Great shooter.
This game is beautiful - if played on a VGA monitor. On a regular tv, it isn\'t half as good.
My Under Defeat LE version arrived six days after ordering it, so yet again, extremely good service. I haven\'t had a single problem with play-asia since I\'ve started purchasing games from them.
The game itself takes a bit of getting used to, though, that really isn\'t a problem. I don\'t like Zero Gunner 2 at all, but this game is amazing. You can\'t compare the two. As there\'s a lack of videos regarding this game, I\'ll attempt to explain this to the best of my ability.
The game is a vertical scrolling 2D/3D shooter, and the graphics are akin to Ikaruga. I\'d go to the extent of saying the graphics exceed Ikaruga\'s, simply due to the explosions and amount of detail they\'ve put into the game.
It isn\'t a bullet hell shooter like the CAVE games. It\'s a balance of blowing stuff up, along with bullet dodging. It\'s rather difficult to kill everything on the screen, and you\'re bound to miss a few enemies, so it really feels like you aren\'t some tiny ship killing everything in sight. However, there are bullet patterns as found in CAVE games, but not half as much.
The soundtrack is nice, but it isn\'t special. It\'s a nice addition, and Stage 1 (Can\'t come back) and Stage 5 (Tears which died) are most memorable. But I must admit, in comparison to other OSTs available (ESP Galuda comes to mind), this isn\'t the best of the bunch.
Regardless, I highly recommend purchasing this title, along with a VGA box, along with DC-X. Having this hooked up to a TATE\'d 17\" monitor, and the sound into a subwoofer, makes for an incredible game. I can\'t honestly say this game has the same feeling on a regular tv, although it is still stunning for the Dreamcast.
If you\'re going to purchase this product, go all the way. VGA box, vertical monitor, boot disc, and Under Defeat. Make shooting fans proud.