Raiden V Director's Cut - ALL-S Clear with TLB - 100.3 Million

[@Tyurru]

Raiden is my childhood. Always impressed with the variety of weapons and enemies.

[@Tyurru]

Demon Marauder :P

[@meyers0781]

And for a 16-bit game, the details are outstanding

[@matrixandraia]

That playthrough was outstanding. I always play with the Spirit of Dragon because of its insane firepower. The DC version of this game made it much easier with its bonus stages allowing you to fill up your resources and shields, and I was grateful for it. My only complaint about Raiden V is that it makes you jump through hoops to fight the TLB. I love that the DC version fixed stage 7 by adding more cannons and AA guns. Same with adding more big ships in stages 6 and 8. My highest score in the DC version was 84 million in 2017. On the XBox One, I managed just over 80 million for the achievement, but that took a lot more effort. =) Last - I don't think you need to 1cc to reach the TLB, but rather play well (S-Ranks?) and max all of your weapons. I've fought the TLB a couple of times, but it was from credit feeding (because when I'm playing for fun to 1cc, I always stick to the homing plasma and then the vulcans [powered up to about level 6 over the course of the game] for the stage 8 boss, ignoring the blue laser entirely).

[@Konh-Minh]

Those bullets move faster than the ones in most bullet hell shooters. I'm impressed you were able to even register their position considering how fast they were, let alone dodge them.

[@Quadrolithium]

That's Raiden for you, and it's infamous Sniper Tanks

[@memeplayer1923]

@@Quadrolithium Raiden Fighters Jet: *Hold my beer*

[@heavyc4450]

The problem isn't the bullet. It the damn stage moving so fast😢

[@alexhndr]

Also... The fact that this play was done on Normal Diff, and the BOOLIT SPEED is already SANIC level.. *Imagine HARD or VERY HARD*

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

Well Raiden series always go Touhou's danmaku design opposite:Less tight more speed.

[@minhnguyenhoang7828]

@@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597 then you have "Pristine Danmaku Hell" from touhou Lunatic mode and every cave games that have both dense bullet patterns and bullet speed, with cave's games having even more oompf than touhou+ raiden

[@IncognitoSprax]

Just played on Hard...it's Hard. Especially later levels. Mind you, stage 4 is kicking my ass on Normal. Stage 3 on Hard....ouch. 😥

[@lazermens]

tried hard, boi i lose count how many continues i lost

[@Alfa_425]

Y'know, when u using catch plasma, it's like punching to enemies instantly. And also, it's satisfying to see that and the multiple score.... I like that powerup. :)

[@bonbon_ann2701]

Great run^^

[@PokeDigiFighter11013]

I've been playing this game since my birthday this year and boy is it fun. Although... I was hoping you'd get positive judgments from Eshiria on how you destroy the enemies. I'm puzzled how you got poorly judged for Scene 2 in Stages 3 & 4.

[@AndrewBlechinger]

That's not how Jung's collective unconscious works, by the way. That's more about how various cultures independently arrived at the concept of dragons. The crystals sharing information would be more like a hive mind.

[@KnakuanaRka]

Yeah, at least do basic research on your technobabble! :-(

[@paxhumana2015]

Who asked you lot on your moronic opinions on the matter? The game is science fiction, sheesh! You lot literally sound more autistic than myself, and I actually AM autistic in real life!

[@alexhndr]

Is it just me... Or the OST of this game sounded like something that Demetori made?? Overall, this game is awesome I love how this game evolve from a simple "Destroy The Crystal" type of plot to "Destroy it, because these Crystal can reset life" type of deal... More believable.

[@God-ch8lq]

YES, it sounds a lot like demetori

[@KnakuanaRka]

Yeah, it is pretty interesting, but people who play Raiden generally aren’t that interested in story. Especially when it’s shown through endless distracting voiceovers during gameplay. Shut up and let me focus on the enemies! @(>_

[@theraiden9631]

@@KnakuanaRka I played Raiden from PS1 wondering what story is this. This game answered all my questions.

[@CreativePathway5450]

This is how to make yourself powerful to me.

[@paxhumana2015]

The Homing Laser, Homing Missiles, and Support Ships make you practically invincible in this game.

[@dingo535]

The homing lasers that are the individual beams, or the big bending toothpaste laser? I assume the former but I guess they both kinda home in on enemies.

[@dingo535]

I found the “homing lasers” (weapon 3) very effective at clearing popcorn and just doing the stage portion in general for the most part. I did however find boss fights almost prohibitively challenging due to the low damage output. You have to see EVERY phase of every boss/mid boss. Cool weapon though and I wonder if it can overcome those weaknesses in the right hands.

[@pkradiancegamingbiorhythm]

Seen this for 15.99 used at Gamestop. Was interested in checking this one out. After seeing this I'm getting it now!

[@cristianrodriguez8429]

Me too, I just picked it up from my local gamestop for 15 bucks, can't wait to get home and check it out. There's many cool deals at gamestop, I don't know why so much hate sometimes towards the company,lol

[@freddiet8639]

Its £100 in Ps2 this side of the pond! £60 for the switch version aswell...

[@ralgore]

The game looks very interesting, but I hope there is an option to turn off the voice overs =P

[@Dessan01]

Ralgore there is and indeed the subtitles on the play field itself, I wish there was a way to remove the characters from the HUD completely but sadly you are stuck with their ugly mugs the entire play through. It’s worth putting up with though very good game once you get into it and dirt cheap at the moment picked a physical copy up for $10 new in a sale.

[@AndreBnet]

Indeed

[@Dessan01]

@BMO Yeah, found mine in a U.K. store called GAME new for £10 (so actually about $12) PS4 version with soundtrack CD. It was about 2 years ago now, might have just got lucky.

[@KnakuanaRka]

Yeah, shut the heck up; nobody plays Raiden for the story, especially when you’re trying to pay attention to the enemies! @(>_

[@minaminotaiyo6055]

@@KnakuanaRka I got used to it playing Ace Combat honestly. I kinda wish more shmups did this chatter thing.

[@michaelhoule2134]

Raiden 5 the anime looks awesome. I am glad they went subs over dubs.

[@JaimersSTG]

Unfortunately if you buy the game there is only an English dub. I only got the JP voices in here by swapping files around and even then that only works if you downgrade to the first version of the game first. Not sure about the PS4 version.

[@Fireafyanimations299]

7:57 "Yare Yare" - Max, a guy who clearly isnt a Joestar

[@DAEGUKJW]

Wow Japanese Voice With Eng Sub is Great! Awesome

[@explosivemodesonicmauricet1597]

Unfortunately,players regarded the voice as annoying.Especially the English ver.

[@sudacagamer]

@@JaggedMercenary that coffee beans dialog, holy shit, what were they thinking.

[@Zerokin]

Who are the Japanese Voice Casts???

[@chrisrobinson3494]

I haven't played this game in many years, and they FINALLY gave it something it SHOULD have had from the beginning, SHIELDS for the fighter plane!

[@marcusbullock630]

you're supposed to use finesse though that's the whole thing about raiden, each enemy attack has a solution, many can be evaded by simply looping around in figure-8s or tapping

[@GungKrisna12]

But only one life, if you ran out of shield, it's game over

[@tehfoxxy9630]

So how is the PC port? Since the Blaze one had issues apparently...

[@FuZZbaLLbee]

I wish this game could be played vertically on Switch. It woud be much easier to see everything. I don't care for the widgets anyway.

[@antoniusstanley1366]

can you tell how to reach TLB? i have tried to maxed out all weapons and S rank even on the mission bonus mode...but it didn't allow me... help me :( is it a must to finish the game without using any coin to contiinue?

[@JaimersSTG]

Yeah you can't restart sections and you must 1cc.

[@antoniusstanley1366]

i reached TLB yesterday :D... and using continues is fine actually.. but ofc, the game should be started from the very beginning of the game. so yeah i guess this is the actual requirements to reach it: - max out all weapons - should start the game in the very beginning - should be in stage 8-A or 8-S to reach TLB - 1CC isn't actually required tho, i used continues 6 times or even more...and it's just fine anyway thanks for the info :D

[@Quadrolithium]

@@antoniusstanley1366 basically, make sure you rank up high enough

[@leodash_]

Is this Steam or GOG? I bought the Steam version. At 53:07 in my game, the smoke effects inside the trench looks white and caused slowdown. I tried to force the game to run on dedicated GPU, but the game crashes on startup.

[@JaimersSTG]

Not sure what that is about, but this is the Steam version in any case.

[@leodash_]

@@JaimersSTG Okay, thanks. It's probably my AMD cpu laptop.

[@leodash_]

I fixed the FPS drop by upgrading my RAM to dual channel. Damn, the enemy bullets are fast. Makes me want to downgrade back.

[@nemoguy]

48:40 Looks like the FALKEN from ace combat

[@hypercelis01]

Could've been more awesome if they played the ost "Tragedy Flame" in the final stage.

[@danielgagnon5001]

This song shall never die

[@fancy91317]

The castle appeared in 25:51 looks like Château de Walzin in Belgium 😮

[@paxhumana2015]

I much prefer the Giant Purple Plasma Dick of Fuck You, a.k.a, the Homing Laser, as my go to weapon in this game. Pair it with the Homing Missiles, and Support Ships, and you are practically invincible.

[@user-ot4rp8yn8r]

Bro your skill is........legendary!!!

[@hansenkho3835]

What platform is this?

[@JaimersSTG]

Steam.

[@franciscor390]

How do you elevate the monoliths in each stage? Meaning the small silver square in the ground, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't.

[@nate567987]

hold above where they are

[@SirChocula]

Got sick of the voices in 3 mins, they don't stop talking.... geezus christ man. I hope there's a way to turn off the voice!!!

[@b-retrogamer2324]

There is. The games unplayable with it

[@demonicasoldier1770]

lol imagine being a pilot and having to listen to their bullshit every single second

[@EmeraldEdge72]

There's a break from the talking at 16:00!

[@KnakuanaRka]

Yeah, how can we be expected to listen to the voiceovers during gameplay? Especially in a game series that has never had story before? Shut up and let me focus! @(>_

[@Serinus_Wind]

Is the japanese voice is only ps4? or how can i set the japanese voice?

[@stefanssmellsvictory105]

Please tell me you can turn the voices off in this title?

[@helgestegemoen73]

Yes you can. You can change the voice volume in the settings. Unfortnatly it's also turns off the voices at the end screen, but you can still read what they are saying. I usually play without voices, but sometimes I turn them on, for the plot. Don't think they have to much to add, except I'm happy that I had voices on the first time I got the bad ending :D

[@erikthegamer8727]

I think its better with voices. Without it, game feels empty. Actually, it add more tension than ever! LOL!

[@anthonyclarke2253]

I feel like I'm watching an anime.

[@erikthegamer8727]

@@anthonyclarke2253 i agree with you :D with this voa, raiden v become ace combat shmups lol

[@memeplayer1923]

Same. This game is the new Raiden Fighters Jet to me. :)

[@sapienecks]

I suggest balance between silence and talking. This is nonstop talking. Try play with controller basically nagging in your ears lol.

[@KnakuanaRka]

@@sapienecks Yeah, good luck paying attention to the voiceovers while playing. Separate cutscenes would be a lot less annoying.

[@shavingrabbid]

How long did this take you to do? I'm asking because I'm trying to get into STGs

[@JaimersSTG]

This game? A week or two, but I've been playing this genre for many years.

[@artemisiabellashcroft5119]

sound nice! i may buy it once it's on sale

[@maid1452]

Thank you for using the JP original voices, because the ENG one sucks lol

[@sitiazimatun7412]

Use undub? Is japanese voice?

[@Legofromthelowerlands020]

Can someone explain why my high scores aren’t being saved in this game???

[@arsenskavin130]

i dunno why raiden V gets so much hate, yes, it's easier than 3 and 4 but it's still pretty cool game.

[@getter7seven]

Nice!

[@cuteboysss]

Is this game 2 players? I remember there was a red and blue jet.

[@freddiet8639]

Yes it is.

[@marleymcleay9228]

I like that the player lets the bosses unleash. better than persistent pointblanking (not that there is an absence of point blanking)

[@f00zh]

can I play this game in portrait mode?

[@rober4]

Wow, they don't shut their traps do they

[@drdvids]

I just say I'm quite bummed. I bought this on the Xbox one when it came out. I wanted a pc release but it was an exclusive with no indication of going multiplat. The near deal breaker for me was no Co op. Still bought and did enjoy it, but it's so disappointing to seem them releasing a directors cut on other platforms with Co op and NOT updating the Xbox one version to include it. Guess I'll be forced to rebut for just one feature. Lastly, those bonus missions I saw, are they only part of the directors cut?

[@Dessan01]

Yup the bonus stages are exclusive to PS4 and in my opinion make the game a lot more playable if you want to 1CC, as they give you a bunch of extra fairies. I tried the pc version first and it’s near impossible not to die without those (at least for me).

[@jaimegarcia-barrosocollado4890]

43:00

[@Systemsprenger82]

Not available in the German Xbox Store, damm

[@playoffl36ron8]

why are there so many continues removes the challenge

[@aarongabriel7431]

fuckin game is so sick

[@dinotheruler1690]

1:13:27 lmao

[@garyabernethy2]

what does everyone consider the best raiden game?

[@Dessan01]

I like the original best because I played a lot on an original arcade cab back in the day (would love to own one of those now) 2 comes a close second. I do like V but none of them were quite the same after 2.

[@SkinoGreeneVu]

One = best OST two= Gameplay Four = healthy mixture... these are the only worth mentioning

[@Insanartist]

The sols are the only things I hate about this game. Three of them I cannot triggered.

[@alexanderdeyloff7619]

Is this the one coming to Nintendo

[@Brycepop]

It sure is. July 25th.

[@jaimegarcia-barrosocollado4890]

1:00:00

[@vaevic.6348]

Привет

[@thexulthand9473]

I think old raiden is much harder to play

[@user-vc7ho9hs6u]

日本じゃIVまでしか見ないと思ったら他社にライセンスしてたのね…Ｍ２辺りが逆輸入してくれないかなぁ(;'∀')

[@user-zi7tu2nk7i]

何だかパンチしてるみたいなレーザーだな。

[@sztheunknown883]

how to download this

[@csalvalaio]

It is a great game, with a wonderful soundtrack, but with infinite continues and the fact of starting again exactly where your ship was destroyed and still not losing any power up of your weapon system, makes the game very easy even in very hard mode. Every conversation also annoys a little, but the big flaw is the little difficulty, shmups must be brutal, I still think the Sega Genesis classic is better.

[@RinMariiiii]

You can try playing to beat the game with less continues, or without using any at all. I'd rather that a shmup has infinite continues so that people of all skill levels can enjoy it, from casual newcomers to 1-credit clear chasers.

[@GRIMLOCK07]

Waaaaaayyyyy too much Talking.

[@marcusbullock630]

i really. really. really. really. dislike the direction this game is heading toward. Raiden DX was the best

[@TheAgentloser]

Player 1 (Philippines) & Player 2 (Japan) of Raiden V In United Nations Ultraman Zero & Ultra Brothers Manila (PNP Camp Crame (US President)/NPA Japan (US Vice President))

[@satomari9315]

This soundtrack Entirely in touhou music

[@tehfoxxy9630]

The hell are you talking about?

[@VicAdward]

Not really though

[@StormsparkPegasus]

Wow, this game looks like crap. The last thing I want during a shooter is NPC's that won't shut up.

[@mcalnd]

The actual game is pretty good (although far too many projectile types and colours, and very fast moving backdrops), the "Directors cut" is total shit if you ask me. Inane Story mode ONLY (the only way to play is to turn OFF the dialogue, but it still puts text for the story at the top of your play screen!) and a crap Boss mode, that is your lot. No score attack or anything. Hardly any options to tweak the display. Its as bare-bones a directors cut I've seen.

[@ShinGian]

Hello. I need help. How can I reach route 7-C? I tried several times but only 7s, 7a or 7b.

[@bigmikeobama5314]

the dialogue is stupid and annoying. a story line for this game was a dumb idea

[@corehazard4709]

wtf is this game? what happened to raiden?? if they wanna talk, then they should meet at a cafe and let everything out. why has it to be during the whole gameplay???? i wanted to buy this but nah forget it

[@b-retrogamer2324]

Did you really play this with the vocal audio? Dislike

[@bumiable]

The game is way to easy for me.

[@agharta42]

sry braj but with only 1 hour of gameplay it aint worth it