The game is aesthetically impressive, carrying over the constant visual detail of the series with the details of parts breaking down and flying all around after they explode. The graphics run on the Seibu SPI hardware, the same engine off of which Viper Phase 1 was based. If anyone who thinks the pace of the old-school Raiden games is relatively docile compared to later overhead shoot-em-ups, here comes Raiden Fighters to kick you in the ass at sonic speed. You are apparently waging war against an anonymous dictator and you fight through the leader’s armada of land, sea, and air units using one of several modern fighter jets. ![]() It chucks out the Crassanian Empire and the somewhat sci-fi feel of the classic series to focus more on a modern military atmosphere not entirely unlike Capcom’s 19XX series or Psikyo’s Strikers 1945 games. Essentially, Raiden Fighters is to Raiden as Mega Man X is to Mega Man. ![]() However, it has enough familiar elements with its parent series that makes it worthy to bear the Raiden title. Raiden Fighters is something certainly different from the original Raiden games, mostly because it was originally conceived as a totally different game called Gun Dogs.
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