Reception
UK magazine C&VG gave the ST and Amiga versions scores of 94 and 96%, respectively, praising graphics, sound and gameplay and calling it "utterly superb".
Xenon 2 Megablast is widely regarded as one of the most difficult shoot 'em ups of the Amiga and Atari ST game era of the 1990s; in light of the effort required to complete the game, fans (including Peter Molyneux of Bullfrog Software) were said to have been greatly disappointed by its outro: the shopkeeper, in his usual setting, congratulates you for finishing the game, and tells you you can now turn off your computer. Then the screen goes black, and waiting will not help. However, in the PC-Version when you hit fire in this screen the game starts from the beginning in a special mode: Most enemies have more health, which increases the difficulty a lot.
The game was ranked the 33rd best game of all time by Amiga Power. In contrast, Amiga Format's review of the CDTV version (Issue 39, October 1992) was very harsh: they rated it a paltry 32%, commenting that, while innovative at the time it was first released, the game had aged poorly and its gameplay was not well balanced.
A recent retrospective look on the Mega Drive version by HonestGamers echoed the sentiment that it had aged very poorly. It also complains about the scaled-back soundtrack and how the console port drops the last level entirely. It scores it a low 3/10.
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