Overall 7.6 Graphics 6.5 Sound 4 Addictive 10 Story 3.5 Depth 5.5 Difficulty 10
9.2
Xevious is so underated Invert_Tails
Xevious is a game I honestly would have played a lot of back then cause I loved scrolling shooters the most, I don't see why I have never found this game before. I understand that by the looks of it doesn't really have much of a story to it given the limitations of games back then. But it is quite addictive and any other of the classic scrolling shooters.
It does give quite a bit of difficulty to it at first, but I did manage to beat high score at least from the first attempt, the use of multiple weapons and the fact that you have air AND ground units definitely makes a shooter much more interesting. If not difficult to master on your first run.
For the sounds in the game I noticed a glitch or two in it while the game was running smoothly, but they were okay in terms on what you had bad then to use, The intro music when you start a new life is very catchy to me though which is why I gave this a 7.
And the Graphics were nice as is though not extra ordinary, just flat rate good as compared to other scrolling shooters I've played.
Honestly overall it should have been a game you would have seen in an arcade, it seemed like something old and dusty at first glance of it but after getting to know it, it's quite the addictive game. I have yet to defeat the big boss so definitely challenging.
Graphics 8 Sound 7 Addictive 10 Story 6 Depth 8 Difficulty 9
Review Rating: 5/5
Submitted: 01-06-12
Review Replies: 2
9.1
Xevious Review Zircron Swift
This game was one of the first slide-scrolling shooters out there and is diffidently a classic. It began on an arcade machine in 1982, but sadly Vizzed doesn't support that kind of console on this website, but thankfully some people have made hacks to import them on certain consoles, such as the Atari 2600 and the NES. This one seems closest to the original, with one small factor that the beacons and bonus flags are missing, but that's ok, because the epicness of this game still stands in this version. So lets have a look at this game and see what it has to offer.
So the story goes a little like this: Man-kind seek to discover aliens. They then discover that aliens are really man-kind themselves. Ironic, don't you think? They are known as the Xevious, and they want their planet back. Why do they want it back when they were living on a planet in the first place? They left for a reason. It can't be for the technology, as they clearly had the stuff to leave earth in the first place. Hey, they might be even more advanced than us. Well, for what ever reason, they seek to conquer. You - the one-man army of this game - must defeat the on-coming Xevious and save the world.
Now we have the story out of the way, lets focus on the game play. You have two weapons, your lazer bullet things, and your lazer bomb things. Your lazer bullets destroy enemies in the sky. Your lazer bombs destroy enemies on the ground. See that blue square with the white cross in it? That marks where your lazer bomb will land. This is a nice idea for game play, as you constantly have to focus on the sky and ground. They both fire lazer bullet things at you, so you also have to keep an eye on that as well. You'll find yourself trusting your instincts half the time when getting past some parts....Or is that just me? There are several types of enemies on both the ground and sky, including black dots, rotating cog like things, and tanks that don't attack.
The stages are split up into areas. There are 16 areas to blast your way though. When you reach a forest, then that marks the end of a stage. If you get through about 70% of a stage, and then die, the game takes mercy on you and it'll take you to the next stage. How thoughtful. The stages get hard as you progress, of course, and you'll even meet some bosses, or more accurately, the same boss over and over. You get an extra life depending on how many points you have. 20,000 will get you your first extra life, getting 40,000 more points gets you your second extra life. And from there on, every 60,000 points grants you an extra life. The music is very repetitive, and only has two different songs in it. The level song and the start up song. The start up song is short and pretty nice. the level song is about 4-5 seconds long and is very repetitive. It's not bad, as repetitive music goes, but they could have added some more music in. At least a song for the boss would have been nice. The graphics are simple but effective. That's all I can say on the matter.
Overall, I give this game 9.1/10 The game play is the main thing in this game. It's addictiveness gets me coming back to get further. I've made it to zone 09, can you make it further? I would have put this as a depth of 8, but the hidden beacons and bonus flags seem to be missing. But apart from that this game is your classic shooter game. It's worth a play. This game can be highly addictive. When you first play, you might get a game over very soon. You can choose not to play anymore, or you can continue to play, and throw back the Xevious and show them who's planet it really is!
Graphics 7 Sound 5 Addictive 10 Story 2 Depth 6 Difficulty 10
Review Rating: 4.8/5
Submitted: 07-28-11
Review Replies: 3
9.4
pew pew! bluecat2012
I'm back and ready to review a game! What game am I going to review today? Xevious? Ah cool. I always wondered how to pronounce the name Xevious. Really. I used to say x evious until I found out it's zevious. Huh. For some reason many games like this had names that started with x. I wonder what it means in Japanese. Oh well. I should start the review now shouldn't I? Yeah. I think I got carried away there. Anyway this is Xevious! Xevious is a smup. (Shoot em up game) It's real basic. You go around going pew pew! Shooting enemy ships! Well. That's not ALL you do. Let's dig a bit deeper shall we?Game play: So as I said before, Xevious is a smup. You need to shoot enemy ships down with your lazer's that are attached to your ship. ( Yes I know that lazer's is spelled laser's but lazer's looks cooler! :3 and lazer makes more sense then laser. It's pronounced laZer!) There are also ground enemy's! This was a very cool and original idea to implement into the game! It had made for some very challenging game play! Most normal enemy's will just fly around you or shoot you. Ground enemy's are much of the same. To take out these ground enemy's you must use bombs instead of your lazer's. Very cool game mechanic. Some bosses also require you to use bombs as well.
Story: Humans are trying to find aliens! But they found out that aliens are humans as well oddly enough. They said they want their planet back and are now in a large battle. It's mankind vs mankind! Who will win? Er... it's more like mankind vs small tiny spaceship. Well. All I can say is: Good luck!
Addictiv- You know what? Screw spelling the whole word. I would play this game again. It's very challenging (don't worry were getting to that.) and the game play was so well done that it keeps me coming back. I really recommend trying this game out. (I don't think I can count that as a paragraph.)
Difficulty: Yeah! The difficulty in this game is brutal. This is megaman hard! Really! The game is cruel. Enemy's are coming from every part of the screen shooting at you whistle enemy's on the ground just sit there and shoot every once in a while! This game is hard. And I just can't seem to stretch that fact enough.Graphics: The graphics are decent for the nes. Everything looks like what their supp- OH GOD ARE THOSE FLOATING RINGS? OH AND LOOK OVER THERE! GIANT FRYING PANS THAT CAN'T BE DESTROYED! I have no clue where the artist's for this game got these idea's for enemy's! It makes no sense! But then again. The game is supposed to be futuristic so I'll let it pass.
Sound: haha! Yeah sound. For music you have this annoying 3 second track that keeps looping. It's like Wayne's world on the nes! Sound effects are pretty good though. It's very satisfying to shoot something. Sound is ok but that "song" Ergh!
Overall... I give the game a 9.4. It was revolutionary for the time but it did not age too well. It's still fun to play though. Welp see ya! Ciao!
Graphics 6 Sound 3 Addictive 10 Story 5 Depth 5 Difficulty 10
Review Rating: 4/5
Submitted: 08-14-13
Review Replies: 2
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