In RPG mode, Suguri: Perfect Edition gamers can advance through stages reminiscent of 1980’s pixelated games like Metroid. By clicking on the Suguri logo, players are taken from an explosive opening to the game’s main storyline. Gamers can play not just the Suguri character, but other gun-toting girls, each one owning a different set of special abilities. The player proceeds through the levels, pulverizing various types of earth-invading aliens and destroying the “boss enemy”, or a bigger and more deadly monster that rules the stage.

Although the RPG mode of the game is cliché, the back story of Suguri: Perfect Edition is surprisingly well-developed. Suguri infiltrates a story similar to anime. Earth is a wasteland due to numerous wars and depleted natural resources. The survivors of the tattered earth institute Project One, a special operation devoted to creating a new “being” that can help heal the planet. Suguri, the sole successful creation born from Project One, becomes the single mender to a dying planet. As years go by and Suguri restores much of the earth’s natural resources, something unidentifiable is seen in the sky. The game picks up from the unknown objects’ descent onto Earth.

With a simple interface, Suguri also offers newcomers a chance to play the game free of control worries. Manipulating any of the Suguri characters with the keyboard in comparison to a controller spells out less frustration for controller-challenged players. Mere keys, like the C-button on the keyboard, operate the special modes of the player while the arrows allow the characters to fly around the screen.  

Suguri: Perfect Edition also holds a secondary fighting game and its extension pack called Acceleration of Suguri. Players can play in versus mode against the computer using the playable characters from the Suguri storyline. The controls are similar to Suguri, transitioning veteran players from Suguri and easing in rookies unfamiliar with the game play. The best part of Acceleration of Suguri is the ability to team combos together with special moods. Overall, Acceleration of Suguri is no Tekken or Soul Calibur, but it is still enjoyable as a shooter fighting game mode.

Apart from the gaming modes, Suguri: Perfect Edition also contains two original soundtracks, Trancenation of Suguri and Acceleration of Suguri. Even if the gaming aspects of Suguri prove to be less than the $19.99 on Paypal, the soundtracks are worth hearing. Both have more than thirteen tracks each, making the entire package of the game more valuable.

Thankfully, Suguri isn’t the type of game to engross any player for long bouts of time. If shooter and fighting games are your forte with RPG flair, Suguri: Perfect Edition is a game to try. Just don’t get too hung up on the colorful girls on the gamer’s manual.

Rating: 7.0 out of 10

Bottom Line: I would get it if you want something to do and don’t mind the cutesy characters with big guns. Plus, it has fighting, shooting, and RPG elements in it.