Need pictures!BareKnuckleRoo wrote:The board is gigantic
One day when I have $1000 I don't need, a copy will be mine.Shmupking22 wrote:Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire, Game is so good on PC engine. Not the cheapest.
This is my experience with Sapphire in a nutshell. I get hit by more dumb shit in that game than any other. Great game, but it's deceptively difficult.XoPachi wrote:I'm playing Sapphire and this game is JUKING me bro. I am falling for literally every trick they're throwing at my ass. lmao
My interest in shmups has really taken a dive, unfortunately. I've only cleared one game this year. I still love the community, watching vids and cheering people on but I hardly play these days.XoPachi wrote:Yeah, I'm in the same boat of reinvigorating myself on the genre. Not that the love for it faded, but I haven't been playing as many the past year. But watching Shmup Junkie lately made me really want to prioritize these games like I used to as a teen.
I've kind of come to the conclusion that I'm not built to clear most of these games so thats slashed much of my enthusiasm to play them as hard.To Far Away Times wrote:
My interest in shmups has really taken a dive, unfortunately. I've only cleared one game this year. I still love the community, watching vids and cheering people on but I hardly play these days.
XoPachi wrote:I started playing some stuff I own but never put much time into relative to my favorites. I'm playing Strania, Sapphire, RefleX, and Infinos Gaiden.
Bouncing from game to game can make things really tough. I bet if you pick one of those to really commit to and come back to it over a long period of time you'll get results. Don't rush it. The games aren't going anywhere. So just set very small, specific goals for each session and go at your own pace.XoPachi wrote:I've kind of come to the conclusion that I'm not built to clear most of these games so thats slashed much of my enthusiasm to play them as hard.
I agree with all this. I had to play for many years, feeling like some games I'd never make a dent in until it kind of clicked and I started seeing noticeable improvement. It takes a fair bit of patience to stick with it and develop the confidence to play well, but in time I think you'll improve!Rastan78 wrote:Bouncing from game to game can make things really tough. I bet if you pick one of those to really commit to and come back to it over a long period of time you'll get results. Don't rush it. The games aren't going anywhere. So just set very small, specific goals for each session and go at your own pace.
Scarlet Team's pretty good, owing mostly to Remilia being a solid character. They're a bit unusual in that both of them have a solid bomb for damage so you don't have to worry about bombing as one character vs the other like Reimu or Marisa have to. Unfortunately Sakuya's actually fairly weak, but this mostly shows as a solo character where she's by far the worst in the game for bosses due to damage output. As far as a spreadshot for small enemies goes, she's decent enough, and Remilia tears up bosses fiercely, acting like a trickier to use but noticeably stronger Yukari.null1024 wrote:Decided to play a team I haven't picked before, Sakuya/Remilia.
I too consider Giga Wing 2 the best of the trilogy. Generations doesn't even have a plot or characters.EmperorIng wrote:Overall I think 2 is still the best of the 3 games but this one is pretty good, it's neck-and-neck with the first game right now in my mind so we'll see where it ends up.
That definitely sounds about right. It was REALLY noticeable how much less damage Sakuya was doing on bosses vs Remilia, but her spread shot is satisfyingly general purpose otherwise, and if I need sudden damage now, I can just use Remi.BareKnuckleRoo wrote: Scarlet Team's pretty good, owing mostly to Remilia being a solid character. They're a bit unusual in that both of them have a solid bomb for damage so you don't have to worry about bombing as one character vs the other like Reimu or Marisa have to. Unfortunately Sakuya's actually fairly weak, but this mostly shows as a solo character where she's by far the worst in the game for bosses due to damage output. As far as a spreadshot for small enemies goes, she's decent enough, and Remilia tears up bosses fiercely, acting like a trickier to use but noticeably stronger Yukari.
Absolutely beautiful.m.sniffles.esq wrote: In Cozmic Collection version of the PS1 port, they actually 'emulate' the massive amounts of extreme slowdown. Like, I never busted out a ps1 and tried them side-by-side, but muscle-memory informs me the experience is pretty authentic.
If anything can be incredibly awesome and profoundly stupid simultaneously, the above must certainly qualify...
Sakuya has an annoyingly inconsistent shot damage. She fires 7 streams of knives at max power. Close is with all 7 hitting, Med is with 5/7 hitting, and Far is with 3/7 hitting. Point blanking with all 7 streams of knives does the same damage as hitting with 5/7 streams farther back.
She seems to have a certain distance where her shot does 30% more damage than usual. The distance has 5/7 streams hitting, and it's a little before all 7 streams will hit. Getting this close is usually not viable on most cards, it's difficult to keep it with the boss's movement, and it's hard to tell if you're even in the sweet spot or not.
