ITT: God-Tier Shmups

>>377270862
Radiant Silvergun was better. Ikaruga's soundtrack is fucking STOAT though.

>>377270938
>RS was better
Really? In my point of view, comparing the two games is like comparing apples and oranges.

>>377270938
Your nuts. RSG was garbage, and the level layout was confused and jumbled as shit.

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>>377270938
So you're saying Ikaruga's soundtrack is a small mammal related to weasels?

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I think this is a good place to start if you're a beginner in shumps. And it has a kick-ass YM2612-style soundtrack, to boot!

inb4 obvious MS Paint edit{/spoiler]

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>>377271974

>>377270862
Hang yourself you stupid fucking bastard.

>>377272512
Well, that's certainly rude. All I'm trying to do is hold a civil discussion and you tell me to commit suicide? For shame!

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Behold, the PS4 exclusive which /v/ doesn't care about because it's an actual video game.

Yes, it is an exclusive. There's modes and settings here which aren't on the Saturn port, and have fun playing that on a modern screen anyway.

>>377270938
No, sorry.

Chaining systems are generally bad in shooters. Ikaruga only fucks your score if you don't perfectly chain the game. RS becomes an unplayable mess if you don't chain the game perfectly - if you don't level your weapons through the chains, you can't defeat the bosses before it times out. That's pretty fucking awful.

Darius Twin SNES.

>>377273102
No, sorry. SNES is a terrible platform for shooters. They all run very slowly.

Gaiden and G Darius are better anyway.

>>377273098
Did they at least give you an option to make the enemy bullets more visible?

>>377273297
Whatever you say, Darius Twin is fucking sweet.

Does Sub-Terrania count as a shmup?

>>377273440
There is indeed something in the several pages of options to change how the bullets look, but I never toggled it to see exactly how it worked. There is something there though, yes, but don't quote me as saying it makes it more visible.

>>377271974
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipUtBcOpSB0

This soundtrack is wonderful

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Oh shit, Shmup thread on /v/

>>377270862
anyone know some good free ones like warning forever or CHO_REN_SYA 68K

>>377274054
hydorah

>>377274198
thanks ill check it out.
anything else other than emulator stuff

>>377270862
>ITT: God-Tier SHMUPS
>OP posts a puzzle game
What did he mean with this?

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>>377274318
I guess there is Tyrian and Raptor: Call of the Shadow(there is abandonware floating around) . Can't really think too much off the top of my head that isn't Arcade or a steam release. I'd image there is a bunch of doujin games that you can find if you really search for it.

>>377274054
Fraxy

raystorm

Silpheed

Subterranean Animism

Big fan of Ketsui

Dariusburst chronicles dx

Einhander

Touhou genso bullet ballad

A fun shooter that was released last year was Blue Revolver. It's seriously well-made with some great boss patterns.

>>377273601
No, because it's fucking garbage.

>>377271974
It's not a very good starting point imo, the scoring in particular is very frustrating because of all the rng. The game's also lengthy and has some annoying difficulty spikes.

>>377270862
But Ikaruga is complete shit?
What's wrong with you?

Lately, I've played
>Hydorah
and
>Jamestown

Really recommend both!

>>377277850
Stop parroting the opinions of others and more importantly derailing the thread into more anti ikaruga shitposting

>>377277902
That was my own opinion, Anon.
I bought it on Steam because some faggot Anon like you recommended it.
It's trash.

>>377277994
Alright, why is it trash?

>>377278062
The switching mechanic.

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>>377277238
>Einhander

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>>377273098
mah nigga

>>377278062
2slow

>>377278119
Damn sounds like a well formulated opinion and not just a "it isn't immediately comfortable therefore it's shit" kneejerk reaction

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FRAXY NEEDS MORE LOVE!!!

>>377278171
It's fast paced and aggressive if you're chaining which is what you should be doing to begin with.

>>377275627
raystorm hd pc release when?

>>377278185
It's a shitty, gimmicky mechanic, and they decided to design the whole game around it.
Even if you remove that mechanic, it would be a very generic and sub-par shmup.
I don't get why it ever gets praise at all, to be honest.

Mushihimesama.

>>377271974
I'm still fairly new to Shumps, but I got my first 1cc on this on easy. I should really get back to it and try to 1cc normal.

>>377278316
>I don't like it
Ok

>>377278062
Polarity mechanic trivializes what could be interesting patterns, it's a shmup that punishes you for shooting things, and the scoring system is fucking garbage. It's style over substance garbage that retards eat up because they've never played a good shmup in their lives.

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>>377278185
It's a very polarizing feature.

>>377278316
Yes if you remove the unique mechanic that the game's built around, it will be generic no shit. You're still not explaining what's so wrong with it besides you not finding it comfortable. It's fairly unique, has plenty of depth to it because of how it ties into scoring, it makes routing more fun and forces you to do some very satisfying precise movement and shooting.

>>377278645
>Ikaruga scoring is fun
Fuck off retard.

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>>377278645
>unique mechanic

>>377270862
Switch mechanic sucks lol.

>>377278625
It actually makes them more interesting because you're given the choice to either dodge them in the most boring safe way possible, charge your special weapon quicker or put yourself at risk to increase your damage output.

>>377278762
Name some games that did something similar before Ikaruga

>>377271002
I have never played it but I fucking love the sound track.

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>>377277238
>Einhander

>Ikaruga
>The five stages can be completed in less than half an hour
>it's all about a gimmick mechanic
Just why

When is Ginga Force gonna get a PC release?

>>377279021
>>The five stages can be completed in less than half an hour
The same can be said for basically every fucking shmup.

>>377279021
>The five stages can be completed in less than half an hour
What a surprise, the faggot that's been shitting on the game doesn't play it or shmups in general much

Ya'll niggas need to play Jamestown.
Especially if you've got friends.
I really don't get why it isn't more popular - The music alone is a fucking masterpiece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH5U92K0JgM

>>377278728
It's pretty fun, try it sometime

>>377279108
>>377279152
Show me a single good shmup that takes 30 minutes to complete.
Ikaruga isn't even hard. It's all about using the gimmick to get a better score.

I can barely make it to Level 4 in Ikaruga, tough as shit.

>>377279302
Gradius, R-Type, Raiden games, most Toaplan games, any Raizing game, any CAVE game, any Psikyo game, any Takumi game, I could go on forever since that's the vast majority of shmups. Go play the games before talking shit you clueless tit. And yeah getting better scores is the whole point of shmups.

>>377279302
Thunder Force 3
Elemental Master
Mushihimesama
Eschatos

Fucking retard.

>>377274054
Leiria Stargazer. It's pretty much a no budget Espgaluda.

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>Ctrl+F Hellsinker
>Phrase not found

/v/ has no dignity.

Dariusburst is great, so it's a shame no one bought it because of the price tag and Degica were cheap as fuck and didn't translate half the game or the design book.

>>377270862
What are you, some kind of football helmet?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vAO6akjqdg

>>377280587
I wish there was a version of arcade mode in 16:9 aspect ratio. Playing it on my already small monitor is a pain in the ass, and the CS mode is a bit of a chore to be honest

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Amazing game. Also the soundtrack is elder god tier.

>>377280483
Pretty cool but I have no idea what's going on most of the time.

>>377280587
Well, what about fan translations?

>>377280763
Agreed, I ended up emulating the PSP version though I'm not sure if it's the same as the arcade. I like it more than the PC version tho

Everything Cave's made

>>377280894
I might end up doing the same, a shame about those 30 bux though. M-maybe that money went to funding more ports

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Has the greatest atmosphere of any shmup I've played. It's like back shivers: the game.

>>377281146
That was Rayforce for me, gorgeous game.

Hard game, nice soundtrack.
Not bad for 1993.

https://youtu.be/DInBUpFCHY4?t=5m32s

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Why isn't this talked about more?

It's a boss rush game, with bosses that adapt to your strategies. There's also a 3D version called "Infinity Danger".

I like RefRain a lot, though it's maybe a bit on the easy side. The music sounds a bit repetitive out of the game but it fits well in-game, and the story being told by info files unlocked at the start screen is a nice way to handle a story in a shmup without it becoming a total nuisance like say, Sine Mora.

How is Raiden IV: Overkill? It's 3€ on indiegala

>>377282510
I played Warning Forever a bunch when I was younger. Pretty cool little game.

>>377282615
More of the same, so if you played 3 you'll probably like 4. Totally worth 3 eurobux.
That said, I think the PC version had some issues, though I can't recall anything more specific than that.

>>377282615
Comes down to if you like the style. It's a pretty defensive game with mostly aimed bullets and a focus on survival because the scoring's barebones. Pretty memorization heavy because the bullets are fast as fuck. It's fairly tough on normal and above, but it has a bunch of lower difficulties that make it manageable. Catchy music.

>>377270938
>>377273098
Radiant Silvergun becomes a much tighter game in Ikaruga mode, which changes chaining to how only needing 3 of the same color at a time to increase. Rather than only shooting one color throughout the entire game.

>>377273098
I didn't know of this release. Hopping on that shit.

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Still one of my favorites on PS1 just found out it got an hd port for xbox 360 as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u50BxV2QnOg

so, as a person who has never really played any shmups, but really enjoyed the flying sections of automata, what would be a good shmup to start with?

>>377283348
Astebreed is a competent shmup with lots of focus on what's going on in the background, so it's a lot like Automata's shmup segments in presentation while having a lot more going for it gameplay-wise, which makes it a good entry-level one. If it's too anime for you you could look at Ether Vapor Remaster instead, which is an earlier game by the same devs.

Are the games made by Orange_Juice considered shmups? Like the Suguri series, FRB and the like? They look interesting to play

>>377283530
They are shmups but very unique ones, pretty cool.

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>>377283348
Gradius 3 is a real safe bet its not super fancy in any way but it will give you a good feel for the genre as a whole.

Gunbird 2
Twin Cobra
DoDonpachi
Giga Wing
Soukyugurentai/Terra Diver

>>377283619
Very mature

>>377283530
Technically, but Suguri's games are far from traditional. QP Shooting and Xmas Shooting are both traditional shmups. Sora sort of, it has a stage select system and is hard as balls.

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We need to go older

>>377283619
The arcade version is a broken and unfair piece of shit. The SNES version is much better though.

>>377283860
I played this for the first time last year and hated it. The sound design is horrible and the horizontal scrolling is fucked because when the screen scrolls it makes enemy bullets scroll with the background, presumably due to some coding fuckup. I'll never understand its perceived popularity.

>>377283860
Loved Tyrian. It alongside Raptor were some of my favorite DOS shmups.

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Does anyone here know what game this is?

>>377283913
It's popular with people who don't normally play shmups

It has a lot of neat little things in it, but mechanically it's not very good

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>>377283992
Found these in a webm thread but was given no answer.

>>377283297
Isn't the HD port stretched and squashed?

>>377283913
It has a lot of content and doesn't require you to learn anything since you can save between stages so casuals love it

>>377278890
Silhouette Mirage

>>377283992
No, but it reminds me of a doujin shmup I played a long time ago called Manic Bikerz or something. It treated itself like an anime and it was good fun.

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jya, tatatte rasshai!

>>377283505
>>377283619
thanks for the tips, anons.

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>>377283602
>>377283682
From what ive heard, suguri series plus sora has similarities to Einhander. Played it until i unlocked 100% of all stuff. Hard difficulty is pretty hard but managable.

>>377283997
>>377284073
So it's like a shittier Jets 'n' Guns?

>>377284070
Maybe? I don't know I just watched like 30 seconds of a youtube video.

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we need to go wiiide

>>377284168
Does it only support two monitors or can it handle 3?

>>377284102
For Cave's 2nd horizontal shmup after Progear, Deathsmiles was a pretty damn fun follow-up. The true final boss being called Tyrannosatan was also metal as hell. Shame the sequel sucked balls.

>>377284148
https://youtu.be/ND-yRTq6POo?t=701

>>377284212
Only 2. You couldn't change the visible resolution without fucking up the gameplay.

>>377284168
Darius Gaiden was cool, but the one I had the most playtime with was G-Darius.

>>377284212
It does do 3, look on youtube for some footage.

>>377284102
I've never liked the game, but I've always liked that Ororiya Enpitsudo doujinshi.

>>377279302
lmbo, the last challenge of Darius Burst CS takes an hour and thirty minutes alone.

>>377284280
Well fuck guess I won't bother then.

>>377284212
its possible to play 3 without black bars

Is Gradius V good?

>>377284327
I loved the capture mechanic it had. Almost as much as I love Burst's beam mechanics.

>>377284545
Yes but it's too fucking long

>>377284545
Honestly the best Gradius game IMO.

>>377284145
Yeah, Tyrian, Jets n Guns, Raptor and Sine More make up the holy trinity of casual shmups

>>377284545
It's good aside from one bullshit maze section where you can't see a dead-end until you're already locked to that path.

>>377284669
Anon, please. Not even casuals could like Sine Mora.

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How has this gem not been mentioned?

>>377284758
Because R-Type's ball gimmick sucks.

>>377284818
Your mom sucks my ball gimmick, fag

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>can only make it to stage 3 on arcade before i go from no miss to no lives

i don't think i'm cut out for the shmup life bros

>>377284502
The PSX version is available on jap PSN if you're interested. In fact, a ton of shoot em' ups are available on there, all you need to do is make a japanese psn account which there are tutorials for.

>>377284869
That's a rough game to start off with

>>377284758
I like R-Type Leo the most.
Mostly because of it's incredibly funky soundtrack.

>>377284931
Already have a japanese psn account I'll have to do that.

Radiant Silvergun
Dodonpachi
Crimson Clover
Espaguluda

>>377284545
Literally perfect game aside from the soundtrack, which is still pretty okay.

>>377285015
It's just not the same without the force pod... feels like I'm playing a mediocre shmup with boring routing

>>377285387
Gradius Gaiden has the best soundtrack

>>377285015
muh nigga

How is raystorm in the future if the earth blew up?

Also while I think the style of Raystorm is cool, I still like the sprites of Rayforce more.

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>Buy tons of shumps
>will forever remain terrible at them
Such is life.

>>377285427
SNES 3 and Gaiden have pretty rad OSTs

>>377285713
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CINd4mzUqoc

Best song from Gaiden IMO. Also one of my favorite "organic" stage themes from anywhere.

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Did someone say shmups with rad soundtracks?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTQIiIKummw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnLAC5AJPuM

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>>377285986
>Mega Drive soundchip rock

Shmups, like fighting games, have been stagnating for 20 years. There's nothing you can do to the genre to make it fresh.

>>377285874
https://youtu.be/SMg3nsbl76Q

https://youtu.be/PZMFLX4hlXs
Remix for Metal Black

>>377286108
I was actually about to ask the thread a question along these lines. Why does every Raiden game feel worse than the last? Seems like no effort has been put into this series since 2.

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>>377285874
Speaking of organic stages, does anyone have any Akiragoya games aside from Blood Red Skies? They're pretty hard to find.

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>>377285986

>>377286108
the difference is in the scoring systems

>>377286108
REVOLVER:360 would beg to differ.

>>377286108
There's a lot you can do to make it fresh but most of it is in the details rather than the basics so plebs won't notice or care

>>377286336
I've been morbidly fascinated in organic-themed games for a while. One of my favorite weird ones is Paranoiascape for the PS1, a weird game that's like pinball but the paddles keep moving forward through corridors.

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>>377286476
Galshell is the series for you then.

>>377286298
No budget

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>>377273773
based

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>>377274054
Lethal Application

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for me it is mushifutari, the best cave shmup

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>>377280483
was about to post it

also, Sora

>>377286673
That's Kamui ain't it? Basically doujin Rayforce.
Played it a bunch years ago.

>>377273773
I love the sword mechanic so much.

What are some good shmups with close range attacks?

I know gunbird and other psikyo games have close combat.

>>377286723
One of the best final bosses of all time.

>>377286730
Unf, that collection

>>377286812
while it has the multiple layers going on, it's not very similar since you lock on to everything on screen rather than just the target in front.

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My absolute favorite.

>>377286847
Astebreed has melee attacks and later stages put a lot of focus on using the melee-dash to avoid enemy fire.

Speaking of, anyone remember a top-down 3D shmup where you play as a mecha? The screen automatically scrolls up and you move with it, but you could scroll it horizontally by moving. You had ranged and melee attacks in it, and it was a bit on the slow side.
Also, if you beat the stage's score threshold you unlocked an H-scene.

>>377286847
Dragon Blaze is the most up close and personal Psikyo game. Strania, Cybattler, Vasara and Astebreed all have swords.

I like Strikers 1945+ and 19XX The War Against Destiny.

>>377274198
+1 for Hydorah. Best side scrolling shmup of the last century.

>>377287068
I've always felt that Psikyo's games all basically felt the same. Like, literally the same games just with different skins.

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Sonic wings / aero fighters is my go to

>>377286847
>>377286802

>>377287042
>When you slowly descend upon the giant earth sprite

This game gives me special feels

>>377287414
They aren't although I can see why you'd say that. Dragon Blaze especially stands out if you actually play it.

>>377279074
This game is so good, especially for a freeware game.

>>377287485
I know this feel

https://youtu.be/rbts2qTrbAg

How does /v/ feel about Pro Reviews?

>>377288732
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkmU0vw33IM

best one

>>377279191
I love this game. And the couch co op is perfect.

>>377288732
>>377288880
I can't even understand what this yank is saying.

>>377289462
dawnpatch eekarooga giga wang

>>377287042
What is this?

>>377289462
he's making fun of the games

>>377289857
Rayforce/Layer Section
Has some of the best 2D graphics I have seen

>>377289462
He's playing a character while griping about his favorite games

>>377289951
>>377290434
I mean I seriously cannot understand the words coming out of his mouth.

>>377290647
Just go play Mars Matrix.

>>377290647
It takes a couple of listens, like Limmy

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Air Gallet
This game has some really neat setpieces.
>chasing a space shuttle
>fighting a stealth bomber over the tokyo tower
>fighting a giant mech in a river, with proper reflections in water
>meeting the same mech in another stage, but this time the aircraft carrier you start on crashes into it and pushes it into a city wall, sacrificing itself to destroy the boss
>that whole fucking final boss
And the backgrounds and intros are great too

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Can someone help me make sense of all these settings? It's from Mushihimesama.
I don't have much experience with shmups, the only ones I 1CC'd are 2hu EoSD and PCB

My favorite is R-Type 3

>>377291986
Shot/bomb - only two buttons you need, shot fires normally if you tap it and goes into focus mode if you hold it down. Bomb bombs.
Full auto is like a turbo button, and the settings configure how fast it presses for you.

>>377294301
>Shot/bomb - only two buttons you need
Absolutely not. I can't play shmups that have the focus on shot hold and don't have a rapid shot button, because constantly mashing the shot button for the basic attack aggravates my RSI.

>>377294301
Thanks. I was mostly curious about the differences between Full auto, Rapid shot and Rapid full auto but I managed to google it:
>"Rapid Shot" and "Rapid Full-Auto" are like turbo versions of the regular Shot and Full-Auto. So holding Rapid Shot or Rapid Full-Auto is the same as repeatedly tapping Shot or Full-Auto. Tapping the buttons instead of holding them is used for some advanced methods of ramping up the shot counter. There's also the "power shot" which does slightly more damage and increases your counter a little bit more than holding Shot or Full-Auto by themselves. The power shot is manually performed by holding Full-Auto + tapping Shot quickly.

>>377275094
>Tyrian
It has a special place in my heart.

>>377280616
F

>>377273098
How does this compare to good ol' arcade version on MAME for example? I love Garegga and Bakraid.

>>377283297
My mates got a copy of this and still has his old psx. Love cracking out a game or two with him every now and then.

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>no Danmaku Unlimited mentioned yet
Disappointing, it's really one of my favorites.

Still, I'm surprised to see Eschatos brought up so frequently. It's a good game (although not one I've completed yet) but I didn't notice anything particularly exceptional about it.

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>>377300502
Sure.

>>377286336
I found Miku's Multiply Spiral on one of those blog sites that host doujin games, but it isn't a traditional Akiragoya shooter. Not a lot of fleshy bits to be found.

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I'd like shmups more if they weren't RNG, rote memorisation, trial and error garbage.

It's the consequence of being arcade games though. They can't have legitimately good game design because they need to eat money. It's no wonder doujin games are the only really good ones (Crimzon Clover, Touhou, Astebreed, Blue Revolver etc).

Great visuals and music most of the time though.

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>Ctrl + F
>Parodius
>Phrase not found

Toilet Penguin is not amused.

>>377289462
go play mars matrix

>>377301451
Arcade near me has Parodius Da though it's not on rotation yet. Should I play it? Is it difficult?

>>377301382
>RNG
>trial and error
Buzzword spouting faggot.

Hate me, but...I've never understood the obsession of "one shot kills you" and milking things for score.

>>377301529
Yeah give it a go.
It's basically Gradius + wierdness + catchy as fuck music.

>>377301726
For some, games are means to challenge oneself.

>>377301726
Whats so hard to understand about dying in one hit? Just how the devs chose to balance it.

>>377301726
It's ok anon, shmups are just a genre for people who like to test their skill in games instead of being babied like a fucking child.

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>>377301382
I'd say the biggest problem with older shmups was the powerup system. If you die at any point in Raiden, your run is pretty much fucked and you might as well restart, regardless of how many lives you have. That's because there is just not much of anything you can do with a Lv.1 or Lv.2 peashooter in a stage that was a challenge for your maxed out firepower - you're basically just dying and hoping for a fairy to pop out. That's the arcade influence right there, where making a mistake completely fucks you and you either need to quarter feed or start over to get anywhere.

A lot of newer games (meaning pretty much all of them) don't fall into that trap, and can still be played until out of lives. Sure, it's difficult, but it relies on you playing well to progress. Then again, I don't think I've seen a new arcade shooter in the last 20 years or so.

>>377301896
This is why I've never been fond of Gradius.

>>377301382
Didnt I tell you not to post this filth back on shmupg

>>377301892
there is no skill in shmups, just autistic memorisation. anyone can do it with time and a broken obsessive brain.
>>377301569
see: mushi futari, which has both RNG and memo garbage. some of the bosses will randomly use broken patterns that wall the player (like the t-rex) forcing them to restart the run and hope they get the normal pattern. once the player has flipped the coin correctly, the rest of the game consists of just playing through the same figured out route to the finish.

>>377301891
It's just strange to me that it's one of those "forever set in stone" design choices.
And yeah I'm pretty casual, but I do enjoy the meme shumps.

>>377302168
Its not just memorization its mostly execution, not that memo isnt a skill to begin with

>>377302246
There are a bunch of shmups (especially recent ones) where you either have a life meter, or a series of life bars rather than a number of lifes. As such, you can take a hit or two before your ship blows up. Outside ones with a recovering life gauge, though, it's not much different from having a larger stock of lifes, since you still have a set number of hits before continuing.

>>377302168
Or you can just get good instead of whining like a little bitch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xmw2eeLooyI

>>377302246
Its not really set in stone, there are shmups with health bars like Guwange, ones with shields like Kamui, autobombs and other shit. Not like the games would get easier if they were designed around big health bars since then the devs would simply make the enemy attacks and level design tougher to compensate.

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Best on the SNES.

>>377302168
>implying memorisation + execution isn't a skill
>implying anything that takes effort = "autistic"
I don't even play shmups but holy fuck aren't you a cunt

Despite loving SHMUPs I haven't played one in like 7 years, which ones should I get around to playing to get gud at? If it helps for reference, my favorite SHMUPs are Einhander, Parodius and 1942, although I haven't played many to be honest.

>>377289857
Also known as Galactic Attack in NA for the Saturn.

>>377302498
That's not Earth Defense Force.

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>>377284050
would you play it if i told you?

>>377302535
R-Type Delta, Satazius, Darius Gaiden, Zangeki Warp. Could play 19XX War Against Destiny and other 1942 sequels too.

>>377302421
>artificial difficulty

>>377302729
Yeah, it's clearly bullshit artificial difficulty if someone can beat it without a single miss.

How does /v/ feel about Astro Port's shooters?

>>377302729
>they make it harder to play than I am supposed to learn to in the span of my attention so it must be artifical difficulty

>>377302638
EDF is good for sure, but Space Megaforce's variety just blows it out of the water. I also just tend to prefer verticals, so I admit some bias.

Axelay is also top notch

>>377302823
Satazius is great, Zangeki Warp is good and their other games are quite fun too although not on the level of those two imo. Gigantic Army and Steel Strider are awesome though, hope they make more run and gun games.

>>377302787
it'll stop being artificial difficulty when it can be cleared without bombs

it won't though, and mushi futari runs make getting max or close to max bombs mandatory because the final boss requires them to get past multiple undodgeable patterns

it's a memory check and a resource check but not a skill or execution one

>>377303114
Keeping the resources is a skill check, its really fucking demanding

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I'm gonna post a bait response because I think if Furi was rendered as a spaceship on a moving background instead of a person on a static platform, it would be considered an amazing shmup

>>377302535
Super R-Type/R-Type Delta, KAMUI, Supercharged Robot VULKAISER, Who's That Flying for something a bit more goofy. I'm a big fan of Danmaku Unlimited 2 as well, although that one is a lot more bullet hell. Beat Hazard is a lot of fun to play to your music, although Geometry Wars is probably the better twin stick shooter.

>>377303182
The shmup elements are really nowhere near amazing, its strength is that its kind of a unique mix but the parts it borrows arent good by themselves

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Probably just my nostalgia speaking, but I really loved playing this one, back then. OP cannon aside I was always fond of the variety of sub-weapons.

>>377304197
It's pretty boring and overstays it's welcome, but it does have nice sound. There's better on the system

>>377270862
Summer Carnival '92 - Recca

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my favorite

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Still the best

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In the Hunt is still one of my favorite 2d games. It had awesome visual design, rather unconventional style for a shmup, and very satisfying mechanics.

>>377306952
I couldnt get past the rocks and boss in stage 4 fuck me

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Best game on TurboGraphX-16, and that console had some really great games despite never reaching the popularity of SNES and Genesis.

>>377306952
really reminds me of metal slug

>>377307078
Made by Irem so....

>>377307068
Was that sunken city? With two whirlpool submarines as a boss?

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>tfw i've been playing mars matrix for years on and off but i'm still really bad at it and haven't even gotten to the final boss

i jus wanna get those gold qyuubes

>>377307071
Christ was it long for a 16bit game. I once played for like three hours and didn't even finish, although I'm pretty sure I got the last boss, or at least one of them, because he was third boss in a row.

>>377307282
No thats Stage 2

>>377287046
I must know this too

>>377307504
Weird, I thought it came after the ancient city with a golem.

>>377287046
Did it have a very long intro with three or four girl pilot portraits talking to each other?

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Under Defeat was the game that got me into shmups. Looked so gorgeous on the good ol' dreamcast, still love it despite its simplicity.

>>377302421
is the pattern slowdown part of the attack? it looks weird how as the pattern ends the slowdown fades

>>377308916
Yeah welcome to what nu-CAVE calls "game design". Optimizing your games for shitty arcade hardware is a big no no if you want to be a successful shmup dev

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>>377286730
>senko no ronde

now thats rare