When comparing RayStorm vs Darius, the Slant community recommends RayStorm for most people. In the question“What are the best and the most revolutionary games of all time?” RayStorm is ranked 96th while Darius is ranked 104th. The most important reason people chose RayStorm is:
For the time, the graphic effects were insane. Lights and explosions were plentiful, and big. These effects helped make RayStorm exciting to play.
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Pros
Pro Stunning visual effects
For the time, the graphic effects were insane. Lights and explosions were plentiful, and big. These effects helped make RayStorm exciting to play.
Pro Points based gameplay
Instead of just shooting enemies, in RayStorm you need to shoot big groups of them at once in order to get your score multiplier up, which would dramatically increase your score.
Pro widescreen with cinescopes
Darius was the very first arcade machine using 3 cinescopes in a mirror system. This positioned the center screen normally, but the two extra screens were actually projected onto a display making the illusion of a single 3X wide display.
Pro Multiple endings
Because of it's non-linear design, you could choose your own path which could result in different endings. This is a much more immersive game experience, as you feel more invested in the game as your decisions actually matter.