Just finished playing Vasara II with my wife's little bro.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:18 pm

He wanted me to tell yall that all those japanese mech pilots are gay dicklords!

Seriously, though. It was a fairly decent shmup. I'm not to into the theme of the game but it was a fun play.[/img]

kidneythief · Post by **kidneythief** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 8:59 pm

I'm inclined to agree, as the close up attacks are one of the things that make gunbird 2 superior to the strikers games, at least gameplay-wise

And the fact that the sword move doubles as a shield is excellent. Find it weird that it doesn't get talked about much.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 9:06 pm

You could always stop by my HS thread if the urge struck you. </evil plug>

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 10:04 pm

Make sure you sleep with your door locked if that kid ever spends the night at your place, Circuit.

Kidding.

It's just that expression on that pic is not too... friendly, if you ask me.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:09 pm

Yeah, even if you didn't tell me he insulted Vasara II, my first impression of the kid would have been "This kid needs a punch in the face."

dave4shmups · Post by **dave4shmups** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:26 pm

kidneythief wrote:I'm inclined to agree, as the close up attacks are one of the things that make gunbird 2 superior to the strikers games, at least gameplay-wise And the fact that the sword move doubles as a shield is excellent. Find it weird that it doesn't get talked about much.

I find it even weirder that neither game in the series has gotten home ports, as they are both superior to any Psikyo shmup I've ever played, particularly the Japanese-themed ones.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Sun Sep 18, 2005 11:47 pm

Jeez, guys - he's just a kid. And i would have to agree with him - those mech pilots in Vasara II are most definetly dicklords.

To be honest i really didn't enjoy the game that much. Now that i think about it it was kinda... hollow. I can't see myself putting forth another hour of playing that game. I'll try the first one out before i make to many judgements, though.

On a brighter note we also played through Pang! 3, Final Fight, Metal Slug 3, and Xexex (which was awesome).

Heh heh... Don Tacos.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 12:57 am

I recently got a Vasara II pcb and I think the game is beautiful. It's not the greatest shmup ever, i.e. Ghost Pilots, but it suffices.

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:54 am

It isn't perfect by any means, but it does deserve more attention than it gets

And I'm not on the hi score board cause I am fantastically bad at it

.......But I do try

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 3:08 am

freddiebamboo wrote:And I'm not on the hi score board cause I am fantastically bad at it

Get in line, pal.

And heck with your skills, get on that board!

sjewkestheloon · Post by **sjewkestheloon** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 9:36 am

the vasara games are pretty sweet as far as i'm concerned. i absolutely love the atmosphere and graphical style of it too. think i'll have to boot up mame to try and get onto bulletmagnet's hs listing. or not. i suck. end.