Gynoug (Switch eShop) Review | Nintendo Life


It’s obvious from the moment you start Gynoug that this is another release from the same team that recently gifted the Gleylancer world, presenting players as it does with the same options using the same interface, just with a different Mega Drive shmup. running under him. everybody. This is great.

As we mentioned in our other review, the options on Ratalaika Games’ Mega Drive ports are extensive, well-executed, and we wish their highly customizable CRT shaders were included as standard with all retro re-releases. As before, it’s easier than ever to tailor the game to your own preferences, with the original experience always the default intact. Do you want to keep everything the same as always, only without the punishment that deteriorates power when you die? Would infinite lives help you get over that boss you’ve always struggled with, or do you just need to be able to go back a few seconds and undo a silly mistake? How about total invincibility for those moments when you just want to blow things up and enjoy pixel art? You can access all of these settings and more whenever you want, combining them in whatever way suits you at the time, as well as turning them on and off whenever you want.

This time there is no completely new remixed version of the game, although as Gynoug it does not contain an obvious’Wouldn’t it be great if …‘avenue for light reorganization, we’re actually thankful they didn’t try to put on something new just for the sake of it.

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The game itself is a side-scrolling shmup well known for its brilliantly gruesome meaty-industrial tone, with enemies as likely to be a group of screaming faces like giant brains leaping on slender legs or a rivet-covered train with a human. face. He’s also famous for being tough in the way that many of the best classic shmups are, with death stripping you of some of your power and using your limited number of credits unceremoniously throwing you at the start of the stage. Attacks can come and go from all sides all the time, taking the form of anything from stealthy water attacks from below to high-speed swarms rushing at top speed.

What sets Gynoug apart is how well balanced he is; There are no times when death is inevitable because you were at the top rather than the bottom of the screen before danger appeared, and bosses can be reliably defeated using nothing but skills and reflexes. Unfortunately, it will take a little longer for most people to acquire skills in Gynoug, as no instructions are included; something of a problem with this particular shmup, as there is nine different power-up related items (and that counts the eight different spell types, six offensive and two defensive, as one collectible), as well as two Separate meters next to his current score, all inexplicable. It is not an insurmountable problem for anyone with access to Google, but it is a problem and could have been avoided.

Gynoug doesn’t have that extra special spark that turns a great game into spectacular, but it still remains a unique and completely enjoyable thirty-year-old shmup capable of standing proudly next to any other sold on the eShop, and yet another affordable retro relaunch that it sits at that perfect middle ground between modern convenience and unconditional authenticity.

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