Excellent sequel to the classic original "Raiden". As in the original, players control a fighter jet/spaceship through various levels while shooting down other planes and bombing tanks on the ground. Three years after the World Alliance Military is triumphant over the Cranassian invasion force, the remaining aliens on Earth have created an army to carry out their original mission to conquer the planet. To combat the collaborative army, a new weapon is developed for the Raiden - the ship designed to save the Earth three years ago - to use in another attempt to save our planet.
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Plot-driven, classical in form, grave and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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“Is this Seibu Kaihatsu's best work?”
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“Is Raiden II a masterpiece, not merely a very good game?”
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, PC (Microsoft Windows)
- Developer
- Seibu Kaihatsu, Kinesoft
- Publisher
- Seibu Kaihatsu, CyberFront, Interplay, GameBank, fabtek
- Released
- December 31, 1993
- Modes
- Single player, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Time to beat
- 1 h rushed · 1 h main story · 1 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.7/10 from 10 ratings.
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