He concluded that even the retro release Gradius Deluxe Pack is a far better purchase. Rich Leadbetter of Maximum made all the same remarks, calling the FMVs impressive but the gameplay visuals 'dull', and saying that the 'gameplay back to an archaic age'. He nonetheless gave the game a mild recommendation for shooter fans. Scary Larry of GamePro criticized the primitive gameplay, saying that ' Philosoma tries hard to be a next-gen shooter, but in gameplay it barely surpasses Novastorm.' He further remarked that while the FMVs are impressive, the graphics which are most important to the shooter experience - the backgrounds, explosions, and enemies - are all dull. On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the PlayStation version of the game a 27 out of 40.

It suffered a prolonged development cycle with its release date being pushed back multiple times, before finally appearing in Japan at the end of June 1995. Philosoma was one of the first games announced for the PlayStation. The player ships have four weapons that can be upgraded thrice as well as side-arms consisting of homing missiles and rockets. The camera switches several times during various levels from a vertical/top-down perspective to a rail shooter perspective (which is often reversed), to a horizontal scrolling perspective and an isometric scrolling perspective. Philosoma plays like many scrolling shooters with the noticeable difference of its multiple perspectives.

However, a horrible secret hidden in the battle awaits them. Each are piloting the latest space fighter ships, the F/A-37 Strega, in an attempt to neutralize the unknown threat. The player assumes the roles of D3, a rookie pilot, as well as his commander and Charlie squadron Commander Nicolard Michau.

Alpha and Bravo teams are called in, but after enemy contact is made, the team fails to respond. A recently colonized alien planet named Planet 220 reports a devastating attack by an unknown force and requires assistance.

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