Lightening Force: Quest for the Darkstar

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User Rating: 8.9 | Thunder Force IV GEN

By forakiller | Review Date: November 15, 2006

this game set new standards for console shoot em ups

I used to rent this game religiously every weekend for the soundtrack alone!!!!

The music is totaly jawdropping . White hot thrash metal with spacey synths cutting through the fuzz. its the music you want to hear when your taking on an alien empire.

The graphics are still incredibly beautiful today ,there are layers apon layers of parrallex scrolling ,realy colorful sprites and a great sence of anime mech style

This game is realy realy hard..... using the cheat is almost a must ,if only to witness all of the games music and graphics...you wont be ruining the game.

The great sence of style and music will keep you coming back to witness this game time and time again ......a landmark in shoot em ups and the best soundtrack on any game ever!!

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