What's your favourite bullet colour?

Super Laydock · Post by **Super Laydock** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 5:52 pm

Strangely, no love for the "single white pixel" bullets...
Where are the retro fans when you need them?

Orange, fire-like, bullets are nice too though.

JJG · Post by **JJG** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:17 pm

I like those flashing blue and red bullets in Giga Wing.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:24 pm

Seriously though, PSIKYO RED AND ORANGE. They sold out when they made DB pink.

J-Manic · Post by **J-Manic** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 6:29 pm

Blue and Pink baby! The default white with orange outlining is nice too, and easy to see in a hectic situation.

Gungriffon Geona · Post by **Gungriffon Geona** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 7:42 pm

I personally prefer FREAKING HUGE MISSILES AIMED AT ME WITH UNGODLY PRECISION!

or Batrider's multiple bullet types, either way.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Mon Oct 23, 2006 9:56 pm

Panty pink.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:29 pm

Rob wrote:Seriously though, PSIKYO RED AND ORANGE. They sold out when they made DB pink.

Ugh.

*wretch*

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:42 pm

They're like the piercing rays of the sun! Hard to miss. Especially on Strikers' muddy backgrounds.

Radioactive green would be my second choice.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 11:47 pm

Rob wrote:They're like the piercing rays of the sun! Hard to miss. Especially on Strikers' muddy backgrounds.

Radioactive green would be my second choice.

Radioactive Green would be a nice change of pace. Agreed.

I don't think I hate the bullets for their color. Whenever I see a psikyo bullet I think of Gunbird and that always leads to frusteration and anger.

Thinking purely of how they affect your gameplay, I suppose you're right about stark contrasts, but aesthetically speaking they aren't nice to look at.

Minzoku · Post by **Minzoku** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:51 am

Sapphire bullets.

Bullets of pure love.

Sorry

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:18 am

The oval rotating orange psikyo bullets, and the 4 shades-of-gray gradius bullets (that rotate colors clockwise).

Klatrymadon · Post by **Klatrymadon** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 3:43 am

I always liked DDP's pink blobby ones. The ones that look like three or four smaller bullets stuck together.

Any kind of rotating, radioactive-looking lozenge is a winner, too.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 9:07 pm

Nothing perticular just something that flashes or stands out from the scenery.

Mills · Post by **Mills** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:50 am

Hate Psikyo orange oval bullets

but i like the sphere shaped illusion created by the rotating Raiden2 (up to Raiden Fighters Jet) bullets

DDP had some creative bullet designs.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 3:27 am

The Mars Matrix/DDP blue and pink blend of various shapes/sizes are the ones I like best.

Alec · Post by **Alec** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 10:54 am

Any bullets that aren't like Battle Gareggas. Without the red bullet option that game is damn frustrating.

Dann · Post by **Dann** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:23 pm

yellow/orange cell-shaded bullets, or pink. as long as the bullets are sorta the same color. the pink and blue on DDP stage 4 boss cross me up and kill me EVERY single time...

SNKJorge · Post by **SNKJorge** » Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:56 pm

PSIKYO's pink bullets are my fav.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 7:37 pm

Not sure if this is on topic, but when I'm waiting for a boss in DDP I like making flame peni with the red ship.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:02 pm

Alec wrote:Any bullets that aren't like Battle Gareggas. Without the red bullet option that game is damn frustrating.

Yeah, but they are real BULLETS. Sharp and pointy. With all the industrial atmosphere and the debris, white dots look so out of place. But granted, they are hard to see.

Similar situation in Ibara: Hard to see, but incredibly cool looking swords, daggers, rotating metal roses. It just looks THREATENING. You can say what you want, but it is a nice change from generic dots.

In general, I like games where enemies shoots all kind of projectiles at you; laser, fire, rocks, anything. Unfortunately, this got lost when "barrage" style of shmups emerged.

DJ Incompetent · Post by **DJ Incompetent** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:16 pm

I like the spinny destroyable light-rainbowed narrow-pointed shots from compile games.

Such pretty death

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Mon Jan 08, 2007 8:35 pm

I like the spinny destroyable light-rainbowed narrow-pointed shots from compile games.

Were they the ones who invented the "spinning almonds of despair" that you saw in every 90's shmup?

Alec · Post by **Alec** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 5:32 am

FrederikJurk wrote:
Alec wrote:Any bullets that aren't like Battle Gareggas. Without the red bullet option that game is damn frustrating.
Yeah, but they are real BULLETS. Sharp and pointy. With all the industrial atmosphere and the debris, white dots look so out of place. But granted, they are hard to see.

Yeah, I agree, sometimes when I pause the game I just marvel at all the detail they put into the bullets in the game. However I just can't stand it when I'm playing and I'm doing pretty well and then my ship just blows up from being hit by a bullet I didn't even see. Realism is cool and everything, but I don't think its a necessity in a shmup since it isn't exactly the most realistic genre (which has a lot to do with why I like them so much). Especially when it interferes with the game play.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:26 am

Purple bullets are my fave.