All right!
The tank segment still looks fun, and that "nice bomb" (?) scenario will probably be quite reminiscent of Every Extend, if it's what I think it is. (After watching the video below, I suppose not.)
I really like the way that some of the backgrounds have been upgraded; I didn't mind them before, but that "dodge the skyscrapers" scene looks really neat (unless it's separate from the previously seen, similar scene). I wonder if the movement of the stage/camera is scripted; In a way, it'd be good if it wasn't because then you couldn't simply memorize it... but it'd also be good if it was, because then all the runs through it would be equal and there wouldn't be a "chance easy path" occurrance. I'd probably prefer unscripted, though.
That "protect the planet from
PHAs" segment looks like there is a steep cutoff at the point where the screen starts to become filled... I'll be happy to survive that far, but for the advanced players, the scores for that one will probably be give or take a small amount after a certain threshold.
In all, the "shmups skill test" looks almost like a personality evaluation for scroll shooting game players... the beginning and expert players would of course probably have neat circles of small or large size, while intermediate and advanced players would have interesting shapes of varying design. If the graph was included as arbitrary information in, say, a forum profile, then one could tell with a quick glance as to whether a person likely prefers original or manic, for example.
(It could also be used for things like STGT team balancing!) Actually, the test might present mostly old-school concepts. Still, I wonder what my graph would look like.
Edit- Easy enough to find, but posted here for convenience:
009 Shooting Love 2007 1st Location Test Shmups skill test.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGnp_HAL5vU
00B Shooting Love 2007 1st Location Test Exzeal. (XIISTAG ship!
)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXhLbahYY_4
I thought that was cool.
