Caladrius

Well, now my XBOX is for shooting machine. This is another good one for that experience. Level of playing requires advanced player yet it's worth playing over and over again.

Great news for PS3 owners as well as this has been annouced for the PLay station 3 lateer this year all with Raiden 4

With the sheer number of Cave shmups on the 360, many other titles seem to slip under the radar with not much being said about them. A real shame really as Caldrius is a truly great game. In some ways there is a little of Radiant Silvergun in there with the weapon set up and the slight 'RPG' element. The game itself is solid with beautiful visuals.

What a great little shmup we have here. The game plays sort of like a mix between Raiden and Radiant Silvergun. A 6 button control scheme allows you to fire standard guns/bombs along with 3 unique elemental powers for each character. The levels are pretty short but the boss battles are where the heart of the game are. They are long, and uniquely challenging, tons of cool twists and turns. After level three the difficulty gets pretty intense. There's a story mode, a boss rush mode and a handful of other things to keep you busy. The music is great and the visuals are beautiful. Very happy I picked this up.