Gradius: rebirth

[Words Of Wisdom]

Fossil said:

Words Of Wisdom said:
Gradius has never been the standard in SHMUPs difficulty. R-Type holds that metric.

That's pretty subjective, but most Gradius games are still very difficult.

Difficult as games or difficult as SHMUPs?

I regard Gradius as one of the easiest SHMUP franchises around yet I'd say it's harder than games of a lot of other genres.