Thread 718125217

Let's talk about shoot 'em ups (shmups)

>>718125217 (OP)
I'll play this game eventually. That's all I have to add. Have a bump.

If you wanted to talk about shmups you would have said something.
You only made this thread to post your moe cunny waifu, and it should be locked and you should be banned.

>>718127739
Cope, nigga, it's the 2nd-best Aleste game, right behind M.U.S.H.A.

Too much shmupping recently, my finger hurts.
That aside, maybe I can try getting into Gradius with that new port. I do like the stage design and the power bar, as well as the overall style, but I really dislike the checkpoint system.

>>718129801
>I really dislike the checkpoint system.
Play Gradius V.
And Gaiden on co-op.

>>718129862
Something about Gradius V feels wrong to me. I remember trying it tho.
Gaiden is fine, might just play that instead.

>>718130215
>Something about Gradius V feels wrong to me.
It's a Treasure game. If you don't like giant wheel bosses, it's not for you. Still has my favorite boss in the entire series, though. Big Core MK IV, end boss of the stage 2 boss rush.

Any new shumps or shrimp collections worth picking up on steam? Recently bought gunbirds 1 & 2 out of curiosity, definitely scratched that quick pick up and play arcade itch.

>>718125217 (OP)
Luna is cute

>>718130409
Gradius Origins just came out, it's from M2

>>718130409
You do already have the best shmup on Steam, right? Dariusburst Chronicle Saviours

With how many threads they get recently, you would think shmups are actually one of the top 3 most played genres in /v/.

>>718130472
Looks good, I know they may sound stupid since they're all straight arcade releases, but I'm surprised they didn't throw in nes/msx/pc engine console ports for the fuck of it like they did with contra. Also hopes this means we get a parodius comp in the future.

>>718131321
Parodius would be cool, but not very likely to happen imo.
PSP collection exists at least

>>718125217 (OP)
she's cute but the game gear screen is too small. I'll stick to the console games

>>718125217 (OP)
>shoot 'em ups (shmups)
It's actually shooting games or STGs for short

>>718130409
>Recently bought gunbirds
My man!

has gradius aged terribly? in the process of getting a 1cc right now and some sections are just terrible. every boss is shit and there's some sections that just carpet you with bullets so if you don't have a full loadout you just die outright. Even playing the NA version with easier recovery it still feels near impossible in some sections. Stage 2 feels harder than stage 3 just because there's a turret swarm that cover the screen in bullets while you're dealing with tight corridors. either you have shield to deal with it or you die

>>718134984
Gradius is iconic and does some things right, but overall it's not a well designed game compared to what came after it.
Mind you, that's a 80s shmup.

Zero wing arcade is a hard game, been playing that on the M2 release

>>718134984
Its not for casuals, old gradius is all about masochism and offline epeens, cool if you are into that though.
It has aged perfectly for what its aiming to do

>>718131321
VS Gradius is an unlockable which is basically an arcade port of the NES game if thats any consolation.

>>718135672
Most arcade games won't be easy. Real question is which kind of difficulty you like, imo Zero Wing had a lot of these fuck you bullets coming out at high speed that wouldn't be difficult to dodge if you knew they were coming.

The only one I ever liked and beat was Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony. I struggled to beat Ikaruga on easy.

>>718135798
Been learning the stage 2 boss with no powerups, those seeking missiles are pretty ridiculous

>>718129801
>my finger hurts
This happens with platformers but not with stgs for me. Using a stick helps a lot, actually its part of why I started playing them for longer stretches of time.

>>718131661
Man, when did Japan lose all of it's SOUL?

Fuck Gradius 3

>>718135865
>I struggled to beat Ikaruga on easy.
You did 1CC it at least, right?

>>718125217 (OP)
I love the character/spaceship designs in shmups but they're all too hard for me.

>>718136269
Just 20cc them

>Nii-chan, can you please pause your Inbachi grinding for a moment and play Dariusburst Another Chronicle EX+ with me?
>I really want to play Dariusburst Another Chronicle EX+ with you tonight Nii-chan...
Well?

>>718125217 (OP)
The last genre with sexy girls allowed

>>718135938
It's the finger I use to shoot though, not to move.

>>718137306
Oh, my problem is in my thumbs so a stick solved it

I think I want to get a MagicX Zero 40 after all, the vertical screen looks amazing for arcade shmups. Has anyone tried it, how are the controls?
Wish they had gone with a Linux-based OS instead of Android though.

>>718129801
>but I really dislike the checkpoint system.
try the Salamander/Life Force games then, no checkpoints there.

>>718137227
you got your stupid stellar blade. quit being dramatic.

>>718137626
I dont like korean plastic dolls.

>>718137640
irrelevant. she's what is considered "sexy" by /v/'s metric. get over your "woe is me" bullshit.

>>718137750
NTA but, are you okay? I'm not being sarcastic either.

>>718138060
Some people just can't help being triggered by sexy girls. Usually mutts.

>>718138182
Perhaps. I'm just concerned is all.

Gradius?

>>718139249

718137227 Anon here, I figured that angry anon was just a woman so I stopped replying.

>>718140707
>women
>playing shmups
Unless you mean "woman"

>>718140729
Feminine energy that isnt worth talking to in any case.

Games with unusual bomb mechanics?
That is when they arent just a panic button screen clearer

More shmups should embrace completely deranged and retarded control schemes like akashicverse which have 8 fightan motion input moves.
I need at least 4 moves not counting main shot, minimum.

>>718141102
In Batrider, you can use bombs in certain spots to reveal hidden medals. And generally killing things with the bomb rewards more score.

>>718125217 (OP)
M2 are gods
Night striker Gear is looking to be my goty

>>718141102
G-Darius has the capture mechanic as replacement for regular bombs, although you can detonate your captured enemy as a bomb or turn it into a kamehameha laser.

>>718130409
Asura The Striker

>>718141636
how did they pull this off

>>718125217 (OP)

I'm stuck on this one and can't beat the last (I think) level, I keep getting rekt by the boss on stage 6 and I make it to stage 7 with no resources left. I did enjoy it quite a bit and made this portrait of the pilot to use as my Armored Core 6 pilot pic

>>718125217 (OP)
Play my guy Koshiro game, Earthion. And pay full price for it.

>>718145049
>Play my guy Koshiro game, Earthion.
Maybe
>And pay full price for it.
No

>>718143863
>made this portrait
generating ai sloppa is not "making" things

>>718134984
I'm a casual shmup player and I had little problem 1ccing PCE version of Gradius 1, it's a very reasonable game compared to all of its sequels except Gaiden. Maybe try that one, better music too.

>>718146195
lol, it was made in the Armored Core 6 emblem editor. The reason it looks the way it does is cause it's a trace of pic related and the AC6 editor only lets you use a number of different shapes to "build" an image rather than drawing it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6OQCl1Lje0

Like this, except I am way more shit at it

>>718146195
meds