Darius Cozmic Collection (2019) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Darius Cozmic Collection

Announced by Taito in July 2018, comes Darius Cozmic Collection for the Nintendo Switch. The Standard Edition offers four of the classic arcade games from the series of this side-scrolling shoot ‘em up. The…

76 28 February 2019

What Darius Cozmic Collection is

Darius Cozmic Collection is an arcade game developed by M2 and released in 2019. It was published by ININ Games. It is available on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Announced by Taito in July 2018, comes Darius Cozmic Collection for the Nintendo Switch. The Standard Edition offers four of the classic arcade games from the series of this side-scrolling shoot ‘em up. The titles available in the standard collection are: Darius (Arcade) Darius II (Arcade) Sagaia (Arcade) *Darius II Overseas Version Darius Gaiden (Arcade)

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.

How it was received

Darius Cozmic Collection holds a critic score of 76 out of 100. That places it above 58% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2019 averaged 69, so it scored 7 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Darius Cozmic Collection launched on 28 February 2019, within three weeks of Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, Anthem and Tom Clancy's The Division 2. It reviewed better than 1 of the 4. It arrived 6 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Metro Exodus, Devil May Cry 5, Anthem, Tom Clancy's The Division 2.

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