Upcoming X360 shmups - which ones to buy?

[antares]

With 4 shmups on their way to the X360 I'm thinking of which of them should I buy.
Ketsui and Deathsmiles are no brainers of course but I'm not sure about Shooting Love 200X and DDP BLEX.

Has anyone played Exzeal / Shmup Skill Test for a longer time? I didn't like Stag XII at all and Trizeal was a technical disaster for a Naomi game, also the gameplay of Trizeal was average at best. From what I've seen of the videos Shooting Love seems to be more of the same. So will it really be worth buying?

Now to DDP DOJ BLEX: I'm really a huge fan of most Cave games but DOJ has alway been one of the few I don't like so much. I never bothered playing DOJ for score and if playing only for survival I think there is little difference between the normal and black label version.
I have played Black Label a couple of times and it seems to be a lot easier if playing for survival but that's the only real difference I could see. So I'm asking myself if it will be really worth buying the 360 port when I already have the PS2 version?

Thanks for any advices

[ChurchOfSolipsism]

I've been thinking about the same thing (buying DDP again when I already have the PS2 version) and I'd be quite interested in hearing what people here have to say about it.

[Udderdude]

Not entirely sure, but I think DDP DOJ BL EX is coming with a 360 mode. Chances are this mode has significantly reduced difficulty.

[Zweihander]

I'm a bigger fan of vertical shmups, so since I already have Daioujou on PS2, I'll likely buy Ketsui first, then Death Smiles, then lastly, re-buy Daioujou for what little new content there is.

[antares]

What I'm thinking of is that probably many people will leave out DDP BLEX and wait for Ketsui. In the worst case Ketsui could get cancelled because of the low sales of DDP.

[spadgy]

You get plenty of other stuff with Shooting Love 200X.

As well as Trizeal Remix and Skill's Test you get Exzeal, and whatever Minus Zero (Apparently a Kenta Cho/ABA style abstract lock-on shooter), plus something contributed by INH.

Now, I think that INH thing might be a bit like the 'Secret File' omake disks for the Xbox 360 Raiden IV which had PDFs and such including images and game info. That's guess work on my part though, based on the section it's listed on at INH's website.

So I reckon 200X is worth the investment.

[ex.machina]

Shooting Love is probably the least popular one of those you mentioned. Also imo you can pass on this collection unless you are a big fan. I'd recommend all of the three other games, but many of them are still dated as "some time in 2009".

For 360, I'd also recommend Raiden IV, Raiden Collection and Otomedius G. Otomedius wasn't quite as good as I expected (surely doesn't live up to the fame of the Parodius games), but still a nice one to play once in a while.

[Dazzyman]

I did exactly that with mine 2weeks ago. Gorgeous aint bad but when you crack open RFaces a RIV you wont be wanting to worry.

I did the same though before I opened it and slowboated a Shiggy 3 and not that fussed about the series.

I did buy it for aces as thats been a long time coming for me but it made the machine a must when dajou and ketsui where announced. Never played Ketsui but big cave fan so the ranking will do me even tho I have it on PS2. Will go for ds as well but Id say for now raiden iv and aces is enough till ketsui and dajiou.

[Guardians Knight]

Get em all mate, im gonna, if for nothing else than to support the softies.

hadnt heard a great deal about Death Smiles so i did a wee bit of research, it looks awesome, can anyone tell me if it plays as nice as it looks?