I second everything you said. Owning TF II, III, IV, V and having played VI I think I am allowed to say that I really don't like Thunder Force. The sound is great as well as some of the graphics, but I just hate the gameplay (and the SFX btw.).EinhanderZwei wrote:II - 'looks like shit. Even by oldschool standards'
III - 'lots o'cheap deaths and bad controls'
IV - 'moar cheap deaths and bad controls'
VI - 'damn I'm sleepy'
I really want to get into TF, but looks like there's always something just preventing me to enjoy it!Please, can someone advise me a cure?
Personally, I quite like TF V though. It has some interesting weapons to offer and great music. TF III is also nice, but nothing really special to me like i.e. the competing Gate of Thunder for PCE. Something I was always unable to understand is the big hype of Thunder Force IV. I think the graphics aren't too splendid and it has very annoying level design. This apart, the music is quite nice (again).
I really dig shooters like Gleylancer, Hyper Duel (!), Gate of Thunder, Gynoug etc., but never found out what's so nice about TF in particular.