Mars Matrix
Mars Matrix is an awesome vertical-scrolling shooter game. I love this genre of games and it's nice to see that even an advanced system like the Dreamcast can host games of this caliber, although, it doesn't appear that any systems after the Dreamcast will have anything like this. Mars Matrix is from Capcom and is one of the most insane shooters I have seen in a long time. At any given moment, there can be..say..500 enemy bullets on the screen. This makes it very challenging to survive for long, although you do have the ability to absorb enemy bullets and use them yourself. This can come in handy, but you almost don't get to use it often enough. You get the usual power-ups and upgrades in the form of experience points. The more points you get, the more advanced your ship will be..simple enough. The replay value is very high, frankly because it's just that fun to play, but also because you get money from the points you get each level. You use this money to buy things in the shop..things like ship upgrades and new play modes. Upgrades are in the form of more lives, more continues, the ability to set what level your ship starts at and how fast it moves. It takes a lot of money, and a lot of playing, but it's worth it. All in all, this is a very fun game to play and it is very well put together. I give this game a high score..but since I don't have any sort of scale to rate it on, you'll either have to go with my word or go out and play the game yourself.
-DeRusto
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