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

[third_strike]

I love Mars Matrix and I hate myself because I can't score in this game.
Cool!

[Ruldra]

Please teach me how to get past stage 3?

Tailgun and spread bombs makes the stage a lot easier. For the boss, Aquas wrote a guide on how to dodge his attacks and let him time out.

[Acid King]

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.

The 100% requirement hurt my enjoyment of Viper Phase 1 as well.

[sjoecool1991]

I loved DDP/DDP-DOJ until I tried playing for score.
I hated Progear before I tried playing for score.

I hated RF2 until I tried playing for score.

[LtC]

Loved Batsugun until I tried to play it for score
Loved DDP-DOJ until I tried to play it for score
Hated PatriotDark until I tried to play it for score
Loved Raiden Fighters series until I tried to play it for score

[njiska]

I loved Ikaruga until I tried playing for score.

So with you on this one. Very annoying. Hate the chain game.

[gs68]

I loved Raiden Fighters in general until I tried playing for score.

I loved Mars Matrix until I tried playing for score.

I hated Thunder Force V until I tried playing for score.

[Acid King]

I only enjoy ESP Ra.De. when not playing for score.

[szycag]

I loved LIFE until I started playing it for score

Hmm, I liked Garegga more once I got used to playing for score, but Bakraid's scoring still bugs me.

[Battletoad]

I found Giga Wing 2 rather mediocre until I tried playing it for score. Then I loved it.

And a bit off topic:
I loved Hellfire until I noticed how awfully unbalanced it is.

[Estebang]

Hated Mushi Futari until I tried playing for score on Maniac.

Raiden Fighters Jet was kinda boring until I started playing for score. Unlike some of you, I really like the insane, nonsensical, obscure "stuntman" antics you've got to pull on a constant basis, requiring that you memorize the stages as well as twitch-react to the bullets. It's one of the most variety-packed shmups there is. Most of the Raizing games share this characteristic (although I suck at them, unlike RFJ where I can consistently activate X-medals).

[spadgy]

I hated the Psyvariar series until I started playing for score.

I hated Battle Garegga until I started playing it more and more and more and more, and then I liked it a little bit.

[Ed Oscuro]

I generally didn't enjoy the genre until I tried playing for score. Now I can have fun with it, without obsessing over score (I don't lay on the complex scoring games too thick).

I never really tried playing the Treasure games or much Cave so I don't dislike them from scoring. However I do like Esp.Ra.De for some reason (despite having one of my least favorite plot setups ever - angry children massacre adults, which is like the pimply version of something Freddy would play, Esp.Ra.De generally has nice visuals), though the times I've played it I haven't gotten chains that big. I should add Fever SOS as well - it even has a caravan mode, yay!

[gs68]

I loved Ikaruga until I tried playing for chain.

Then I tried not playing for chain. 1 chain. 1 chain. 1chain 1 chain 1 chain 2 CH--1 chain.

fuck this i'd rather study more kanji

[xris]

Been playing shiki2 for score lately. All of a sudden I just can't get that 1CC. It's that high risk vs reward. It's really pissing me off. I should just put it aside for awhile, I've played too much.

[Skykid]

I loved Viewpoint until I started playing it.

(That really made me lol.)

[spadgy]

I loved Skykid until I started playing against him for scores.

[CptRansom]

I loved everything until I tried playing for score.

I think I should just stick to trying for a 1cc in my games. I'm not good enough to play for score... maybe in a few years!

[Skykid]

I loved Skykid until I started playing against him for scores.

Ha ha!

I like the Progear theme here, nearly everyone realises they love it when they start playing for score - shows how amazing a system it really is.

[gs68]

Mildly off-topic, but I loved Time Crisis 3 and 4 until I tried playing for score.
Then again, fuck TC games that reward you more for comboing and accuracy than speed. TC1 all the way!

[Exarion]

I loved the touhou series until I tried playing for score (except imperishable night)

I hated Raizing games until I tried playing them for score

I loved the Raiden fighters series until I played a Raizing game for score

[skink]

I *always* have more fun playing for score. Otherwise I would tire of a game way too quickly.

[esreveR]

I loved Viewpoint until I started playing it.

(That really made me lol.)

I agree with both of you.

Same goes for Pulstar.

Anyway, I loved Blazing Star until I realized how goddamn complicated the thing is.

I loved Progear until I realized I couldn't understand how to score for shit.

Same for ESP.Ra.De.

That's all I can think of for now.

[MathU]

I liked a lot of CAVE games until I started playing them for score.
They sure have some awful scoring systems in many of their games.

Also I really liked Battle Bakraid until I learned about its real scoring system. Then I felt like cutting myself. What a waste.

Can't really think of any games where scoring made me like them, since I'm almost always playing for score from the start anyway.

[spadgy]

I *always* have more fun playing for score. Otherwise I would tire of a game way too quickly.

I think this is almost always the case for me. I just can't ever make myself not play for score. I do wish I could tackle DDP without playing for score though, as I'm useless at it when I do try and up that digit count!

[Kaiser]

I hated m3tallica until I started playing him for score ^-~

[TLB]

Oh baby, you're getting me all hot and bothered!

[gs68]

I loved Space Invaders Extreme 1 until I tried playing for score.

[velocity7]

I loved Ikaruga, until I tried playing for score.
I loved Thunder Force V, even when I tried playing for score.

[Pirate1019]

I loved LIFE until I started playing it for score