how much would you rate Super Star Soldier..

[Turbo D]

SSS = instant win for having teh giant scorpion!

[sunteam_paul]

SSS = instant win for having teh giant scorpion!

And bonus points for the sampled 'ohoh' and 'ee-ee' in its music.

[Sinistron]

Okay- I've been playing this one lately- never played much of it after I first got it- and last night I got to the third boss in the boss rush on the last (8th) level (green robot- gave me more trouble the second time around)- I don't think I should have much of a problem busting the game up soon- anyway...
I'm gonna have to bump up my rating from a 6 to a 7.  It's still the weakest in the series for me- but I found some other things about it that I kind of dig- some of the later levels like the ice board and the giant ship board are much cooler than some earlier levels- and I dig some of the boss fights.  Also although I hate the giant twirling moustache fire attack- it kind of makes sense that the most powerful weapon would be the one most difficult to control.  Negatives for me are the music- which honestly I really don't care for- blandness of the initial levels and the unbalance of the game- some of the later boards are much easier than earlier levels (ripped through 6 & 7 last night first time playing them- and level 8 leading up to boss rush is a joke).  That said I actually found myself enjoying it last night and am looking forward to clearing it shortly...
But again- still the weakest of the series- and I prefer Image Fight and Override to it as well.

[rag-time4]

I voted 9 for SSS. I really loved the music for the final stage (which I had to replay many many times) as well as the final boss. Those tunes really made the game for me.

I loved the flame weapon. The fact that it was unorthodox made it really fun for me to use. I loved that it moves in a sweeping motion when it gets powered up a bit. I would complement that with sweeping movement patterns and it was extremely devastating. The one weakness of it is that it doesn't shoot behind you. I like how that flame weapon reappears in Final Soldier as well! But Final Soldier seems to have too much going on, so the flame weapon makes it too hard to see.

I think SSS has really excellent, well drawn graphics. Honestly some of the best I've seen on PCE so far. I prefer Image Fight because I think the gameplay is more interesting. The drawback of SSS at first was that the gameplay seemed boring... forcing you to just shoot straight ahead or not at all. But it had enough good points to make it a fun and memorable game.

[blueraven]

7. A better soundtrack and I'd give it a 9.

[Otaking]

Just played through SSS again last night and it really is an excellent game, I found it alot harder then I remembered though, the last boss is rock hard, maybe I'm not as good at shooters as I used to be. 

[ccovell]

I gave SSS an 8.5 (brought down to 8.)  Honestly, it has some of the best graphics ever drawn on the PCE.  Lovely shading, and "large", beefy BG and boss graphics.  Not the small, weedy, dithered 8x8 pixel graphics we get in some other PCE games.  The music and gameplay are both outstanding too.  The only downside is that since I played it over and over back in '91, it's not very fresh to me anymore.

But anyway, most of my points above are in contrast to Final Soldier.  The reasons FS is looked down on are the bland, uninspired graphics in most of the levels, lazily-drawn bosses, and kind of rushed feeling all around.

[rag-time4]

I gave SSS an 8.5 (brought down to 8.)  Honestly, it has some of the best graphics ever drawn on the PCE.  Lovely shading, and "large", beefy BG and boss graphics.  Not the small, weedy, dithered 8x8 pixel graphics we get in some other PCE games.  The music and gameplay are both outstanding too.  The only downside is that since I played it over and over back in '91, it's not very fresh to me anymore.

But anyway, most of my points above are in contrast to Final Soldier.  The reasons FS is looked down on are the bland, uninspired graphics in most of the levels, lazily-drawn bosses, and kind of rushed feeling all around.

I played SSS again because Sinistron suggested I preferred its graphics because of switching to a new tv.... but after trying SSS on my current tv I still feel the same. I really think SSS has outstanding graphics.

One thing in Final Soldiers favor was that it seemed to require more dodging, but SSS seemed a bit more difficult overall.

[gekioh]

I rated it a 6, I like it but its not my first choice for a soldier game let alone a shooter on the TG16/PCE.
I like Soldier Blade the best primarily for its ship/enemy/boss designs and cool level designs. However I much more prefer the weapon system/upgrade of Final Soldier whcih is my 2nd fave.

[Tatsujin]

I gave SSS an 8.5 (brought down to 8.) 

  normally a 0.5 gets rounded up!

[ccovell]

I gave SSS an 8.5 (brought down to 8.) 

  normally a 0.5 gets rounded up!

Brought down to 8 because a) they cut the intro that was in the Japanese version; and b) the late grass level and the fire/volcano level are slightly boring.

[Tatsujin]

Brought down to 8 because a) they cut the intro that was in the Japanese version;

since this is placed in the PC Engine Forum (not turbografx 16), you should have judged the same version

[ceti alpha]

The TG version is missing the intro? 

[esteban]

The TG version is missing the intro? 

I know this thread is old, but I didn't know that anything was cut from the North American version. I'll have to check it out.

Disclaimer: I dig the Star Soldier series. I dig SSS. They are swell, in my book. That said....

I have to say that SSS was a bit of a let down after Blazing Lazers... yes, BL has some dull parts (stage 2 is uneventful and lasts way too long, for example), but I was hoping SSS would demolish BL.

It didn't. It seemed like it was another horizontal shooter akin to BL, but more generic.

Yes, I know BL is not part of the Star Soldier series, but there is no way to talk about SSS without putting it in context (the schedule of releases in North America). BL set the bar high. Sinistron, Cybercore, Dragon Spirit, R-Type, etc. were nice but didn't seem "next-next-generation" like BL.

Isolating SSS in a vacuum, though, it is a decent game. I enjoyed it. I voted "7", and that was before I read anything here.

Call me crazy, but BL's graphics outclass those in the Star Soldier series. I haven't actually compared them in years, but it always struck me that way. BL's graphics are razor sharp detailed without being distracting, inconsistent, bland, etc.

Jesus, maybe I can't be objective.

Maybe I shouldn't talk about BL as part of the series.

[Otaking]

Thread "rise from your grave" for the Chris Bucci review:

Super Star Solider!