I loved/hated ______ until I tried playing for score.

[SFKhoa]

Some stuff that just popped up in IRC.
I loved Battle Bakraid until I tried playing for score.
I loved Guwange until I tried playing for score.
Strangely enough, I hated Progear until I tried playing for score.

[P_HAT]

I agree with B and G.
And P!

[jonny5]

Some stuff that just popped up in IRC.
I loved Battle Bakraid until I tried playing for score.
I loved Guwange until I tried playing for score.
Strangely enough, I hated Progear until I tried playing for score.

you just need more practice at guwange and then im sure you will destroy it like every other game

[Jockel]

I loved Ikaruga until I tried playing for score.

[emphatic]

I loved Ikaruga until I tried playing it

^^ more like this

[Battlesmurf]

Honestly- Garegga (and by extension I never really tried Bakraid for score afterwards).

I probably haven't given them too much of a good run so take whatever I say with a grain of salt, but the more advanced stuff in that game started to sound like I'd have to purposely kill myself to manage things properly O.o

[Jockel]

I loved Ikaruga until I tried playing it seriously for score

^^ more like this

More like this.
I got like 9mil on it, that's not too bad imo.
But from the moment i played my first Cave game, i realized how much fun a shmup can be.

[Sasupoika]

I hated Garegga until I tried playing for score.

[Acid King]

I enjoyed Radiant Silvergun until I played it for score.

[UnscathedFlyingObject]

I hated Radiant Silvergun because you had to play for score.

[clp]

i hated guwange until i started playing for score / i hated guwange when i started going for personal best hi scoring runs .

[Jeneki]

I hated Chaos Field until figured out how to play it for score.

[Van_Artic]

i loved r-type delta until i tried playing for score
i loved mushihimesama until i tried playing for score
i hated battle garegga until i started playing for score

[captpain]

I hate everything.

[ZOM]

I loved Gradius until I tried to do moar than one loop (read: playing for score)

[DMC]

I loved batsugun until I tried playing for score.
(but it's still a pretty chill game so I will probably get back to it occassionally.)

yeah, and the same could be said about most multiple loops shooters.

[Plasmo]

Loved them before playing them for score:

-Mushihimesama
-Dimahoo


Hated them before playing for score:

-Battle Garegga
-Donpachi

[Davey]

I loved RFJ until I tried playing for score.

[Dragoforce]

I loved Viewpoint until I started playing it.

[EPS21]

I guess I'm the only one who thought mushihimesama was pretty mediocre until I started playing for score.

Carpal tunnel inducing button pressing isn't for everyone I suppose.

[Udderdude]

I guess I'm the only one who thought mushihimesama was pretty mediocre until I started playing for score.

Carpal tunnel inducing button pressing isn't for everyone I suppose.

Check out the Mushi WRs here http://cowboy.ikaruga.co.uk/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=147

There are seperate rankings for Autofire and non-autofire

So you can ditch the carpal tunnel thing if you really want.

[Ruldra]

I loved Viewpoint until I started playing it.

I thought 19XX was a good game until I played for score. No-miss/no-bomb/medals/100% destruction all at once is a nightmare.

[emphatic]

I love Thunder Dragon 2 'til that announcer started yappin'.

[EPS21]

I guess I'm the only one who thought mushihimesama was pretty mediocre until I started playing for score.

Carpal tunnel inducing button pressing isn't for everyone I suppose.

Check out the Mushi WRs here http://cowboy.ikaruga.co.uk/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=147

There are seperate rankings for Autofire and non-autofire

So you can ditch the carpal tunnel thing if you really want.

I play the ps2 version so I've always known its there, but I feel it detracts from the overall experience in a way, plus my current stick doesn't have enough buttons to accomodate both A and C autofire. I'd probably only use this if I was on a controller. On the plus side a sore wrist lets me know when to take a break from the game

Edit - I'm curious to where the slight gains in autofire in original mode are obtained.

[FIL]

I hated Thunder Dragon II until I played it for score. 30 restarts later because I kept missing 50,000 point items and I hated it again.

[Momijitsuki]

I hated Battle Garegga until I started playing for score. I don't love it now, but I can play it and enjoy it now.

I loved DoDonPachi until I started playing for score. So I don't, and I still like it

[Ruldra]

I hated Gradius III until I learned how to get past stage 2.

[Dragoforce]

I hated Gradius III until I learned how to get past stage 2.

Please teach me how to get past stage 3?

[Gespenst]

I hated Giga Wing 2 'till I discover it's awesomeness (and playing for score)

[Limbrooke]

I thought 19XX was a good game until I played for score. No-miss/no-bomb/medals/100% destruction all at once is a nightmare.

Indeed, 19XX is not a fun scoring game, so I'm with you there. Don't forget 'destroy bosses asap for highest ranking/multiplier' too.
Cannot think of anything immediately besides this, but it's pretty noteworthy.