VGEsoterica
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For some reason it seems like some games just fly WAY under the radar on release. Strider and it's sequels were all huge games...but did you know that the Director of Strider (Kouichi Yotsui) and other ex-Capcom development staff went on do develop a spiritual sequel to Strider named Osman?
If you were intro Strider then Osman will be right up your alley. It's got everything Strider has plus more...and it's a weird and wild story set in the future where it seems like the Soviet Union became futuristic. Yeah sounds weird right? Well it 100% is.
But holy shit is Osman quite possibly the hardest arcade game I have ever played. (outside of bullet hell shooters but they should really be their own category of difficulty lol) If you were actually sinking quarters into a cabinet you'd most likely either have to have a giant burlap sack of them or you'd run out of money before you finished the game.
But as far as spiritual sequels are concerned Osman is a) amazing and b) basically forgotten about!
But I am curious...what other spiritual sequels came and went without much notice even if they were legit awesome games? Because "spiritual successors" are such an interesting sub-genre in gaming
If you were intro Strider then Osman will be right up your alley. It's got everything Strider has plus more...and it's a weird and wild story set in the future where it seems like the Soviet Union became futuristic. Yeah sounds weird right? Well it 100% is.
But holy shit is Osman quite possibly the hardest arcade game I have ever played. (outside of bullet hell shooters but they should really be their own category of difficulty lol) If you were actually sinking quarters into a cabinet you'd most likely either have to have a giant burlap sack of them or you'd run out of money before you finished the game.
But as far as spiritual sequels are concerned Osman is a) amazing and b) basically forgotten about!
But I am curious...what other spiritual sequels came and went without much notice even if they were legit awesome games? Because "spiritual successors" are such an interesting sub-genre in gaming