?
I say arcade only because I want it known that I'm talking about ARCADE Gradius III here not the SNES version which is basically a different game, and also because I know that V and Gaiden would sweep if console games were available
Gradius III (SNES)
>>12161868Retard
>>12161842Gradius 1 and 2 are fun and fair but I think Gradius 3 ironically takes the series to the next level by being fucking batshit insane and unfairGradius 3 is a game you can play for 100+ hours and still not be good enough to 1cc itFor better or worse it has insane longevity. Also, the type select and weapon edit are cool.Overall I think the best in the series might be Parodius Da!, it takes Gradius 3 but makes it a little more palatable to players who don't necessarily want their cock and balls tortured. Gokujou feels a little too samey. Sexy Parodius is an excellent game in its own right but is also insane in different ways than Gradius 3.
>>12161870Gradius III has an Arcade mode. :^)
>>12162496All of them are fucking hard desu, 4 isn't much easier than 3 and 2 will get as hard 3 by loop 2 or 3.>Overall I think the best in the series might be Parodius Da!The arcade? That shit has the second hardest loop out there and the first one isn't exactly easy either.
>>12162510I like the Gradius III snes but they should've included more diffculty options, you pretty much have to loop the game for it to get interesting.
Salamander all the way
>>12162512Yeah Parodius Da is a lot harder than Gradius 1 and 2 but it's easier than 3 and more importantly, shorter. It's a very happy middle ground.
>>12163113my nigga!
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>>12162510Which still isn't even close to the actual arcade game's nut-busting difficulty.
>>12162496Yeah I dunno Gokujou *feels* like it should be objectively better than Da! but the character balance is all out of wack. If you're not using Koitsu or Michael you may as well go fuck yourself. Whereas in Da! all the characters are BASICALLY the same power level with maybe Pentarou being slightly worse. Sexy has the same problem but it's also just very different in general so I can't really compare it.
>>12162496>>12164747The Parodius series also fixes Gradius syndrome. It didn't really exist in Gradius 1, but II and III have some pretty batshit unrecoverable checkpoints. The Parodius games kinda don't though, they're really well-designed and usually have a lot of power-up enemies close together. Parodius games seem to have more power-ups in general though so that's part of it.
Sexy Parodius is the most fun one for me.
>>12161842I really do like 4. IMO it has the best music in the series.
Man, am I glad this genre is dead. Its sucks ass.
