I should love this game… I’ve been trying for years to get in to it, keep thinking it will get better just round the corner but… It’s so damn tedious!
I’m at a point near the start where I’ve just fed the mouse/rat 3 bits of cheese and now I’m trying to climb up and…? Jump in some water? I just keep falling and dying over and over.
Just having a rant! Really want to like this game as much as others seem to…
Parodius to me isn’t a parody, but maybe I’m missing the references. It’s a shmup with funny sprit nnit? How does funny sprites equal a parody? Not being hostile, btw, just looking to get your POV.
Parodius is a parody of Gradius (hence the name).
is it just wordplay or is it a straight up parody?
It’s a “silly” version of Gradius. Wikipedia can explain it better than I can: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius:_The_Octopus_Saves_the_Earth