Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha
January 21, 2020
STRIKERS 1945, STRIKERS 1945 II, STRIKERS 1945 III, SOL DIVIDE, Dragon Blaze, and ZERO GUNNER 2 combine forces in one arcade collection! Bring the arcade home by blasting through these shooters vertically in the popular ‘TATE’ mode for the ultimate shoot-&s;em-up experience!
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"If you haven&s;t already purchased most of the games separately, Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha can be a pretty sweet addition to any shmup fans&s; library as it contains a handful of solid titles that you&s;re sure to enjoy for years …"
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"This compilation will know how to dazzle the lovers of the shoot&s;em up, of course, but also those who miss the recreational ones: their short and frantic games will accelerate our pulse and steal a smile that oscillates between resignation …"
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"Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha is a great launch point for shoot-em-up and arcade fans."
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"As great of a collection as Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha is, shmup fans would probably already own each of the titles on Switch. However, this does allow them to own them all in one physical collection. There isn’t anything added …"
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"Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha is a fantastic compilation in terms of quality, packing five outstanding games and one good game into a single package. While it’s depressing that none of the games have any sort of history features or in-depth …"
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"Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha is a fun collection of notable artifacts from the golden age of arcade shmups."
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"As a longtime fan of this genre, I&s;m always happy when new or old titles find their way to the West. So also with Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha, where I already own games like Strikers 1945, Strikers 1945 II for …"
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"Barring Sol Divide, this is a great collection of shooters from one of the best in the business. If you&s;re a fan of the shmup that hasn&s;t made the leap into these titles on Switch, now&s;s the perfect time to …"
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"It’s no secret that the origin of Shoot ’em Ups lies in the arcades of days-gone-by. In that moment it was imperative to create games that were at once challenging, engaging, and would have people spending their coins. These are …"
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"Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha includes 6 classic shoot&s;em ups from the old Psikyo, not all of them with the same quality, but not dislike having them all collected in this collection, and in Bravo, the next collection that is on …"
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"Truth be told, this is an extensive package of quality shmups that are sure to keep genre enthusiasts in a frenzy for hours. That said, there are a million shooters, and this package doesn&s;t offer anything that hasn&s;t been done …"
Read original review"EXCELLENT - Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha is a fantastic shooting collection. Of course this comes with a slight disclaimer, because if you love shooters this will satiate your desire for many hours on end. If you aren’t a fan of …"
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"On the plus side, each game can be played co-op and there is no shortage of ways to challenge yourself. Shoot-&s;em-up enthusiasts will be fairly pleased, but this feels like a missed opportunity to really celebrate these six games and …"
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"There&s;s no doubt the Switch has become the ideal platform for retro and throwback titles of all kinds..."
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"Overall, I would say that Psikyo Shooting Stars - Alpha is just about a must for Shump fans. Six titles, six sets of leaderboards, plenty of options to change up your options such as extra continues and loads of different …"
Read original review"If you’re a big fan of shooters and don’t already own the majority of the games included, Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha is a bit of a no-brainer, really."
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"Psikyo shooters range from above average to good. Therefore for any genre fan, those tend to be safe bets for a truly good time"
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"Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha is one of the best collections like this I’ve seen. The port work was all quality and you can tell the team really wanted these to come out as close to perfect as possible. Fans of …"
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"Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha compiles six good to dispensables shoot&s;em up on a single Switch cartridge, giving curious players enough content to chains scores and playthrough. But despite some interesting scrolling options, the game lacks the most obvious features it …"
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"Psikyo Shooting Stars Alpha on the Nintendo Switch brings a compilation of six old-school shoot&s;em-ups, the kind that made many fans in the 1990s. The games featured in the collection are overall quite good and entertaining and the way this …"
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