PS2 Longplay [008] Thunder Force VI (JP)

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Played by: Tsunao
Shmup by Sega and last entry in the series. (unless one comes out ALL OF A SUDDEN!)
Dunno about plot. Shmup = no plot. Japanese = no plot. Shmup + Japanese = DEFINITELY NO PLOT!
Game is easy on Normal, default ship has ALL weapons, Overweapon is JUST PLAIN BROKEN (especially Back Fire), and the game is REALLY short (even the stages are really short. Stage 5 was pretty long.) There are also two more other ships: Rynex-R (which plays like traditional Thunder Force, where blowing up robs you of the CLAW and Blade/Free Range/Hunter weapon.) and Syrinx (the playable ship on Stage 6). Oh, and blowing up certain enemies with certain weapons yield more points (hence the x?)...I assume. There are 3 endings (as far as I seen): one from playing Easy or Kid difficulty, one from clearing with Phoenix, one from clearing with Rynex-R or Syrinx. Dunno about difficulty. There are no concrete info around the interwebz.
For this run, I go through the game with Phoenix on Normal difficulty. I blow up a few times (last stage). Endings are stuffed at the end: Kid difficulty ending, Phoenix ending, and clearing the game with Syrinx. Don't mind any stuttering and freezing on cutscenes. That is the price one pays for not using an ACTUAL disc. (read: loading from USB HDD)
I like the small chant that happens when you get to the boss.
"Uche! Uche! Orn blah-blah-blah!"
Transcript of what is being said. NOW!

[@ErrantMasa]

about story of TFVI: it weaves the plot of IV and V together, basically.

[@SolCresta3405]

The much maligned finale…

[@xyneksvgmremixes7221]

turning khaos into a biological alien... what were the ORN fausts thinking about?

[@dy031101]

The premise and ideas employed by this instalment are very interesting, but it's undermined by trying (unsuccessfully) to ape the structure of Thunder Force IV a bit too much. An extra stage or two, for example, could have been made just from the ORN siege of Earth, but all we got out of that premise instead is a cutscene.

[@RetroPiero]

Still ashame we never got a US release

[@BenJabituya]

I would have loved to play this, but it never released in the US. DAMN YOU, SEGA!!!

[@JamesEmirzianWaldementer]

28:48 Finisher Attack!

[@kacpersobieraj5421]

How come SOME of The text and all of The Voice Acting is in Arabic, when this was only Released in Japan?!

[@ErrantMasa]

the two langauges are actually adpated from Tangut/Xixia, an archaic Chinese dialect, and Mongolian during the days of Chinggis Khan (Modern Mongolian uses the Cyrillic alphabet) ORN Faust are basically space Mongols

[@waynecuff3140]

Yes have a copy of Thunder force 6. Its good, but unfortunately nowhere near as good as Thunderforce 3 & 4.

[@solder-2144]

but Where's Thunder Force VII?

[@pisfool3860]

It flopped so bad in Japan, and is considered the blight of the series by the fandom there. They went as far as outright denying the existence of this game.

[@israeldossantosvitalino750]

Ótimo trabalho 👏👏👏

[@markcollins2704]

Didnt even know thunder force six existed! JP only?

[@user-od4xk9rl8h]

Wow

[@cheejun7719]

nowhere near as good as Thunderforce 3 & 4

[@SeiferTan]

Nice