Raiden 3 PC better than PS-2 version. New Raiden 4...

[ST Dragon]

Last year I bought Raiden 3 for the PS-2 but I wasn’t that impressed primarily due to the fact that the purple “snake” laser was missing, the graphics weren’t that impressive for PS-2 standards and the over all gameplay just didn’t feel like Raiden.

However, yesterday I played Raiden 3 on the PC and I was greatly impressed!
For some reason the gameplay and the over all speed was quite improved and the graphics looked a lot sharper. Especially in TATE when rotating the 19” TFT monitor vertically, it looked awesome and felt like a vertical arcade monitor.
Now, if they had added the Purple snake laser it would have been perfect!

Is it my imagination, or does Raiden 3 PC really take advantage of the better PC graphics hardware compared to the PS-2?

I also noticed that the intro sequence was shortened on the PC version.
I hope they haven't cut the ending sequence as well, as I haven’t completed it yet.

By the way, anybody knows whether Raiden 4 will be released for the PC some time next year? The classic purple snake laser is present on the arcade version of Raiden 4; I would love to see it on my PC!

Very sinister looking fire power (Raiden IV):
http://raiden.mossjp.co.jp/raiden4/arca ... pture.html


Cool Raiden IV Wallpaper with the Snake laser:
http://raiden.mossjp.co.jp/raiden4/arca ... 1_1280.htm
http://raiden.mossjp.co.jp/raiden4/arcade/download.html

Various Raiden 3 shots:

[Agozer]

I agree, Raiden III on the PC is pretty damn sweet. Don't know anything about the graphics stuff though, but I'd like to think that the PC version takes advantage of the the graphics card's features, instead of being a direct port.

[franpa]

I WANT RAIDEN 3 !!!

[DancemasterGlenn]

Wow, me too...