Earthion (NS) Review | VGChartz

VGChartz’s Evan Norris: “Earthion is a beautiful love letter to the Sega Genesis and the 16-bit era in general, co-authored by someone who helped define its greatness Yuzo Koshiro. It’s also one of the best looking and sounding shmups of any era. It’s not quite one of the best playing shmups, however, due to several minor flaws: tiny, hard-to-read bullets; imbalanced sub-weapons; and a rudimentary scoring system. Still, its successes in stage design, boss battles, and permanent upgrades help diminish those issues. If you grew up with games like Hellfire, Thunder Force IV, and Gaiares, you owe it to yourself to pick up Earthion right away.”