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Panorama Cotton
In 1994, Panorama Cotton raised the bar for what's possible on the Mega Drive/Genesis consoles. The game's more colorful pallet makes every stage a treat to look at and fly through!
Details
- Released
- October 28, 2021
- Developer
- Success
- Publisher
- ININ Games
- Platforms
- PS4 · Xbox One · Switch · PS5 · Xbox Series X|S
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Panorama Cotton Reviews
Professional reviews from gaming critics
An entertaining and charming rail shooter that finally makes its way to the rest of the world. The lack of a translation for what little text it has harms the overall polish but it’s a fun way to spend time with Cotton and her friends.
Even though the Cotton series is mostly known for being completely bonkers and fast-paced side-scrolling shooters, there is one game in the franchise that dared to do something completely different. Created in order to showcase that the Sega Mega Drive (or “Genesis” for the heathens) was able to render pseudo 3D and scale-and-rotation without the need of fancy chips, Panorama Cotton was more akin to Space Harrier and After Burner, featuring frame-by-frame scaled sprites in order to give p...
Panorama Cotton—originally released in 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive—changes up the series' side-scrolling shmup gameplay by giving us a 3D view of the action, but it's not necessarily a change for the best.Read More
Broom for improvement.2021 has been a fantastic year for Cotton fans. The last 10 months have seen a solid remake [...]
It says a lot that the best way to experience this game is grabbing its original cartridge and plunging it into a Sega Genesis/Mega Drive rather than buying it digitally on PS4 or Switch, and the price for this experience is almost humorous given its release proximity with Gleylancer. One would hope this monumental shortcoming can be fixed with a patch, but as it stands, this port of Panorama Cotton—a blast of a game in its original form—is a nonstarter.
Considering playthroughs as both Cotton and Silk, Panorama Cotton will take about two hours to fully clear, but Challenge Mode will require some practice before players master the best routes. But the spectacle of this game never gets old – each level is so bright and colourful and happy that it’s just a joy to fly through over and over. Panorama Cotton is truly an unexpected gem that’s a delight for its entire runtime, and thanks to a modern rerelease which makes it more accessible to all sorts of players, it’s about time that more people discover this rare import title.