Ikaruga – Reviews

1. 9
   No refuge.

   08/28/2004

   By discoinferno84
2. 8
   The last hurrah for shooters?

   06/21/2003

   By Gruel
3. 9
   Ebony And Ivory Live Together In Perfect Harmony...

   04/18/2003

   By JohnsonTheRoboIbex
4. 8
   Ikaruga is a very good game, and an exceptionally good shooter.

   12/20/2004

   By Kaleb Grace
5. 9
   Splendid. Excellent.

   04/18/2003

   By Regdren
6. 9
   A fantastic game that is certainly not for everyone

   03/24/2003

   By rjpageuk
7. 8
   A Game of Polarities...

   09/20/2007

   By starlac
8. 8
   Bring out the Bawls and put on some music; It's time for a party with Ikaruga!

   04/23/2003

   By Vespa
9. 10
   Ikaruga...one of the best shooters ever

   04/24/2003

   By what866

1. 8
   Mom! I'm having a seizure!

   04/25/2003

   By antHraxz
2. 10
   You wont beat this if you suck

   04/26/2003

   By Archetypo
3. 9
   Best shmup ever?

   03/24/2008

   By askthemaster
4. 10
   Another treasure from Treasure

   04/20/2003

   By BJ0RN THE IMPALER
5. 7
   Short, tough, classic

   02/01/2022

   By buruburu1
6. 9
   A vertical shooter revival!

   04/29/2003

   By coolbrys
7. 9
   A game that will drive you nuts, and you'll love every minute of it.

   05/24/2005

   By dotsjr
8. 10
   If I could I'd give this game a 95, but I can't. So I'm giving it a 10.

   09/28/2005

   By fetusbucketeer
9. 9
   Challenging, Addictive, and Intuitive Gameplay

   05/04/2003

   By FJD11
10. 5
    IkaWHOga???

    04/10/2004

    By FoxDemon
11. 10
    A mix of shooting action and puzzle solving that shmup fans shouldn't miss

    04/10/2004

    By Jugem
12. 7
    Pretentious

    04/30/2003

    By Kane
13. 10
    Treasure strikes again!

    04/20/2003

    By Katon
14. 9
    Super Addicting!

    05/19/2003

    By Komodo117
15. 9
    So, I waited so long to write a review for this game, planned it all since a long time.. but I can't seem to have a title... why? too good to describe

    12/26/2005

    By Mamsaac
16. 10
    Not surprisingly, Treasure delivers yet another smash.

    06/19/2004

    By Quetzal Kaizoku
17. 8
    Hard-as-nails, yet addictive, 2D shooter from Treasure

    04/29/2003

    By Razorskin
18. 10
    A new level of gaming!

    05/12/2003

    By rpgmaster87
19. 5
    This game would have been great if it was a PS1 launch game.

    06/03/2003

    By SenseiNoMokushiroku
20. 9
    One of the best shooters I've seen in years.

    05/09/2003

    By Sketch Tucker
21. 5
    Are shooters dead? No, but this game could kill them.

    06/18/2004

    By Turbo Speed
22. 9
    There may be seeming disorder and yet no real disorder at all.

    04/25/2006

    By ZFS

1. 10
   Wow...just Wow

   04/17/2003

   By Dancin Jesus
2. 7
   All that is great and aweful about shooters

   04/18/2003

   By goldbera
3. 9
   An Insanely Difficult Yet Amazing Game

   04/17/2003

   By JohnnyRico
4. 9
   Ikaruga is truly something to brag about

   04/20/2003

   By KerrigansBane
5. 10
   The greatest shooter ever!

   11/07/2004

   By kts123
6. 10
   Ay, carumba!

   04/22/2003

   By Laladien
7. 8
   So very hard, but so very fun

   04/24/2003

   By MrFortyFive
8. 10
   Old school shooters come back in full glory.

   04/20/2003

   By PoopyMcPoopster
9. 9
   Overhead shooting makes a come back!!!!

   04/18/2003

   By rond556
10. 4
    Greatest shooter ever? You're joking right?

    05/22/2003

    By Rosa Parks Jr
11. 9
    An unexpectadly good game.

    04/20/2003

    By Sinister EX
12. 9
    The resurrection of the shoot-em-up genre?

    04/24/2003

    By sunst0rm
13. 9
    Can you cope with this insanity? Or are you just a chump?!

    06/03/2003

    By tommy h 2450

1. 
   Ikaruga Review: 8.5 / 10

1. 85
   metacritic

   Based on 52 critics.
2. 8.5
   User Score

   Based on 52 user reviews.

1. 90
   AceGamez

   Ikaruga successfully blends nostalgia with new and modern twists in a usually very rigid genre, while providing a challenge that few other games come near to presenting, without ever feeling unfair to the player.
2. 90
   Boomtown

   Ikaruga is the best shoot-em-up on the current generation of consoles. With perfect gameplay, perfect difficulty curve, and beautiful graphics, it provides an intense experience like no other.
3. 90
   Gamestyle

   Brilliant. It's hugely playable, graphically sublime and even more importantly, once again Treasure have raised the bar for top-down shooters.
4. 90
   NTSC-uk

   Ikaruga is not an easy game. Even on Easy difficulty mode it is quite challenging, and the higher modes just ramp things up another notch.

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