The shooter games thread returns! The Empire Of Ammo says, EVERYBODY GETS SHOT!

Well, recently, I tried out some Touhou games so I could enjoy the vast collection of yuri doujins out there.
My new highest., unattainable goal in life is to be able to beat one. (on easy).

Eff that, I’m still trying to 1cc my own game.

Siliconera is reporting that XBLA Radiant Silvergun will have both the Arcade and Saturn versions of the game. Wicked sick.

Ah cool Saturn mode will be in. I had a feeling it would be there to go along with the rumored new Ikaruga style mode. Really want to see a video of that. I wonder if they are actually going to ikaruga-fy the game or if they are just going to let you continue chains between colors instead of sticking with just one color.

Eh either way I’m interested in seeing what they do.

I can’t stand Ikaruga… too much memory involved they have a combo system like that… not only that but Ikaruga favors memory over ALL… it’s not even a game about reflexes anymore, just timing and memorization…

Not my kind of shmup at all…

It’s a puzzle game. You wont like Radiant Silvergun it’s almost exactly the same.

I didn’t feel that way when I played RS. It was more of a ā€œDestroy things how you want to but there is a better way than just using whatever guns you want.ā€

Don’t most shnups require immense amounts of memorization? Do they make bullet hell shooters with random patterns? That seems quite sadistic.

Unless you’re playing on Saturn Mode with a saved game then playing that way will underpower you so badly you wont be able to beat any of the later bosses within the time limit much less with 100%.

Oh yeah I forgot about that. The weapons upgrade when you use them the right way right?

It’s not most shmups, just bullet hells. The older style of shmup like Raiden where you have a huge hitbox but bullets are sparse but fast is ā€œrandomā€ since they aim specifically at you. But then this style isn’t very popular lately

Points scored count as exp so chaining with a certain weapon levels it up quickly as well as killing boss parts with weapons to. You wanna find the best weapons for the best situations but also try to level most everything up somewhat evenly. When you initially start playing you’ll be finding yourself under powered for most sections of the game and will begin having to plan out how to app get that part with the appropriate weapons leveled up for the fight as well as every fight before that one. It’s a puzzle game. It’s meant to be figured out. It’s not about reflexes so much as brain power and stamina.

Ok guys and your shooter games. I have been trying to find or atleast figure out the name of a certain shooting game. Here is a list of specs:

Was for the Sega Genesis.
A top down shooter - Something more like Smash TV and not like Gradius. (may have been at a slight angle but still somewhat looking down)
3rd person since the camera is above.

Has 3 characters to choose from all aliens of sorts I guess. They each had names of body parts like Spine, Joint, and Skull or something like that.

Please help me if you can!

Don’t know if this has been posted already but, came across a youtube channel with shmup reviews. I thought it was amusing anyway.

^^^everyone loves PRO reviews.

Currently playing Ketsupachi.

What’s everyone’s DFK BL soundtrack looking like?

Mines

Stage 1 BL
Stage 2 1.5
Stage 3 BL
Stage 4 BL
Stage 5 Ketsui

Boss 1 BL
Boss 2 1.5

My copy of Akai Katana Shin shipped!!

But it’s scheduled to arrive Tuesday ;_;
Hopefully it’ll arrive earlier crosses fingers

I love it too.

Well I found it its called Skeleton Krew.

Here is a vid if anyone is interested:

How many levels does Bangai-O Missile Fury have in it, just out of curiosity?

Currently this game has me by the balls but its definitely worth playing… do not want it to end period…

However, its one of those ā€œeither you love it or you hate itā€ games… once you learn the perfect way to beat a level, you will be able to beat it every time(barring possible mistakes that can be made in a level)…

I like the high-score aspect of the game, as this is the first leaderboard I’ve ever cared about… I wish there was more people to compete with… although like 10,000 folks have the game, that’s not really enough… I’m ranked 200-something for each level I have beaten on a second/third run…

There is also downloadable footage of the top 10 players for each stage on the leaderboards… however you have to beat a level with your own effort in order to get a glimpse at the best possible way to beat a level…

I was fooled about downloadable maps though, you can’t get them from anyone, they must be on your friend’s list… otherwise you are fucked…

Haven’t played around with the map edit option yet… seems cool but not sure about how many options are available… map creation is so damn boring to me…

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I’ll pass on Deathsmiles, until I beat Bangai-O and conjure up some time to chill and play it…

:rofl: Aw snap! my man is killing me with the voice, but he’s got skills. Nice find.

-Starhammer-