Raiden III is a shooter developed by MOSS Co., Ltd., released 22 September 2005 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Raiden III is
Raiden III is a shooter game developed by MOSS Co., Ltd. and released in 2005. It was published by 505 Games. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
This game is a port of the original Arcade release. It was released only in Japan in 2006 but it also was re-release worldwide in 2014 for digital download on the Steam platform. Players once again take control of the famous Raiden Supersonic Attack Fighter, red for player 1 and blue for player 2 as usual; there are no selectable ships. Two player mode is enhanced by an exclusive new attack: a beam that is usable whenever one player lines up in front of the other. In Double play mode, both players share the live and bomb stocks, and without continue. In PlayStation 2, both players can be played from the same controller.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Raiden III holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 19% of the 3,305 rated shooter games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 7 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Raiden III launched on 22 September 2005, within three weeks of Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy), Indigo Prophecy, Fable: The Lost Chapters, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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