Ikaruga

ArcadeIndiePuzzleShooter
Ikaruga
IDs
IDSteam
3953—
85
Critic rating
8.1
User rating
Summary

In this vertical scrolling spaceship shooter, you control a ship that can change its polarity at will. As blue/white, the ship can easily destroy red/black enemies, and vice versa. Bullets of your polarity can be collected to fuel your energy gauge, but those opposite will kill you. Destroying an enemy ship causes them to fire revenge bullets which can be absorbed and fired back by the player. Different difficulties exist to change exactly how you interact with polarized points, or how they appear. It is the spiritual successor to Radiant Silvergun, featuring similar level and boss design, as well as it's buddhism inspired themes and aesthetics. Both are directed by Hiroshi Iuchi, who also composed Ikaruga's soundtrack.

Developers
Treasure
Publishers
Treasure
Genres
ArcadeIndiePuzzleShooter
Platforms
Arcade
Game modes
MultiplayerSingle playerSplit screen
Perspectives
Bird view / IsometricThird person
Keywords
60 fps on consolesauto-scrolling levelsboss fightbullet hellcountdown timerdeathdifficulty leveldigital distributiondigital rights managementexplosiongame with chaptershigh scoreleaderboardlinear gameplayonlinepacifist playthroughsensory overloadshmupshoot 'em upspiritual successorsteamsteam achievementssteam cloudsteam greenlightsteam leaderboardssteam trading cardstime limittransforming bossvertical scrollingwestern published japanese gamesxbox controller support for pcxbox one backwards compatibility

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