Raiden...IV?

Strider77 · Post by **Strider77** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:08 am

^plays gradius for the story

LOL..... I didn't expect it to be true.

Mega Mudkip · Post by **Mega Mudkip** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:45 am

VicViper_Mk2 wrote:what of it? i despise any game with a half-baked incomplete story. and frankly in raiden, the story is almost non-existence.

What are you doing playing shmups, sir?

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 9:49 am

Koa Zo wrote:it looks like this might be the Raiden IV thread...

Heh i just read through this one and fondly recognized the "^plays shmups for story".

The Raiden IV thread is linked above:

incognoscente wrote:Raiden IV.

ptoing · Post by **ptoing** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:42 am

VicViper_Mk2 wrote:what of it? i despise any game with a half-baked incomplete story. and frankly in raiden, the story is almost non-existence.

So, out of curiosity, which shmups do you recommend for their story?
Also, do you think story is more important than gameplay?

Ceph · Post by **Ceph** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:38 am

Duplicate thread. Why no lock?

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 3:05 pm

ptoing wrote:
VicViper_Mk2 wrote:what of it? i despise any game with a half-baked incomplete story. and frankly in raiden, the story is almost non-existence.
So, out of curiosity, which shmups do you recommend for their story?
Also, do you think story is more important than gameplay?

I don't think he's around anymore, but i think he had a thread devoted specifically to the topic not long ago. Not sure.

incognoscente · Post by **incognoscente** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 8:46 pm

Ceph wrote:Duplicate thread. Why no lock?

I don't give in to the demands of terrorists.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Fri Feb 01, 2008 10:51 pm

ptoing wrote:
VicViper_Mk2 wrote:what of it? i despise any game with a half-baked incomplete story. and frankly in raiden, the story is almost non-existence.
So, out of curiosity, which shmups do you recommend for their story?
Also, do you think story is more important than gameplay?

Google wrote:Your search - "Raiden IV story" - did not match any documents.

lulz

I think it's important to have some story. I like a small emotional reason to be doing what i am. I like it more when the story makes no damn sense like Radiant Silvergun though.

Usually i just imagine i'm the pilot of the ship... it helps fuel my need to dodge the bullets as skillfully as possible.

unsane · Post by **unsane** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 1:10 am

circuitface wrote:I think it's important to have some story. I like a small emotional reason to be doing what i am. I like it more when the story makes no damn sense like Radiant Silvergun though.

Every time a story bit comes on that i have to click through it's annoying. Giga Wing being the worst example i've played so far. To this day i've not read a single line. Just start the next stage/let me fight the midboss damnit!

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 7:25 am

I did forget to mention that i dislike breaks in the action though. There's nothing worse on the shmup flow. I'm saying beginning and ending cinemas and nothing more. Everything else should be done in game, with voices if anything - no subtitles or breaks from fighting any worse than a stage clear screen.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Sat Feb 02, 2008 6:55 pm

viniciusvbf wrote:There's also aero fighters
It has dialogs

I never thought I'd be frying over a jungle...

unsane wrote:Every time a story bit comes on that i have to click through it's annoying. Giga Wing being the worst example i've played so far. To this day i've not read a single line. Just start the next stage/let me fight the midboss damnit!

Introducing the Start button.

They should have some scrolling text at the bottom. That would be cool. Or voice overs.