This was another topic of contention among fans of Psikyo games but i really enjoyed the design.
Think of old Ray Harryhausen movies like Clash of the Titans or if that’s too old for you almost equally old games like Donkey Kong Country or Clay Fighter. It also features a very different art style than is the norm for a shmup or most any games really. This comes from the fact that it is so different from the usual type of game Psikyo is known for and really all shmup’s in general. I never got a chance to play it before now but apparently there is quite a divide among the hardcore shmup fans out there. Originally released in Japanese arcades in 1997, Ps1 and Saturn in Japan in 1998, Ps1 in America in 2003, Ps2 in the United Kingdom in 2006, PC in America in 2015 and Finally gracing a Nintendo console now in 2018. Sol divide had seen quite a few releases over the years. Afghanistan, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bolivia, Botswana, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde Islands, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Fiji, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon Republic, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Iraq, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Micronesia, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, Netherlands Antilles, New Caledonia, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Republic of the Congo, Reunion, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Virgin Islands (U.S.Sol Divide – Sword of Darkness by Psikyo on Nintendo Switch published by Zerodiv is an unusual but welcome blend of styles not usually found in the shmup (shoot em’ up if your unfamiliar) category.