Boss list: 00:34 01 Deep Purple 03:25 02 Iron Maiden 06:04 03 A3 09:50 04 Guardian's Knight 13:17 05 Vasteel Original 19:50 06 Guardian Animus 23:10 Final Boss - Khaos Ascendant 26:31 Ending
@@Evilriku13 In the end of the previous game thunderforce 4, the ship was nearly destroyed and left floating in space until earth found it years later. Then after the AI in this game became self aware, it takes control of this ship to stop you.
@@huamak The AI you mention from V is actually Guardian. It's actually Khaos from Thunder Force III that took over Rynex. How? Faust was carrying it to study its technologies and ORN army. And guess what happened after Roy and Carol destroy Faust's satellite form? Khaos was unwillingly release from Faust's grasp, free to rebuild the ORN Empire. Starting by possessing Rynex, which in turn would allow Khaos to possess Guardian.
@@Evilriku13 Yes. Thunder Force IV ends with the pilots being ejected and rescued from the damaged Rynex, which floated across space for a long time, until it reached *OUR* Solar System. Humans discovered the Rynex, nicknamed it "Vastian Steel", or "Vasteel" for short, and studied it on the lunar base, before creating a research lab on Earth known as Babel, along with an AI called "The Guardian" to study it. Eventually, humanity advanced all because they discovered Vasteel, a lot of their technology directly being the result of the Vasteel research. Then the Guardian went on a rampage and wiped out most of Earth since the Vasteel actually contained the data of Khaos (the final boss of Thunder Force 3), which uploaded itself into the ship moments before the destruction of its shuttle Faust (the final boss of Thunder Force 4) and hijacked the Guardian. This effectively gave Khaos control over the Guardian's power, the Judgment Sword Fleet (Thunder Force 5's fifth stage) and the original Vasteel itself. The duel between the Gauntlet and Vasteel is essentially Khaios' final desperation move since it's only a matter of time before the Gauntlet infiltrates the Guardian's sanctum and put the corrupted supercomputer out of its misery.
@@Evilriku13 the antagonist of the game the self aware AI Guardian rebuilt it in an attempt to combat the player ship the Gauntlet The Gauntlet is actually the result of reverse engineering the Rynex’s technology which is why it has similar capabilities to it or even superior ones it’s never explained in game tho you just fight it because why not
@@Scaraboy13 Correction : through Guardian was self aware, it didn't prevent it to help humanity, unlike Khaos. This isn't Guardian. This is Khaos possessing Guardian.
No matter how dated they are, PSX-era early 3D graphics and models are an aesthetic I've always had a soft spot for (the PSX's amazing sound card certainly doesn't hurt with that).
26:21 As Blazing Star would say : "Too bad." If anyone wonders what happened : Khaos (the ORN Emperor) has successfully taken over the Guardian and is out. Free from its virtual chains and ready to invade the real world. And, Cenes Crawford is dead.
It’s actually kinda possible to defeating the Guardian even on master with the default weapons but you do need the claw devices (yes I knows it’s Craw but still calling it Claw) I only said kinda cuz you know her Thunder Sword on the 3rd phase have a janky as fuck hit box when she doesn’t swing that sword
I love the fact that the Guardian's knight has a final attack when it dies if you cant evade you lose all your upgrades for the next stage (only works for time attack)
@@angelis1123 My late grandpa had an Iron Maiden poster in his store room & I've seen it since I was a tiny kid. (I'm 39 now.) Who doesn't know who Iron Maiden is?
There’s so little info on the screen that I feel like I’m watching an extended demo that plays when the gamer hasn’t pushed start yet and it’s messing with me so hard lol
Aah, good o' times. It was a blast back then, even though I died a lot of times(orz 😅 ). But AWW!! You didn't destroy the final boss in time!! Well, given the fact that a lot of us had seen the Good Ending plenty of times already, this is actually a treat for some of us. Magnificently done once again, bud. You're going to play the sequel too, yes?
Boss list:
00:34 01 Deep Purple
03:25 02 Iron Maiden
06:04 03 A3
09:50 04 Guardian's Knight
13:17 05 Vasteel Original
19:50 06 Guardian Animus
23:10 Final Boss - Khaos Ascendant
26:31 Ending
26:31 "Bad Ending"
@@KLONOA105 Definitely.
There's another one though, if Khaos is destroyed in time before it escapes the Judgement Sword.
Stages 1-3 can be rearranged while 4 to 7 are in order
Little fun fact about Vasteel Original: You're fighting the Rynex, the protagonist ship of the previous game!
I did notice that, what is the lore reason for this?
@@Evilriku13 In the end of the previous game thunderforce 4, the ship was nearly destroyed and left floating in space until earth found it years later. Then after the AI in this game became self aware, it takes control of this ship to stop you.
@@huamak The AI you mention from V is actually Guardian. It's actually Khaos from Thunder Force III that took over Rynex. How? Faust was carrying it to study its technologies and ORN army. And guess what happened after Roy and Carol destroy Faust's satellite form? Khaos was unwillingly release from Faust's grasp, free to rebuild the ORN Empire. Starting by possessing Rynex, which in turn would allow Khaos to possess Guardian.
Seeing the Vasteel blew my mind, that was so sick, didn't expect it at all.
Here's a badass fact about the fifth boss, Vasteel Original:
*You are fighting your own player ship from the previous game in a 1-V-1 showdown!*
Okay but why is it that way? Does the story explain that somewhere?
@@Evilriku13 Yes. Thunder Force IV ends with the pilots being ejected and rescued from the damaged Rynex, which floated across space for a long time, until it reached *OUR* Solar System.
Humans discovered the Rynex, nicknamed it "Vastian Steel", or "Vasteel" for short, and studied it on the lunar base, before creating a research lab on Earth known as Babel, along with an AI called "The Guardian" to study it. Eventually, humanity advanced all because they discovered Vasteel, a lot of their technology directly being the result of the Vasteel research.
Then the Guardian went on a rampage and wiped out most of Earth since the Vasteel actually contained the data of Khaos (the final boss of Thunder Force 3), which uploaded itself into the ship moments before the destruction of its shuttle Faust (the final boss of Thunder Force 4) and hijacked the Guardian.
This effectively gave Khaos control over the Guardian's power, the Judgment Sword Fleet (Thunder Force 5's fifth stage) and the original Vasteel itself.
The duel between the Gauntlet and Vasteel is essentially Khaios' final desperation move since it's only a matter of time before the Gauntlet infiltrates the Guardian's sanctum and put the corrupted supercomputer out of its misery.
@@Evilriku13 the antagonist of the game the self aware AI Guardian rebuilt it in an attempt to combat the player ship the Gauntlet
The Gauntlet is actually the result of reverse engineering the Rynex’s technology which is why it has similar capabilities to it or even superior ones it’s never explained in game tho you just fight it because why not
@@Scaraboy13 Correction : through Guardian was self aware, it didn't prevent it to help humanity, unlike Khaos. This isn't Guardian. This is Khaos possessing Guardian.
You ever just see a game and know the soundtrack is gonna be lit?
No matter how dated they are, PSX-era early 3D graphics and models are an aesthetic I've always had a soft spot for (the PSX's amazing sound card certainly doesn't hurt with that).
I'll take retro 3D graphics over modern 3D graphics any day.
I’m with both comments 👍🏼✨
PS1 has really vivid colors PS2 tends to have more "dirty" realistic graphics while the PS1 just has bright ass neon colors.
26:21 As Blazing Star would say : "Too bad."
If anyone wonders what happened : Khaos (the ORN Emperor) has successfully taken over the Guardian and is out. Free from its virtual chains and ready to invade the real world. And, Cenes Crawford is dead.
It's what happens when you willfully refuse to use the aiming laser!
Or was it call free range?
@@mghegotagun Free Range
@@byonemesis I prefer my lasers like I prefer my chicken: Free Range.
It’s actually kinda possible to defeating the Guardian even on master with the default weapons but you do need the claw devices (yes I knows it’s Craw but still calling it Claw)
I only said kinda cuz you know her Thunder Sword on the 3rd phase have a janky as fuck hit box when she doesn’t swing that sword
@@morrowlterraslove It is possible indeed to beat Khaos Ascendant (it's actually Khaos possessing Guardian)
These boss designs kick A S S
One of the game with the best OST in PS1 era.
Each stage and each boss has different theme, even mini title for this game is "the perfect system"
It's funny how Technosoft has not used all the PS graphics effects here. They kept it almost intact from the Saturn version 🤣
It plays real smooth at the very least.
Good Ending - Destroy final boss
Bad Ending - Let final boss escape
I thought the game locked you out of the good ending by letting any boss scape.
I love the fact that the Guardian's knight has a final attack when it dies if you cant evade you lose all your upgrades for the next stage (only works for time attack)
I really like the A3 theme.
Deep Purple was awesone! I giant, sentient mecha ray that can fly, fire laser beams & named after a rock band!
I guess each boss is based on rock band, cause you know Iron Maiden?
@@angelis1123 My late grandpa had an Iron Maiden poster in his store room & I've seen it since I was a tiny kid. (I'm 39 now.) Who doesn't know who Iron Maiden is?
i like how you didnt use aiming laser, or CRAWs so we actually see the bosses put up a fight
I still remember how much i loved this game as a kiddo...damn! Now im 28 !
The soundtrack goes a lot hard, I LOVE IT
Thunder Force V was waaaay ahead of it's time! what a fantastic game!
I dream about games like this almost every night futuristic shooters with giant mech bosses
This Game would be a quarter eater at the arcade.
13:08 my first playthrough. I did not Expect a final desperation attack XD
23:10
Omg its them!
My personal favorite video game boseeee!!!
Rather, it this. Khaos itself.
Love the design of the bosses but the backgrounds make it hard to see projectiles.
It's intentional
Skill issue
this is the bad ending btw, if player successfully defeat last boss, congrats, last letter will be played
Deep purple and iron Maiden 🤘🤘🤘
There’s so little info on the screen that I feel like I’m watching an extended demo that plays when the gamer hasn’t pushed start yet and it’s messing with me so hard lol
I call it "Extreme optimization"
hey, my childhood
These bosses look hard af.
PSX: when max of your possibilities is called minimalism now.
You let the final boss get away?!
If khaos must be destroyed, you must keep constantly shoot his head, don't even lose any second from beginning, except when he make fusion time
@@Yukizazie There’s a reason why I always use Free Range on the bastard…
07:27
A3の戦車形態で「ガンヘッド」思い出したひとっていないかな？
I like GunHead.
Aah, good o' times. It was a blast back then, even though I died a lot of times(orz 😅 ).
But AWW!! You didn't destroy the final boss in time!! Well, given the fact that a lot of us had seen the Good Ending plenty of times already, this is actually a treat for some of us.
Magnificently done once again, bud. You're going to play the sequel too, yes?
There is a time and a place for intentionally gimping yourself, and this game was NOT that.
This is another game where the first boss looks harder than the second boss.
Автору респект
nice game
Awesome game
Sir. You have failed.
where
@@nicolas100x100 The bad ending.
Plus this game can CORRUPT YOUR DATA CARD!
Seriously Thunder Force V gave me 3 CORRUPTED DATA on my Red MEMORY CARD.
28:09
Look like Darius
Why is this not available on modern systems? I just don't get it. 😞 We need more proper shmups on the market and less bullet hells.
That ending kinda sucked...