So much goes on at any given moment that it's hard to figure out what's going on.Įxplosions obscure much of the action, bullets and other weapons fire fill the screen - it can be a disorienting experience to the point that you stop caring about precision and just start sliding your ship with reckless abandon.Įndless continues generously allow an unlimited number of deaths when tackling the five-mission campaign, which comes in both original Arcade and enhanced iPhone flavours. Your fingers might be touching the screen, but it often feels like DoDonPachi Resurrection is playing you. It's a nice bit of variety in a genre that often substitutes smart gameplay with repetitive design and excessive difficulty. Depending on your style of play, you're able to opt for one over the other. Hyper mode, which is triggered when filling a special gauge via successful attacks, unloads a barrage of fire as your ship is held in position.įurther tactical consideration is provided through Slaughter and Menace modes, which are instigated when destroying enemies and scraping enemy weapons fire respectively. By default, buttons on the left enable you to detonate screen-clearing bombs, switch to Laser mode to neutralise enemy laser attacks, and activate hyper mode for high-powered attacks. Sliding a finger anywhere on the screen moves your ship, chosen from a range of three, each with a distinct weapons load out. Cave has done an admiral job adapting the game to iPhone and iPod touch with 1:1 touch control and a customisable virtual button interface.

Thankfully, the controls aren't anywhere near as convoluted as the story. Of course, that's somewhat expected when you're in control of a diminutive fighter pilot embarking on a suicide mission against an army of mechanical beasts across time. While it wisely opts for a reasonable level of difficulty, there's so much going on at any given time that you can't help but feel overwhelmed.

In fact, lauded Japanese developer Cave will only appease the shooter faithful with this well-to-do iPhone and iPod touch port.įor everyone else, DoDonPachi Resurrection is a mind-melting combination of excessive gunfire, neon-coloured graphics, and string of continues with the occasional moment of gameplay thrown in for good measure. There's little moderation when it comes to these types of games and a title like DoDonPachi Resurrection isn't about to change anybody's views on the matter. When it comes to top-down shooters, you either like them or you don't.

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