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Review: Radiant Silvergun – A Superb Shmup That’s Still One Of The Very Best

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Making it business to boycott sensible business practices, Treasure’s commitment to dying consoles once cemented it as Japan’s most revered boutique developer. A practice that gave rise to some of gaming’s most significant works, Radiant Silvergun is a product of both spectacular overachievement and unapologetic showboating.

Once the Sega Saturn’s most sought-after import prize, this Switch debut is actually a port of a port, cloned wholesale from the excellent 2011 Xbox 360 release. Lending itself well to the Switch’s control scheme — and excellently so to a Pro Controller — an on-screen HUD details button functions, helping to you get comfortable with your ship’s diverse arsenal. The training mode is indispensable and excellently configurable too. Sadly there’s no new content for Switch owners, though; some artwork galleries or similar would have been welcome, as would an in-game quick reset.

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