R-Type Final (PS-2) Minimal Endings!

[retroborg]

So, I managed to complete R-Type Final (Euro PAL).
I played through all 5 variations of level 2, unlocked level 3.5, completed all 3 versions of level 6 which lead to the 3 alternative Bosses & endings and unlocked 22/99 ships (Including Lady Love ship).

But all 3 three endings are minimal.

1. After you beat the Bydo Boss in Stage F-A, it just shows your ship in a rotating camera inside a dark brown tunnel while the credits roll down.

2. Once you defeat R-9A Arrowhead Boss in Stage F-A, it only shows your ship flying away.

3. And finally after you complete Stage F-C ”Wherever”, it just says welcome to the 26th century!

I don't understand, was the pilot supposed to have traveled back in time from the 26th to the 22nd century to fight off the Bydo?
Weird and poorly scripted storyline!

Where is my cool FMV ending and nicely orchestrated epic music?
This is supposed to be their last game after all!

[Xylob the Destroyer]

Sounds like SuperMetroid....
I busted my ass to beat that game in under 8 hours - after about 6 tries I finished it in just over 7.5 hours and got over 95% complete: Same damned ending as all my other attempts!

[retroborg]

I understood that in Level F-C you're actually travelling from the 22nd to the 26th century, but are you in fact from the 22nd or from the 26th sent back in the past by future humans to fight off the Bydo at a time where Earth is technologically limited and more vulnerable?
So, your ship is actually a lot more advanced than what earth has to offer at the time of the R-Type Final events?

Chronologically, at what time in space do the stories of all the R-Type games take place?
I take it that R-Type Final is in fact the 1st of the series, being a prequel of the things to come!

Very interesting story indeed!
I did notice that in F-B you turn into Bydo, but not that you actually fight against the humans. So this is the "Bad" ending as you help to annihilate humanity.
Interestingly as you fly away at full throttle from the submerged & crashed space colony, it says something like: "No one is happy to see me"

In the alternative stage 3.5 you also fight another assimilated R-9 ship, but it's not clear when and for how long it's been there?
What was that stage supposed to be really, a chaotic parallel Bydo dimension?

Also in stage 3, what is that huge battle ship supposed to be, one of the ships of earth's fleet that got assimilated?
In the beginning of the stage, the text says: "This was our only refuge"?
Is that a reference to the battle ship before it got assimilated and so, was that supposed to some kind of Arc?
It's striking that humans possessed such a powerful vessel in the 22nd century, as that same battle ship also appears in the 1st R-Type centuries later!
Is that a paradox or a hole in the games plot?

Also, in level 6.1 that cool asteroid filed bathed in the yellow & orange rays of an unknown star, is that supposed to be Earth Solar System in the future, or another system conquered by the Bydo?

Generally the level structure and layout gave me a hard time understanding where and when I was exactly, as they were inconsistent with each other!

Maybe the conclusion of Level F-C leads to the events of the previous and later R-Type games of the series?! Now if someone was kind enough to post a chronologically list of each R-Type game (If there is one!) we could clarify that with some degree of accuracy

[Xylob the Destroyer]

I've played most of the R-Type games and even have R-Type Final, but I never paid that much attention to the "story line" -- I just like to shoot shit.

You should check out the Radiant Silvergun/Ikaruga/Ibara trilogy -- that's some hardcore shooter stuff there.