Strider thread?
>Strider 1
8/10 very solid if dated action platformer, has some very nifty acrobatics and gravity shenanigans, amazing OC music
>Strider 2 genesis
1/10 trash made by murricans to cash in on the franchise
>Strider NES
7/10 one of the best metroidvanias before metrodvania became a word
>Cannon-Dancer/Osman
9/10 first true sequel and huge improvement over the original Strider sporting brand new trippy story and characters
Worth noting that japanese and american versions have completely different stories, but both trippy thanks to game's visuals. You fight giant women and shit.
>Strider 2 PS1
6/10 good sequel but lacks content, is about 2 times shorter than the first game
>Strider 2014
7/10 a good mix of original strider gameplay and NES metroidvania, only big drawback is pretty shitty art style
>why aren't you playing this on a sony playstation vita?
Because handhelds are cancer period. Any half decent game originally released on handheld is 10 times better on real console/PC, no exceptions.
See MGSPW, Monhun, Phantasy Star Portables etc etc.