I really like the most recent X.X games.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 6:41 am

So I've finally started really playing the games from X.X. At first I was a bit put off by the prerender graphics but that took a backseat to how these games play. Green Wind is not my favorite but the later games are really well done. I feel that these games are perhaps a bit underrated. They are very modern shmups and really have that dynamic fluid feel that the modern games have.

From Shoot The Core
http://shootthecore.moonpod.com/databas ... me&start=X

Etrian · Post by **Etrian** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:05 am

Yep, they're really good. I especially like Blue Wish Resurrection.

MathU · Post by **MathU** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 7:48 am

I might like them if I could play any of them without them mysteriously crashing to desktop the instant I try to run the executable.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Fri Oct 03, 2008 10:44 am

Yeah, they do a very impressive job of ripping off Cave games (and I mean that without a hint of sarcasm - it´s a lot better than the million bad Touhou clones). Too bad I´m on a Mac since a few years

But looking at this new Edens Aegis game, I think I´ll steal my gfs laptop for a few hours tonight

Octopod · Post by **Octopod** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 1:10 am

BWR is a great game. Is there any way to buy official hard copies of these games or are they down load only?

SockPuppetHyren · Post by **SockPuppetHyren** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 2:04 am

Octopod wrote:BWR is a great game. Is there any way to buy official hard copies of these games or are they down load only?

Download only man. All of x.x's games are freeware, so there is really no need to worry about buying a copy.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:08 pm

Eden's Aegis is shaping up nicely.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:17 pm

FIL wrote:Eden's Aegis is shaping up nicely.

Most deffo. Though it's taking a long time to come though

Taylor · Post by **Taylor** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 4:38 pm

SockPuppetHyren wrote:All of x.x's games are freeware, so there is really no need to worry about buying a copy.

x.x won’t even accept donations. He’s doing for free which so many euroshmups cannot...

captpain · Post by **captpain** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:30 pm

Do any of them have tate mode? I remember installing BWR and wishing that it did... although now that I think about it, maybe it wasn't in 3:4.

emphatic · Post by **emphatic** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:26 pm

None of the have TATE. Too bad really. But rotating your windows with the graphics card might work, but it'll look very squished.

Edit: No, the rotating using the video card did not work.
Emph

Aru-san · Post by **Aru-san** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 6:57 pm

The guy spends more time drawing and doing art than dev-ing Eden's Aegis.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 8:48 pm

Aru-san wrote:The guy spends more time drawing and doing art than dev-ing Eden's Aegis.

That could be a good thing. The character design in his games is severely lacking. Not that it matters so much, but it looks like most of them are drawn by a 6 year old. After a quick peak at his blog, it looks like he's getting better

elvis · Post by **elvis** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 9:31 pm

Frederik wrote:Too bad I´m on a Mac since a few years

Tried WINE on Mac?
http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX/Installing

I use it on Linux to play all these doujin Windows-only shmups with mostly good success.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Sat Oct 04, 2008 10:02 pm

BWR is incredibly well done. I haven't had much time to play it lately but I did find it a tad easy, as I 1cc'd it on my very first try. But Hell mode is enjoyable and it's going to take me some time to 1cc.

RackGaki · Post by **RackGaki** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 10:18 pm

I've only ever played Eden's Aegis and Blue Wish Resurrection, and they both seemed really well done. If you're going to rip someone off, may as well go for the gold.