Yup, pretty much my experience too. Most non dude-bros seem to have a healthy respect for "retro games" and whatnot these days, even if they aren't dedicated to them.XoPachi wrote:Interestingly enough, from my experience this is a genre that gets the LEAST amount of hate today. Even non players I know of look at them and people who play them with this mix of curiosity and respect. I frequent LAN parties and take a copy of something random with me like DoDonPachi 5. I HOPE for people to want to join in, but they usually just sit and watch "this crazy ass Galaga".
What do others think of shmups?
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Squire Grooktook
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Re: What do others think of shmups?
Aeon Zenith - My STG.RegalSin wrote:Japan an almost perfect society always threatened by outsiders....................
Instead I am stuck in the America's where women rule with an iron crotch, and a man could get arrested for sitting behind a computer too long.
Re: What do others think of shmups?
I had a wonderful experience with one of those "FPS Graphic gamer" kind of peoples.
He walked over and saw me playing Progear, and for some reason expressed some interest in it, so I asked him if he'd like to try it.
So he did, and he died in about 30 seconds. Then i showed him how to use the bombs and two firing modes, and he lasted half the stage. I showed him how to prioritize/position against enemies, and he made it to the boss. Then I showed him how to position his fingers to move smoothly, and he almost beat the boss. Finally I showed him methods to dodge several kinds of bullet patterns, and he finally beat the stage. He played a bit through the next one too, but he gave up and said that he would try it later. (Ya know, if only it had better graphics
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He walked over and saw me playing Progear, and for some reason expressed some interest in it, so I asked him if he'd like to try it.
So he did, and he died in about 30 seconds. Then i showed him how to use the bombs and two firing modes, and he lasted half the stage. I showed him how to prioritize/position against enemies, and he made it to the boss. Then I showed him how to position his fingers to move smoothly, and he almost beat the boss. Finally I showed him methods to dodge several kinds of bullet patterns, and he finally beat the stage. He played a bit through the next one too, but he gave up and said that he would try it later. (Ya know, if only it had better graphics
)In search of great justice, sailing on a sea of stars.
Re: What do others think of shmups?
haha, I usually just say, "check this shit out" and get the same reaction. just recently one of my buddies started getting into cave shmups which is nice.. since he was mostly a diehard ikaruga fan before that and now he's finally "getting" other games.Strikers1945guy wrote:A friend watched me play Ibara recently and after the (first?) boss when you beat her before the next stage you get a couple close up pictures including a panty shot he was like "what.... the.... fuck..." to which I just replied "because Japan".
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TrevHead (TVR)
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Re: What do others think of shmups?
To my COD-FIFA playing gamer friends shmups are just another one of those weird Japanese games I'm known to like, Deadly Premonition was the first game I lent out and permanently coloured their impression of my tastes.
To non gamers it's a bit better, if they disapprove when I mention I'm a gamer, I say I play old arcade games like space invaders & pac man which tend to be thought better of since they either played them as a kid in the arcades or on the phone and can relate to them better than a 10 hour FPS.
To non gamers it's a bit better, if they disapprove when I mention I'm a gamer, I say I play old arcade games like space invaders & pac man which tend to be thought better of since they either played them as a kid in the arcades or on the phone and can relate to them better than a 10 hour FPS.