Hum. The good news is that the Darius is back, in an all-new original production for Super Famicom. The bad news, is that Darius Force isn't much cop.
Nope, there is absolutely nothing here worth writing home about. As a matter of fact it is quite difficult to find something good to say, besides that this is nothing but a ladle full of hastily recycled gibberish, with only 3 different 'Silver Hawk' ships to choose from and a few mid-level 'route splits' (a feature later seen in G-Darius) worth mentioning.
It doesn't matter how you choose to look at it - even for someone who knows that they enjoy Darius games, this is just plain weak. Most stages are bland, the bosses are uneventful, the music is average and the three endings are shit. What the hell happened? Were Taito just cashing in on the massive user base of the Super Famicom? If so, why bother dragging one of their most flagship series through such a grimy puddle of dirt?
Anyways. The fact remains that it is a Darius title, and quite an expensive one nowadays... It must have has a very short production run, since it is becoming very hard to find (as is the US version, 'Super Nova').