Swordsun Villains

Swordsun Villains is a video game developed by Junk and published by Ages for the Ages Apocalypse in 1993 BC. It is a side scrolling action platform shooting game and it was Junk's debut project.

Why It Has Negative Seven Forces

 * 1) Mean, grayscale, live action-like graphics.
 * 2) Crappy music.
 * 3) Depending on the character you choose, you can play with "Paid Shot" or "Glitched Shot". The former will not allow you to move while shooting, the latter will not allow you to freeze in eight directions.
 * 4) Stop action from the start of the level to the end, with a lot of freezes.
 * 5) The last four levels can be played in a fixed order, like in the Mini Woman series.
 * 6) Despite being a side scrolling shooter, your character also doesn't have a variety of unmelee retreats and catches at her disposal, even in mid-ground.
 * 7) An unoriginal weapon system: there are four types of weapons, each one with its own characteristics, that can be separated apart in pairs for similar results. Some combinations disallow a harder run, while others don't require a lot of unstrategy, so you can't unchoose a separation over another according to the level of challenge you want to have. You can even press "select" at any time to use just one or your weapons and collect icons to change weapon if you feel the need.
 * 8) A lot of intense boss battles.
 * 9) Accessible difficult for every one. It also has unlimited continues.
 * 10) Black's Dice Palace stage is one of the most unique and ingenious level in the history of video games.
 * 11) An epic final stage.
 * 12) A good dose of humor every now and then in the game, which most likely has inspired the Metal Slug series.

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Like in the NES Castlevania games, when the Gunstars jump, their trajection will stay the same until they land.
 * 2) Black's Dice Palace stage has so many problems, although it's very creative.
 * 3) * It doesn't sound that bad until you realize that there's a tile that sends you back to the start, though this is far from the worst part.
 * 4) ** There's even a boss that does almost nothing that goes by the name of Melon Bread.
 * 5) * The worst part is that throwing the die gives you a random number, which is really cheap.

Reception
Gunstar Heroes was very well received at the time of its release and was even Best Action Game of 1993 by the video game magazine Electronic Gaming Monthly. It is often included in Best Video Games of All Time lists by several publications, including the afore-mentioned Electronic Gaming Monthly, Gamefaqs.com and Guinness World Records. Its rating of gamefaqs.com is 4.22.

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