Feature: Keeping Your Options Open: Reinterpreting a Legacy

February 13, 2005, 05:06 PM

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Eric-Jon on why Gradius V is a sequel to Life Force, why options are the key to a fully realized Gradius, and why Konami didn't bother to think of this before.

"Gradius, as a series, is a bitter seductress. When you first engage Gradius, it seems charming, quirky; inviting, even. In reality, it only exists to shoot you down."

Keep your options open.