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Once/If I get a real network up and running here, I plan on running XBL, for right now, the wifi I leech off of isn't strong enough for the 360 to pick up on. Also, I need to aquire a hard drive since I went the cheapy cheap route and got an Arcade unit.MentholMoose wrote:That's good news! Will you be playing online at all?
I don't own any games besides VOOT, so I can't answer your question.
Did you buy a Japanese console? That's the only way to play the Cave imports. If so, Mushihimesama Futari 1.5 will be out in late November. I have Ketsui pre-ordered (my main reason for getting a Japanese 360... until VOOT came outNGEFreek wrote:also 2D shooters ala 1942 and the like trip my trigger well, so I know I'll have to do some importing for the CAVE titles.
), but due to some drama and ineptitude it has been delayed and has no release date (it was supposed to be spring 2009 
). People on Shmups forum hate on the DDP DOJ release; apparently the PS2 version is actually more arcade accurate. Death Smiles supposedly has a pretty good port, but I didn't buy it because I'm biased against horizontal shmups. ESPGaluda II is coming at some point in the future.
I'm a big R-Type fan and I refuse to acknowledge this one's existance. The firing rate of your normal weapon is terrible! Unless they updated it i'll never get it. R-Type Delta, Leo, and Final are my favorite in the series. Joint Strike is boring IMO, but is interesting with two people. Raiden Fighters ACE for the 360 is pretty fun if you ever play any of them in the arcades. I liked Trigger heart. I'm a big Touhou bullet curtain fan so this was a natural along with ikaruga.1942 Joint Strike: Mediocre
R-Type Dimensions: R-Type and R-Type II with a shiny coat of paint. Check it out if you like your shmups slow, claustrophobic, and memorization-heavy.
I find it excellent apart from that it's a bit of a memorizer.. very polished and has nice enemy and boss ideas, the TLB made me chuckleDeepInTheHops wrote:Galaga Legions: I thought this would be like Galaga with updated graphics and a modern scoring system, but it's not like that at all. Not a bad game, but not great either.
I should try and 1cc it some day.
. Due to the great controls the game is a lot of fun on the harder difficulties, sort of like a shmup for me. Loads of weapons and secrets, and four difficulty modes which vary which enemies show up etc instead of just altering health. The mission mode DLC is also worth it, survival modes for each weapon and a lot of missions to practice your skills in and play for score is great if you like the game. I'm currently in the middle of a Mentor mode run. This is LIIIIIEEEEESSSSS. Ninja Gaiden 2 while EXTREMELY better than Ninja Gaiden in level design still has horrible boss fights, mediocre level design and EXTREMELY broken weapons. Once you get the Talons and the Scythe you won't use any other weapons. Although to be fair I could beat Ninja Gaiden 2 and have yet to beat 1 so that's got to count for something.Zaarock wrote:Hey, another shmup fan here.. I pretty much agree with DeepInTheHops' post apart from that I like N+, Bionic Commando: Rearmed and Rez HD a lot.
I find it excellent apart from that it's a bit of a memorizer.. very polished and has nice enemy and boss ideas, the TLB made me chuckleDeepInTheHops wrote:Galaga Legions: I thought this would be like Galaga with updated graphics and a modern scoring system, but it's not like that at all. Not a bad game, but not great either.
Also, Omega Five is a shmup, you put it in the wrong bracket.
Non-shmup disc games I recommend(loosely based on that you like shmups):
Ninja Gaiden 2, damned good third person beatemup with excellent level and boss design and production values. Great responsive controls, nice combo system and the best gore I've ever seen in a game
Nusakan: you mean the autofire is slow? I didnt notice a problem with manual fire and was never going to use autofire anyway.
Eh, I dont get what you mean by the weapons. Which difficulties were you playing? I think the game was mostly designed around the Warrior difficulty, though all of them are good.. I played through acolyte first and then warrior and liked warrior a lot more. Those weapons would surely be hard to solo with on the harder difficulties, and they arent considered the most powerful weapons anyway. I think the only weapon considered "broken" is the lunar staff as its first level charge is devastating. Switching between the weapons is essential to doing well on master ninja at least: Tonfas have the most powerful ultimate technique, scythe for long range UT, Falcons Talons for flying izuna drops, Lunar or such vs ghost fish, Kusari-Gama for some good anti-boss moves, dual katanas or flails for huge combos vs smaller enemies, Windmill shurikens for some easy medium range kills, dragon sword is a nice overall balanced weapon if you want to solo, etc...neo helbeast wrote:This is LIIIIIEEEEESSSSS. Ninja Gaiden 2 while EXTREMELY better than Ninja Gaiden in level design still has horrible boss fights, mediocre level design and EXTREMELY broken weapons. Once you get the Talons and the Scythe you won't use any other weapons. Although to be fair I could beat Ninja Gaiden 2 and have yet to beat 1 so that's got to count for something.
For those who are interested in Cave games and haven't heard the news: Mushihimesama Futari will be region free! This is huge. Hopefully it's the start of a new trend, even if it makes me look like an idiot for buying a Japanese system when a US system would have sufficed (I still don't own any Japanese only gamesNGEFreek wrote:Yeah, I realize now theres no real easy way to play the Cave imports on a non JPN console, so I guess until I get another stash of cash built up, I'm boned.
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Will be fun to play Raystorm HD with the new pad as well!