In the original R-Type game which was originally released in 1987, players struck at the heart of the Bydo Empire by maneuvering a versatile ship known as the R-9a Arrowhead. By bolting on a powerful accessory called the "Force" which was a weapon amplifier, the R-9a was able to single handedly wreck entire Bydo swarms and gargantuan bosses. R-Type went on to become a legend in its own time and spawned numerous sequels. In 2003, Irem shipped R-Type Final and told the market to take the game title literally. It would be the conclusive R-Type shooter.So far, Irem has kept true to its word and there hasn't been any new R-Type shooters in the past few years. When we spied R-Type Tactics in the preorder listings a few months ago, we figured that some form of R-Type would be better than none. With our quick play-through of the game this morning, we're enjoying the tactical action but we would have loved a hidden original R-Type game bonus somewhere. Alas, there's nothing that we've found so far although there's a nifty Gallery Mode, a Movie Mode, and an Online Battle Mode for two players to link up and do the tactical battle versus thing.
As the game title suggests, R-Type Tactics is all about strategy and tactical maneuvering where squadrons of R-Type ships and a UFCS-05 Cargo Ship are marshaled into theaters of combat. In the first level, the ships are standard issue fighters such as the R-9B1 and the Rwf-9A but more exotic ships may be used in later missions. «NCS Game Notes»
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