Philosoma

Philosoma
Developer: G-Artists Publishers: SCEI (JP), SCEA (US), SCEE (EU) Platform: PlayStation Released in JP: July 28, 1995 Released in US: January 18, 1996 Released in EU: March 1996 This game has regional differences.

Philosoma is a top-down/isometric/horizontal/what-have-you shoot 'em up for the PlayStation.

One of the first games announced for the console, it was released early on in its lifecycle. A sequel was released exclusively in Japan for the PlayStation 2 in 2001 called Phase Paradox; however, it switched gears and became a survival horror game, only related to its predecessor in storyline and themes.

Regional Differences

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• The European version has a subtitle option for cutscenes and supports multiple languages.
• In the western versions, the bosses will slowly turn red as they are nearing death, in the Japanese version this doesn't happen.
• The Japanese version has a bonus ending message from Rika Takahashi after the credits if you finish the game in Normal/Hard without using continues.
• The Japanese version gives you 5 credits, and when you use a continue you start on the same area you died. The western versions only give you 3 credits, and you are sent back to the beginning of the level.
• In the Japanese version, you can select your starting stage after beating the game on its respective difficulty.
• There are three ending epilogue FMVs inside the disc. One narrated by the male main character, another by the female sidekick, and another by the computer. In the Japanese version, you only get the ones narrated by the female sidekick by beating the game in Normal, and the one narrated by the computer by beating the game in Hard. In the western versions, instead of getting the one narrated by the female sidekick, you get the one narrated by the main character. However, all three FMVs are inside the disc and the unused one was even translated. It is unknown if there's a way to see all three FMVs in the same region.