Critic Reviews
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GamePro
Hardly pushing the limits of the PS2, Gradius III and IV is a shooter combo package that will appeal to retro gaming fans.
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| 75 |
Games Radar UK (Pre-2006)
An acquired taste, no doubt, but Konami's Gradius package delivers quality thrills in quick bite sized bursts.
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| 75 |
Daily Radar
It's a hit because it's fun, pretty challenging and relies on a tried-and-true game style -- but if you're choosing a game to show off what your PS2 does -- this ain't it.
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| 70 |
Antagonist
Patience and timing are really the only way to get through either of these games.
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| 70 |
Hot Games
These are still great, classic games that are worth owning if you can find the package for a decent price.
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| 67 |
GameSpy
Some people still enjoy the outdated and arguably unfair rules of Gradius, and if you're one of them, then you'll probably enjoy this package a great deal.
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| 65 |
IGN
Certainly a purely retro affair, aimed only at a small enthusiast market, but it's retro gaming done properly, a package that's worth the money to its target audience (hey, you would have paid 60 bucks for just Gradius III back in the day).
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| 65 |
GamerWeb Sony
There's a dozen titles that look better, but they don't play nearly as well.
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| 63 |
GameSpot
Konami's sights may be locked dead on the retrogaming audience, but Gradius III & IV are both excellent, albeit incredibly difficult, games in their own right.
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| 60 |
CNET Gamecenter
The good news, if you're a hard-core old-school gamer, is that they both play like the Gradius shooters of old. The bad news, for every other gamer out there, is that Gradius III and IV don't showcase the true power of the PS2.
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| 50 |
Happy Puppy
Old-school graphics and unprecedented difficulty level make this one a loser for all but the most dedicated retro-game freaks.
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| 50 |
TotalGames.net
Meritless in terms of taking their genre forward or, worse even, invoking the warm glow of nostalgia. Spend £15 on a NES and the original games instead.
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| 40 |
PSX Nation
Two arcade perfect ports of games that will get stale within a short few minutes. Back then, way back then, this may have been revolutionary but on the PS2 it's almost like an insult to the grown intelligence of gamers.
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| 40 |
All Game Guide
Only enjoyable if you equate fun with frustration, but most gamers have long since outgrown that philosophy, as have most games. Yet Gradius III and IV clings to its roots like a long rotting tooth.
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| 30 |
Spank!
A complete and utter waste of time and money for anyone who isn't a die-hard shoot 'em-up junky.
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