Favorite Treasure game part 1

[KimagureMachibuse]

Dynamite Headdy would be my favorite as i think the gameplay is quite good i like the bosses unique attacks and looks the visuals are very vibrant for a sega genesis game and the soundtrack is really good too.

[trap15]

Not even Sin & Punishment on the list smh

[DMC]

I guess that and Ikaruga will be in part 2.

Alien Soldier my pick. I remember Guardian Heroes fondly but haven't played it in a long time. What do you guys think of Guardian Heroes?

[Gamer707b]

Man this is hard. I genuinely love all but one of these games. I guess I would go for Dynamite Heady because it's just so unique. Never played anything close to it. Thanks BTW for the thread.. I have a deep love for Treasure games and it's always nice having an excuse talking about them.

[Gamer707b]

I guess that and Ikaruga will be in part 2.

Alien Soldier my pick. I remember Guardian Heroes fondly but haven't played it in a long time. What do you guys think of Guardian Heroes?

Actually I bought Guardian Heroes a month ago along with a few other Treasure games I , but Haven't played it yet. I look forward to it, I just wanna play through Sillouette Mirage first.

[Austin]

Yeah kind of a weird list. Gradius V is on the list, yet Ikaruga came before and isn’t?

[Stevens]

Headdy. Love that game.

[Sima Tuna]

Gradius V. My favorite Gradius and favorite Treasure game.

[XoPachi]

Definitely Gradius V, but it's close because Ikaruga and Gunstar Heroes are some extremely beloved titles for me.
I loved the change in density and presentation in Gradius V. I know some people would gripe about the lack of thematic variation, but I found to prefer the over representation of Core Warships in that game compared to others. I love those guys and they were insane in this game. I only ever had about 4 or 5 PS2 games growing up out of choice, but I played Gradius V for a decade. Really really great game.

Speaking of Gradius V, I pulled this in Master Duel last night. c:


I like how faithful the effect is to the specific events of the game when you think about it.

[To Far Away Times]

Oh man, tough choice. Treasure made a lot of classics. I went with Gunstar. I love that game and I think it's one of the all time great run n' guns. So much fun.

I'll surely be picking Ikaruga when that comes up in a future poll.

Astro Boy, the Bleach DS fighting games, and Mischief Makers are super under rated. 99% of developers never reach those heights, and those will likely be afterthoughts on the poll.

[Mykaizer]

Possibly Alien Soldier! Need to spend more time with it though! Close second would be Ikaruga. Have yet to play Radiant Silvergun.

[Sengoku Strider]

Not even Sin & Punishment on the list smh

Yeah, I think you could pretty safely delete Light Crusader off that poll if space is an issue. Probably Rakugaki as well, since it's kind of absurd to have RSG & Gradius on there but not Ikaruga.

[Nugs]

Oh man, tough choice. Treasure made a lot of classics. I went with Gunstar. I love that game and I think it's one of the all time great run n' guns. So much fun.

I'll surely be picking Ikaruga when that comes up in a future poll.

Astro Boy, the Bleach DS fighting games, and Mischief Makers are super under rated. 99% of developers never reach those heights, and those will likely be afterthoughts on the poll.

The GBA Astro Boy game was excellent.
I might need to revisit it.

[XoPachi]

Every year I try so desperately hard to get passed Alien Soldiers controls. I cant do it.

[Gamer707b]

Every year I try so desperately hard to get passed Alien Soldiers controls. I cant do it.

Yea it took me a while to get "the feel" of the controls, but once I did, it was Nirvana. Played it for the first time on the Switch. Great game.

[Gamer707b]

Not even Sin & Punishment on the list smh

Yeah, I think you could pretty safely delete Light Crusader off that poll if space is an issue. Probably Rakugaki as well, since it's kind of absurd to have RSG & Gradius on there but not Ikaruga.

I wholeheartedly agree. The 2 you mention are the weak links.

[null1024]

Every year I try so desperately hard to get passed Alien Soldiers controls. I cant do it.

It took me absurdly long before it managed to click for me. Still not super comfortable since I still don't play it quite enough, but I can manage somewhat now.

[DMC]

The control test screen right before you start stage 1 in Alien Soldier is a great opportunity to practice the controls for a few minutes and/or warm up each time you play.

All the commands in one screen, so running through each move a couple times without any enemy interference is a great way to ease in.


I love these controls, all incredibly useful but has great benefit/cost-tradeoffs.
Despite such a large-sprite protagonist you can move extremely smoothly with teleport, hovering, shoot mode change, and counter force.
Few 2D shooting games I played and it feels like I get so much better as I play rather than the game getting so much easier.

But the game is quite unforgiving, because you can be playing perfectly say halfway through the game, then accidently make a teleport instead of a shoot mode change, get caught, and get gameover in like 5 seconds.