David Temple
Pure NintendoReview: R-Type Delta: HD Boosted (Nintendo Switch) - Pure Nintendo
Published 12/24/2025
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Series X|S / PS4 / PC / PS5 / Switch - 11/20/2025
R-Type Delta: HD Boosted
Your nightmares, now in High Definition! R-Type Delta HD Boosted brings back the dark, iconic shooter with modern enhancements, new music, razor-sharp graphics, and all the intensity you remember.
- Developer
- TAKE OFF, City Connection
- Publisher
- City Connection, Clear River Games
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Critic avg
77
11 scored reviews
Total coverage
11
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Score range
70–90
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Score range is 11–20 points
Critic landscape
The critic average is 77 across 11 scored reviews, with a 20-point spread. Critics mostly agree, but there is some useful variation in the individual reviews.
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Most scored reviews currently sit in the 70–79 band.
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11 included scored reviews
90–1002 reviews · 18%
80–891 review · 9%
70–798 reviews · 73%
Below 700 reviews · 0%
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Leonardo Faria
WayTooManyGamesReview - R-Type Delta: HD Boosted
Published 12/18/2025
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75
-2 vs critic avg
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Read originalKen McKown
ZTGDR-Type Delta: HD Boosted (XSX) Review
Published 12/2/2025
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70
-7 vs critic avg
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Read originalJon Scarr
Cloud DosageR-Type Delta: HD Boosted – Game Review
Published 11/28/2025
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74
-3 vs critic avg
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Read originalLyle Pendle
Loot Level ChillR-Type Delta: HD Boosted review
Published 11/24/2025
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70
-7 vs critic avg
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Read originalAz Elias
Cubed3R-Type Delta: HD Boosted Review
Published 11/24/2025
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70
-7 vs critic avg
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Read originalOllie Barder
Forbes‘R-Type Delta: HD Boosted’ Review: It Really Needed That M2 Touch
Published 11/20/2025
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70
-7 vs critic avg
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Read originalAlana Dunitz
GameGrinR-Type Delta: HD Boosted Review
Published 11/20/2025
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75
-2 vs critic avg
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Read originalTom Massey
Nintendo LifeReview: R-Type Delta: HD Boosted (Switch) - The Best R-Type? Possibly, And It's Never Looked Better
Published 11/20/2025
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90
+13 vs critic avg
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Read originalGraham Banas
Push SquareReview: R-Type Delta: HD Boosted (PS5) - Glow-Up of PS1 Classic Shmup Still Has the Sauce
Published 11/20/2025
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80
+3 vs critic avg
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