Silpheed: The Lost Planet

Silpheed: The Lost Planet (シルフィード ザ・ロストプラネット, Shirufīdo Za Rosuto Puranetto) is a 2000 shooter video game. It is a direct sequel to Silpheed. It was developed by Treasure Co. Ltd and Game Arts, and published in North America by Working Designs. The game is a vertical scrolling shooter in which the player controls 019, a Silpheed of the planet Solont's SA-77 Squadron, as it takes on countless alien enemies.

Developer(s)Game Arts
Treasure Co. Ltd
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)Masaki Ukyo
Platform(s)PlayStation 2
Release
  • JP: September 21, 2000
  • NA: April 23, 2001
  • EU: May 11, 2001
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Story

During the late 25th Century A.D., a previously unknown alien civilization, the UTOO, disguise themselves as asteroids to launch a sneak attack on the planet Solont, a human colony. The Silpheed Squadron, made up of the most skilled fighter pilots in the Federation of Planetary Spaces Forces (FPSF), takes up the defense. Every pilot in this group of space aces flies the Silpheed Type J, which boasts a defensive shield and two huge weapon racks for an incomparable combination of flexibility and power.

Gameplay

The player is allowed to equip two weapons to his Silpheed at once; one for the right side, and one for the left (used with the Circle and Square buttons, respectively, though both can be fired simultaneously with the X button). Additional weapons are granted at the end of each level depending on the point score.

The game measures the player's closeness to the enemy at the time of its death, and multiplies the points earned anywhere from 2 to 16 times. If the player has a collision with an enemy or the environment, no multipliers are awarded for several seconds.

Release

The game was released in Japan on September 21, 2000 for the PlayStation 2.[1]

North American publisher Working Designs made changes to the game. Support for analog control and vibration functionality was added. The slowdown from the Japanese version was almost completely eliminated as well. The game's Western packaging also features a foil-embossed, reflective cover. Originally, it had been scheduled for October 26, 2000, but it had been delayed to November 24 first,[2][3] before delaying it further to late April 2001.

Reception
Reception
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic72/100[4]
Review scores
PublicationScore
AllGame[5]
Edge3/10[3]
EGM6.67/10[6]
Eurogamer8/10[7]
Famitsu29/40[1]
Game Informer6/10[8]
GameSpot6.8/10[9]
IGN8.3/10[10]
Next Generation[11]
OPM (US)[12]
X-Play[13]

The game received "average" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[4] Blake Fischer of Next Generation said in an early review that the game had "got the look, but it's lacking the inspiration that makes a shooter stand out."[11] In Japan, Famitsu gave it a score of 29 out of 40.[1] Game Informer gave the Japanese version a mixed review, about six months before the game was released Stateside.[8] Other magazines gave early reviews as well.[6][12]

References
  1. "シルフィード ザ・ロストプラネット [PS2]". Famitsu (in Japanese). Enterbrain. Retrieved August 27, 2018.
  2. IGN staff (October 20, 2001). "Silpheed Officially Delayed, Gun Griffon On Track". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  3. Edge staff (December 2000). "Silpheed: The Lost Planet". Edge. No. 91. Future plc. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  4. "Silpheed: The Lost Planet for PlayStation 2". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  5. Barnes, J.C. "Silpheed: The Lost Planet - Review". AllGame. All Media Network. Archived from the original on November 16, 2014. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  6. EGM staff (February 2001). "Silpheed: The Lost Planet". Electronic Gaming Monthly. No. 139. Ziff Davis. Archived from the original on February 11, 2001. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
  7. Bramwell, Tom (June 5, 2001). "Silpheed: The Lost Planet". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on July 17, 2001. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  8. "Silpheed [The Lost Planet]". Game Informer. No. 91. FuncoLand. November 2000.
  9. Lopez, Miguel (October 9, 2000). "Silpheed: The Lost Planet (Import) Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  10. Smith, David (April 30, 2001). "Silpheed: The Lost Planet". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  11. Fischer, Blake (February 2001). "Silpheed: The Lost Planet". Next Generation. No. 74. Imagine Media. p. 73. Retrieved April 1, 2020.
  12. "Silpheed: The Lost Planet". Official U.S. PlayStation Magazine. No. 40. Ziff Davis. January 2001.
  13. Rubenstein, Glenn (May 18, 2001). "Silpheed: The Lost Planet (PS2) -- Review". X-Play. TechTV. Archived from the original on June 8, 2001. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
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