Annual Top 10 of the Less Experienced - Results Thread

[unsane]

experience is a bad term to use because i don't consider myself experienced yet i have a few tuff scorez under my belt and that one qualitality site or something says he's been playing shooters hardcore for a number of years but can't get past level 2 of dodonpachi on the first credit

I used "less experienced" because i couldn't think of a better succint term for the opposite of the Top 25's "widely and deeply experienced". That's the meaning of less experienced here. From the Top 25:

So what constitutes "widely and deeply experienced"? That's impossible to truly quantify, but as a general guideline: voters should be familiar with nearly all (95+%) of the games on previous years' top 25 lists. Furthermore, they should be equally familiar with nearly as many (90+%) of the shmups on previous years' honorable mention lists. And, to the extent that other games voters have listed are available, would-be voters should be familiar with 50%-65+% of those games, as well.

And what constitutes "familiar"? Basically, having played it enough to understand the gameplay mechanisms that make it unique, and/or fun and/or historically important and/or any number of other things you might take as helping define "top."


Basically this poll is for the opposite of all that, people that don't fit the widely and deeply experienced guidelines.


Edit: so yeah, i probly should have been more explicit defining it, since some people didn't realize what was meant by "less experienced".

[evil_ash_xero]

I think what Rob was getting at is that it was kind of lame that 3 similar Cave titles were in the top 10.

I love DDP, but I am a little puzzled as to why DOJ is in there TOO. They're pretty similar(obviously). I am also disappointed that Mushi is in the top 10 above Ra.De. and Guwange. ESP Galuda is different enough from DDP in my opinion to be listed. However, i've always wondered why so many liked it over Ra.De.. I liked the "piercing" weapons of it better, and the awesome Jun artwork, and the music was better too. Maybe it's the more modern graphics?

But really, so what? Anyways, at least all of Treasure's games are in the top 10, where they belong.

Thunderforce IV is way too low!

s/m

[Herr Schatten]

Anyways, at least all of Treasure's games are in the top 10, where they belong.

This is a major flaw of both this poll and the annual top 25.

[Ed Oscuro]

... the opposite of the Top 25's "widely and deeply experienced".

That is an assumption which is probably not true, hence the criticisms of these polls.

[evil_ash_xero]

Anyways, at least all of Treasure's games are in the top 10, where they belong.

This is a major flaw of both this poll and the annual top 25.

BOO..HISSSSS...

[moozooh]

Hey, as long as people like them… what else do you need? ;)