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Ikaruga Xbox 360
  • Publisher: Treasure
  • Release Date: Apr 9, 2008
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Metascore
87 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 34 Critics What's this?

User Score
7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 38 Ratings

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  • Summary: [Xbox Live Arcade] Treasure's award-winning scrolling shooter brings a tactical twist to the genre with its yin-and-yang gameplay: the color of your ship determines your effect on enemies. In this polarized system, enemy ships and their bullets are one of two colors. Attack an enemy of the opposite color for extra damage. Absorb enemy fire of the same color as your ship, and use the energy for a special attack. Destroy multiple enemies of the same color to score a chaining bonus. Play solo or cooperatively, and use your polarity to achieve victory. Multiplayer support for two-player co-op offline or over Xbox LIVE allows you to clear the levels with a friend. [Treasure]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 33 out of 34
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 34
  3. Negative: 0 out of 34
  1. Xbox World 360 Magazine UK
    100
    Ikaruga isn't tough our unfair, and is always kind enough to encourage perfect play without ever demanding it. [June 2008, p.94]
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  2. Destructoid
    100
    Whether you enjoy shooters or not, it is simply something that must be played. Treasure created a wonderful experience, and has delivered that very same experience to the 360, perfectly intact, accomplishing far more than it aspires to do, and offering much more than just a shmup.
  3. X360 Magazine UK
    70
    You're likely to have as much success doing this as trying to watch a 3D movie without the free Sugar Puffs glasses - it amounts to much the same thing. [Issue#32, p.116]
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User Reviews

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Homer
    10
    An amazing action game that just might be the greatest shooter of all time. It's also hard as utter s***.
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  2. rishabhaxe
    10
    I have played the trial game and know i just want the full game soooooooo badly but for some reason my brother hates it i dont know he is an idiot
    • 1 of 1 users said yes
  3. ApocalypseBrown
    10
    Perfection is what I'll call this side -scrolling shoot 'em up, the game was so awe inspiring ten years ago and hasn't lost a once of playability today!… Expand
    • 1 of 1 users said yes

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