Raiden Legacy

Dotemu

About this game

RAIDEN LEGACY, a four-title compilation of the mega-popular RAIDEN arcade series, includes RAIDEN, RAIDEN FIGHTERS, RAIDEN FIGHTERS 2 & RAIDEN FIGHTERS JET. Originally developed by Seibu Kaihatsu, each of these classic scrolling shooters has not only been authentically recreated for mobile, but also enhanced with brand-new features!

MORE OPTIONS!
Each RAIDEN LEGACY title includes three different modes: “Arcade Mode” (just like the original); “Mission Mode”, which allows you to play any unlocked stage; and “Training Mode”, which, true to its name, allows you to excel at your favorite stages and practice the most difficult ones!

MORE SHIPS!
15+ different ships, each with their own characteristics, stats, weapons, and specials! Also, some ships come complete with “charged shots” – useful for when the screen is 90% covered with enemies!

MORE CONTROLS!
Choose between two different touch modes: “Fast Touch” (Faster than the original game and improved for mobiles) or “Arcade Touch” (Just like the original – retrogamers will love it!). What’s more, you can customize your approach by putting the controls wherever you prefer on screen.

MORE FEATURES!
-Play in full-screen, or keep the game’s original screen ratio thanks to “Original Mode” (note that your fingers will be outside the game area).
-AutoFire: ON/OFF
-Two difficulty modes: Medium and Hard.
-Nine languages available: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Portuguese
-Video filtering (for rich, smooth graphics)
-ScoreLoop compatible: 15 unlockable achievements + online leaderboards.
Put your skills to the test against your friends, family and the best players in the world!

Ratings and reviews

Same as the original arcade machine. My only suggestion for improvement would be to add a slow-mo mode or an infinite lives mode because we all know this game was designed to be incredibly tough to eat up all your nickels/quarters. So it would just be nice to be able to finish all the levels instead of starting at the beginning each time.

The package is pretty good, having four great shmups for not very much money, but it does need some polish. Sound is awful, with the menu being really loud and annoying, and in game sound being super quiet. The menus are very ugly and the controls could use a little tweaking (sensitivity is off on all of them). Having Android specific features like immersive mode, cloud saving, Android TV support, and controller support would be nice too, but I doubt that they'll be coming.

The game itself works good, but when you first start the game, the touchscreen doesn't work correctly until you're almost about to die, and that's extremely annoying. I doubt anything will be done to fix the issue, but it would be nice. I would rather play the old school games that I buy them outright, and it eliminates the micro transaction scam. Micro transaction upgrades on modern shooters is not worth spending over $100 for 50-80 percent upgrades.

What's new

- Minor bug fixes.