Protothea for Wii!!...

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Tue May 06, 2008 5:41 pm

Never played the PC version, but this looks pretty sweet:

http://wii.ign.com/articles/871/871732p1.html

MR_Soren · Post by **MR_Soren** » Tue May 06, 2008 5:47 pm

Yeah, I thought it looked really cool but I was waiting for somebody else to start a thread.

Anybody play the game (PC or Wii) and have some impressions? It looks like something I'll want to buy after I get a Wii.

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Tue May 06, 2008 7:51 pm

One word: inertia

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:22 pm

worstplayer wrote:One word: inertia

Just watched the video. Looks pretty bad. Can someone say "euroshmup"?

320x240 · Post by **320x240** » Tue May 06, 2008 8:56 pm

The stages doesn't seem to be based around one or more central 'cores', which in my view are needed to make multi-directional scrollers work. Bosconian is the classic example - small, focused stages.

I think this game looks more like an Amerishmup than a Euroshmup.

Off topic: Is it just me or does a number of games on the WII have less detail than Gamecube games? I'm not really following the high-end games so I don't really know but it sure looks like it.

ARCADIA · Post by **ARCADIA** » Wed May 07, 2008 2:48 am

Welcome back SDI (offensive half)

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Wed May 07, 2008 3:01 am

320x240 wrote:I think this game looks more like an Amerishmup than a Euroshmup.

Is there really such a thing as an Amerishmup?

sfried · Post by **sfried** » Wed May 07, 2008 4:49 am

Udderdude wrote:
320x240 wrote:I think this game looks more like an Amerishmup than a Euroshmup.
Is there really such a thing as an Amerishmup?

Yes. The ones made by Midway. They tend to be by far worse than Euroshmups in terms of both balance and design.

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:00 am

No way, Red Star is an Amerishmup

Stormwatch · Post by **Stormwatch** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:55 am

Are Robotron and Smash TV amerishmups?

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:41 pm

I'm down with this as long as they can nail the Wii-specific controls-if they don't it will be total mess.

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Wed May 07, 2008 7:57 pm

sfried wrote:
Udderdude wrote:
320x240 wrote:I think this game looks more like an Amerishmup than a Euroshmup.
Is there really such a thing as an Amerishmup?
Yes. The ones made by Midway. They tend to be by far worse than Euroshmups in terms of both balance and design.

I guess I've made one of the only Canadashmups .. >_>

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:23 pm

Udderdude wrote:I guess I've made one of the only Canadashmups .. >_>

"Canuckshmups" is the preferred term, I believe

Where in Canada are you? I'm a Canuck myself...

Bill

Udderdude · Post by **Udderdude** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:45 pm

the2bears wrote:
Udderdude wrote:I guess I've made one of the only Canadashmups .. >_>
"Canuckshmups" is the preferred term, I believe

Where in Canada are you? I'm a Canuck myself...

Bill

I'm hanging around Toronto. Says you're in Cali though .. moved around? :O

OneEyedJack · Post by **OneEyedJack** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:01 pm

I'm in NS!

the2bears · Post by **the2bears** » Wed May 07, 2008 11:11 pm

Udderdude wrote:
the2bears wrote:
Udderdude wrote:I guess I've made one of the only Canadashmups .. >_>
"Canuckshmups" is the preferred term, I believe

Where in Canada are you? I'm a Canuck myself...

Bill
I'm hanging around Toronto. Says you're in Cali though .. moved around? :O

30+ years in Calgary, then to Taiwan, then NJ, now in Cali

It's been an adventure.

Bill

MR_Soren · Post by **MR_Soren** » Thu May 08, 2008 12:27 pm

worstplayer wrote:One word: inertia

Four words: Have you played it?

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Thu May 08, 2008 12:32 pm

MR_Soren wrote:
worstplayer wrote:One word: inertia
Four words: Have you played it?

Yes.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:08 am

Yeah, so nobody has answered the question what is it like?

spongdangly · Post by **spongdangly** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:53 am

I'll answer your question.

This game is terrible, it wasn't even worth the 30 megs of bandwidth it took to download it. To play, all you do is move your ship around the screen with the nunchuk's joystick and point and click with the wiimote in the direction you want to fire or drop a bomb. The first level is so boring, there's barely any enemies and they're all to easy to kill plus they pose little to no threat. A little later on in the game enemies start shooting you from off the screen (always bs) yet it just barely increases the level of difficulty.

If you're looking for a shoot 'em up to play on your Wii I'd recommend Star Soldier R (while it may only offer 2 and 5 minute timed runs, you'll thoroughly enjoy those few minutes every time you play) or any of the older Virtual Console titles.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Thu Jun 12, 2008 5:58 am

Yes it is rather foolish to say a game sucks without giving the details of WHY it sucks. Thanks.

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sat Jun 14, 2008 9:57 pm

spongdangly wrote:I'll answer your question.

This game is terrible, it wasn't even worth the 30 megs of bandwidth it took to download it. To play, all you do is move your ship around the screen with the nunchuk's joystick and point and click with the wiimote in the direction you want to fire or drop a bomb. The first level is so boring, there's barely any enemies and they're all to easy to kill plus they pose little to no threat. A little later on in the game enemies start shooting you from off the screen (always bs) yet it just barely increases the level of difficulty.

If you're looking for a shoot 'em up to play on your Wii I'd recommend Star Soldier R (while it may only offer 2 and 5 minute timed runs, you'll thoroughly enjoy those few minutes every time you play) or any of the older Virtual Console titles.

I've also read, on IGN, that there's no score, which is pretty basic for a shmup.

I'll pass.