Psyvariar 2: The Will to Fabricate

Psyvariar 2 is another specimen of the recent breed of newschool arcade shoot'em'ups (other examples being Ikaruga and Border Down). As many other recently released shoot'em'ups, it combines basic arcade shooter gameplay with modern 3D graphics to liven up the genre. The level backgrounds as well as all enemies are modeled in full 3D, with the action taking place in a vertically scrolling two-dimensional plane which moves through the level. As most of the other new-style SHMUPs, Psyvariar 2 has a gimmick- getting close to enemies or shots without actually being hit is called buzzing and yields massive extra score. In addition, the player ship's rate of fire is rather slow by default and can...

Genre

Shoot-'Em-Up

Year

2004

Developer

Skonec

Publisher

Success

Players

1