shoot em ups!!!

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-08-29 03:13:42

this is a nice op

;D

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-08-29 03:16:45

This is a thread about shoot em ups, 2D shooters, scrolling shooters, or "shmups."

Here is an excellent and thorough article on the genre and its history.

Here is another excellent article that may help the uninitiated better understand the genre and fandom.

Anywaysssss, this is where we can talk about shmups. Yes. :3

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-08-29 03:22:30

Shmups are fun because there is a high level of challenge and a culture of competitive scoring. They also are very short in general, allowing for quick play-throughs! Miko enjoys the extreme gameplay and, as GMH puts it, the "spectacle." :)

Miko is a Touhou nutter by trade, but also enjoys similar "bullet hells" by Cave. Miko is also an avid fan of doujin shooters in general, some of which are quite impressive, like Hellsinker and the Alltynex series.

Imipolex G · 2013-08-29 22:30:22

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-08-29 22:33:40

It's ⑨! :D

Salix Babylonika · 2013-08-29 22:35:31

I don't say as much super-often, but I'm quite fond of the Gradius franchise.

Hexartes · 2013-08-29 22:43:12

I have Life Force on my Wii. It's fun. It's also pretty difficult and frustrating.

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-08-29 22:46:26

Gradius, the classic series where you are a power-house until you get hit, and then you have to go back half a stage with no weapons, and then you lose all of your lives. ^_^ I've played it very little but I've watched people play it some. Gradius games are a little long and slow for my taste but still classic.

Life Force/Salamander is a Gradius spin-off, if you didn't know. :)

Hexartes · 2013-08-29 22:47:40

Oh, I know.

Obā-san · 2013-08-29 22:48:31

I HAVE PLAYED SOME VIDEO GAMES WITH SHOOTING. BUT NOT MANY. MY MOTHER DISLIKES GAMES WITH SHOOTING. AS A CHILD SHE MADE SURE I DID NOT GET THE GAMES WITH SHOOTING.I HAVE CAPS LOCK ON AND AM TOO LAZY TO TURN IT OFF SO I AM WRITING THIS AS CALIBORN.

tumut

Imipolex G · 2013-08-29 22:50:03

also someone made a Mario level based on Gradius

as you can see from 11:40 onward

if you wish

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-08-29 23:03:33

There is a Mario level based on everything, maybe. :3

Imipolex G · 2013-08-29 23:41:58

Probably.

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-09-26 12:19:35

I found a really neat video series that gives a history of this genre. ^_^

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-09-26 12:20:38

oh btw I did finally beat Gradius. :p

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-09-26 12:30:19

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-09-26 12:42:41

lol the last vid is blocked in my country because Fair Use does not exist in America.

Imipolex G · 2013-09-26 12:43:56

I can watch it...

No wait, you're right! BASTARDS

Tachyon · 2013-09-26 12:45:25

i can watch it

but i'm not that into video games and shmups are not my favourite genre

Tachyon · 2013-09-26 12:49:41

they talk about Radiant Silvergun, if you're interested

apparently it was significant

Salix Babylonika · 2013-09-26 12:53:55

Radiant Silvergun is a good game.

One might call it the Dark Souls of shmups Kappa.

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-09-26 13:00:37

Radiant Silvergun is neat-o. It also amuses me that the only two shmups Treasure ever made (not counting Gradius V, which they did for Konami) are two of the most acclaimed (the other being Ikaruga).

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-12-14 02:51:30

http://catstronaut.wordpress.com/2013/02/18/understanding-scrolling-shooters/

I like this article. :) It is a good introduction to some of the more esoteric (to the uninitiated) aspects of appreciating these games. I added it to the second post in this thread.

Previous Calica · 2013-12-14 02:57:40

man I still want fricken Ikaruga on steam already

get on it volvo

glennmagusharvey · 2013-12-14 07:48:10

Volvo?

Anyway i see to have been playing a lot of shmups lately. I think Ether Vapor Remaster and Flying Red Barrel convinced me that they're not just for hardcore players and that some shmups are accessible to sucky players like me.

Flying Red Barrel I started playing several months ago and I kinda got stuck, but more recently I got through Ether Vapor Remaster, eXceed 1st, eXceed 3rd, and RefleX, and have gotten pretty far into eXceed 2nd.

Tachyon · 2013-12-14 08:08:45

glennmagusharvey said:
Volvo?

glennmagusharvey · 2013-12-14 08:10:59

what does that have to do with Ikaruga?

Tachyon · 2013-12-14 08:16:19

volvo meaning valve

glennmagusharvey · 2013-12-14 08:16:52

oh

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2013-12-14 10:24:36

glennmagusharvey said:
Volvo?

Anyway i see to have been playing a lot of shmups lately. I think Ether Vapor Remaster and Flying Red Barrel convinced me that they're not just for hardcore players and that some shmups are accessible to sucky players like me.

Flying Red Barrel I started playing several months ago and I kinda got stuck, but more recently I got through Ether Vapor Remaster, eXceed 1st, eXceed 3rd, and RefleX, and have gotten pretty far into eXceed 2nd.

yay :) Your skill level doesn't matter when you approach a game, as long as you're trying new things. When I started playing Touhou, I was really bad at it, but I still had lots of fun. :3

glennmagusharvey · 2013-12-14 15:51:02

:)

@Tachyon: the thing is, Volvo has actually published a videogame. It's the one free game on GamersGate.

Previous Calica · 2014-01-30 23:04:19

Apparently Ikaruga's in the final stages of debugging.

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2014-01-30 23:04:54

:D

AttObl · 2014-01-30 23:52:12

Nice to hear.

I remember playing a lot of STGs a few years ago, but right now, I'm starting to get back to them. Ring ^-27 is my current obsession as of now. (Think Crimzon Clover meets Hellsinker with retro styled graphics.)

Generally, I prefer STGs with a lot of weapons (Suguri and sora come to mind), but a nice way to get me addicted to an STG is having a neat scoring system. (I'm looking at you, Raizing's Bat series. (Garegga, Batrider, and Bakraid).)

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2014-01-31 00:13:09

I hadn't heard of that one but it looks fun and has nice music! It looks like something I could get into. Also, Crimzon Clover and Hellsinker are both awesome sauce.

The Bat series is some of the best STGs ever. :D

hmm, I've always loved the beauty and elegance of Touhou, since that is what I started with. I branched out, of course, and I have a shmup library of literally dozens. What I really like in a STG is a fun scoring system with high potential, lots of challenge, some uniqueness, and the amazing feeling of taking on the impossible.

My own current obsession is Deathsmiles. The scoring system is absolutely orgasmic, the bosses are weird and hilarious, and it has the usual epic Cave sadism. :D

Previous Calica · 2014-02-12 15:58:49

February 18, get hyped

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2014-02-12 16:06:32

neato

Salix Babylonika · 2014-02-12 16:11:32

I like easy shmups because I prefer games I can reasonably finish.

This is probably why I'm a big fan of the second Gradius.

Previous Calica · 2014-02-18 23:53:42

I suck at Ikaruga.

Miss Miko Mayonegg · 2014-02-19 11:25:29

But is it fun to suck? :D

Tachyon · 2014-02-19 12:15:06

there is no SFW way to respond to that

Previous Calica · 2014-02-19 15:46:05

if there were an NSFW way to talk about chains, I would.

but yeah, it's fun.

shoot em ups!!!

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