Vimm's Lair: Genesis Reviews - Raiden Trad
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Genesis
Raiden Trad

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Reviewer: Xterra Date: May 26, 2011
Raiden Trad is a port of Seibu Kaihatsu's game, Raiden. Basically, Raiden Trad is a SHMUP (SHoot 'eM UP) where you play as the ME-02 Raiden jet-fighter and destroy untold numbers of enemies. Plain and simple.

Graphics: 7
I give the graphics a 7/10 because they're quite accurate to the arcade version. They're not anything special.

Sound: 6
Sounds get a 6/10 just for the music. The theme from the first and fourth levels, "Gallantry", is quite heroic, and the rolling drum line for the stage 5/8 theme, "Rough and Tumble" is quite fitting.

Gameplay: 4
However, the gameplay only gets a 4/10 because of two factors:
1- difficulty- it's too easy, or too hard. Never just right.
2- repetitiveness- it's overly repetitive, even for a SHMUP.

Overall: 6
Play the FM Towns or PSX version (The Raiden Project). The game doesn't really stand out in any way except the music. It's pretty good.

This game is the mid-runner of the 3 versions of Raiden Trad. The worst version is the SNES version. The best is the one for the FM Towns- it's arcade-perfect, and it has AWESOME music. Anyway, if you want to play an arcade-perfect version, go play The Raiden Project for the PSX or the aforementioned FM Towns version, if you can find it!