Catalogue No. - T-26409G

I though this could never be done on the Saturn after seeing it on the PlayStation under the original title of Ray Storm but Taito managed to pull it off. Layer Section II is the only fully 3D polygon generated shooter for the Saturn and in my eyes is far more a technical achievement than Radiant Silvergun since that uses mostly mode 7 2D effects with a few polygon models. True that Layer Section II isn't designed as well as Radiant Silvergun but it is still a good blast.

Graphically like I said above it's quite impressive for a Saturn but I can't help but think Taito could have put a little more effort in to it. Textures are pretty low in places and there's quite a bit of slowdown from time to time. However they have improved over the PlayStation original in a few areas such as touched up backgrounds and new CG intros. Audio wise it's identical to the PlayStation version which is no bad thing as long as you love Zuntata's style of music. Luckily for me, I do but others hate it.

Over all Layer Section II is a pretty solid shooter if not a little hard at times, but I can't help feel that there's something missing. Personally I like the original much more.