These are my Shmup confessions...

[Imhotep]

Shinobu Yagawa is by far my favourite programmer ever

concerning STG, the Taito guys (Gun Frontier, Metal Black, Darius, Raytrilogy) are right behind

[Kollision]

Espgaluda bores me – though the music in the game is mostly to blame for this
Treasure is overrated
Recca is overrated beyond belief
Gradius V is a masterpiece, overshadows all previous Gradiuses
Psikyo is the laziest company ever, the only way to enjoy their games is in sparse bursts, never in a continuous fashion, or it gets boring
PC Engine shooters are overrated
I loved Bullet Soul
Mushihimesama Futari doesn’t hold a candle to Mushihimesama
Dimahoo and any stupid shooter like it sucks
I love rail shooters
King of Fighters Sky Stage is awesome
Söldner-X - Himmelsstürmer is awesome, the second one not so much

[DrTrouserPlank]

DS1 final boss is rock hard (remember there's no practice mode)

Futari is a really hard game.... seriously hard..... 1.5

Ketsui+DOJ are no harder than futari.

SDOJ is far and away the hardest game RAPE have ever made.

AKS is ruined by it's stage 5 and final boss. (probably the most balanced game they've released subsequently)

[Zaarock]

- I prefer yoko to tate for vertical shmups if I'm close to the screen

- I rarely put in the effort to improve my goals in a game if I've been frustrated reaching the previous one

- Donpachi, DOJ and Afterburner Climax are the best DP games

- Akai Katana Shin is one of my favorite Cave shmups

- I'm amazed that despite so many releases neither Cave, Psikyo nor Raizing have ever made a multi-weapon game ala Thunderforce/Radiant Silvergun. Admittedly some YGW games come close

- I think more shmups should try things Hellsinker explored system wise (like "fractions" of points not seen while playing to keep scores easy to grasp instead of billions, visible scoring values on enemies) and that the genre could somewhat evolve from things learned through experimental doujin games in general

- I expected to hate Radiant Silvergun since I didn't like Ikaruga and the hype around it but it turned out to be one of my favorites (stupid prejudice since the games have very few similarities in terms of gameplay)

- I think Treasure is not overrated(on this forum), just look at the the crazy high score activity for their three shmups

- I should play some of the touhou games instead of avoiding them

- Under Defeat is a poor man's Zero Gunner 2.

- Dimahoo is great.

[Bananamatic]

I masturbated to Shuri and Maria several times

[KAI]

NO

[ciox]

I masturbated to Shuri and Maria several times

[Zengeku3]

Well I guess i can come up with some before I switch to a My Little Pony avatar to hide my face for all eternity. These are a few things I might not be very proud about admitting but here goes anyway. Internet suicide? Yeah, i think i already got that covered long time ago with all that stupidity so might as well keep it going strong. Time to die everyone.

- I think SDOJ Arcade is hard. - I wish that SDOJ would have a smaller hitbox.
- I don't think Ketsui 1-ALL is hard. - I wish the people thinking different would go away.
- I think people who can't 1cc EspGaluda needs to rethink their hobby a bit and if they still wanna play shmups, should probably play a bit more.
- I think Shuri is gross. She's not really that hot.
- I think Hikari is hot. Her breasts are there but with practice you can look past them.

- I am a f*cking casual
- I think Cave games have greater music, score systems and stages than Touhou. Yet i still play those two things in a 1:10 ratio.
- I jerk off to Gus twitter. Seriously, all that misery is bloody hot.
- Shut up, that one was shmup related.

[Grumpius]

There's a point around Stage 4 in every R-Type game where I always get raped.
Sin & Punishment 2 is the funnest + most diverse shooter I've ever played, fluctuating difficulty aside.
I'm pretty sure, no matter how good I get, that I'll never be able to 1cc Dogyuun if I live to 500.
I was genuinely surprised when I found out that people LIKE lolis in shooters.
I will never understand why lolis are in shooters to begin with.
The term Shmup sounds silly, I usually avoid it when possible.
More shooters need cats. How this is implemented does not matter.
I'm so so so so sooooooo much better at bullet hells than traditional games. Shame many have gone the way of the loli >:I
Recca IS overated but still has all my awe contextually for its technical achievement.
Ketsui makes me smile.
I fear I'm too scrub to post this as of this present moment in time.

[Giest118]

There needs to be a Sailor Moon shmup.

And it needs to not suck ass.

[Kollision]

More shooters need cats. How this is implemented does not matter.

How about Let's Go Burunyanman?

[SuperSoaker360]

I play shmups for fun.

EDIT:

How about Let's Go Burunyanman?

I played Burunyanman and ended up doing a No-Miss/1-Life Clear of all of Hard mode (including the secret stage) as Sukunyan.

[ratikal]

- I think people who can't 1cc EspGaluda needs to rethink their hobby a bit and if they still wanna play shmups, should probably play a bit more.

Espgaluda is really hard. I fall asleep by stage 3 and end up losing all my lives. ;_;

I masturbated to Shuri and Maria several times

If were going this route. I want Shuri to dominate me.

[Zengeku3]

Espgaluda is really hard. I fall asleep by stage 3 and end up losing all my lives. ;_;

Yeah, that's a legitimate issue. I heard a lot of people had that problem during the last STGT. Like, only 37 out of 150-something players could conquer that.

It's also the only reason I haven't managed to NMNBNT Ten Desires.

[Marc]

I think Super Aleste is a tedious piece of shit.
Also, R-Type 3.
Bar the stupid lack of checkpoints, I much prefer Super R-Type to 2.
Gradius V isn't a Gradius game. I'd rather play IV.
I think the Thunderforce games are horrible.
Someone already mentioned, but I agree that Under Defeat is a lame Zero Gunner 2 clone that fucks the controls up.
Fuck Mars Matrix, it's the most inbred, anal, obtuse sack of shit I've played.
I've never played a Touhou. I don't even know what Touhou is, and am intrigued by the way it seems like a dance vs rock thing on this board sometmies.
Treasure shooters are overrated.
Giga Wing 2 was the best shooter on DC.
I think I really, really want to play DDP:DOJ, but my only way is a copied disc via a PS2 through HDTV, which makes me feel cheap as fuck and looks like shit, so I'm probably going to miss out on what seems on first impressions to be a fucking amazingly designed title because I simply can't pony up for a J360 to play one game.
If XBLA ever put out a Toaplan collection, between the stuff already on X360 I need never buy another shooter again.

[Obiwanshinobi]

I think I really, really want to play DDP:DOJ, but my only way is a copied disc via a PS2 through HDTV, which makes me feel cheap as fuck and looks like shit, so I'm probably going to miss out on what seems on first impressions to be a fucking amazingly designed title because I simply can't pony up for a J360 to play one game.

As a matter of fact, on CRT in 240p it LOOKS cheap (muddy CG). There are shmups where pre-rendered, then retouched 2D looks okay, but DOJ was made in times of clearly smaller budgets for shmups graphics.

[KAI]

- The whining thread -

I think macro dodging rules, micro dodging is overrated.
I think Futari Ultra is Ultra overrated
The 3 Ibaras (original-Kuro-Arrange) are awesome.
I think the Ge-On-Dan helped Cave A LOT.
Yesterday I watched 2hu PVD 1-4.

[pestro87]

It took me a bit of practice before I had learnt how to control my ship so that I wouldn't fire my laser too early.

[Drachenherz]

My only cave 1ccs up to date are Mushi Futari BL original and Deathsmiles 1...

I wasn't able to 1cc DDP SDOJ novice with A-S on my first credit.

I *loathe* Battle Garegga.

I think Crimzon Clover is one of the best STGs EVER made.

I actually spend more time here in shmups-farm than playing these games.

[guigui]

I wasn't able to 1cc DDP SDOJ novice with A-S on my first credit.

I've been spending the last five days trying to 1CC SDOJ Novice. Still cant do it.

[Grumpius]

More shooters need cats. How this is implemented does not matter.

How about Let's Go Burunyanman?

Seems a bit too kawaii for my liking.
On the other hand I just found out about the secret character in Dangun feveron :3

[OdiousTrident]

If I see someone is a serious moe fan I make immediate assumptions about their character and various aspects of their life.... and I don't care if I'm wrong.

I play Whip Rush more than I play any Thunder Force titles.

I could be the worst player on this forum. No 1cc's but I still have some strange love for the genre.

[Jeneki]

I always, always, always, always, always have a problem with forgetting to bomb.

Hell yeah. I wish Cave games put bomb on button 3 instead of 2; that way I could install them in my Raiden cabinet with 2 buttons and say FUCK IT.

As for me, i can't stand color chaining. What's that, if I want to powerup effectively in Radiant Silvergun I shouldn't genocide the whole level? Screw that, those assholes are dead meat.

[Deca]

I actually spend more time here in shmups-farm than playing these games.

/thread

[Imhotep]

- after SDOJ 360-Mode, I like the concept of autobombs. It's rude to let the player die.

[RyIII]

-I love R-Type, yet remain remarkably terrible at it. There is no floor to my awfulness.
-The only "shmup" from the '80s I can still stomach playing is The Guardian Legend.
-Aside from Guwange, all CAVE vert shmups are basically the same to me.
-Shmups aren't doing nearly enough to take advantage of home hardware.
-I wish Siter Skain was the face of modern vert shmups rather than CAVE, so people wouldn't look at me like I was recent produce from the funny farm when I tell them I like shmups.
-The only vert shmup I've ever 1cc'ed on normal was Kamui, and that was about an hour ago after years of playing the game.

[NzzpNzzp]

-I love R-Type, yet remain remarkably terrible at it. There is no floor to my awfulness.
-The only "shmup" from the '80s I can still stomach playing is The Guardian Legend.

I think if you can't stomach playing R-Type then you don't actually love it.

[Aquas]

-Ketsui is the hardcore game ever.
-Dangun Feveron stars Kevin Bacon from "Footloose" and he collects all the cyborgs.
-I wrote a poem about Raiden Fighters Jet
-I hadn't played Lords of Thunder untill a month ago

[-S.L-]

I bought a 64GB iPad mini, just to watch superplays i've downloaded on youtube or from the Cave DVD's as i'm traveling a lot in planes/train and super bored in hotel rooms. (believe it or not, the 64GB are full, and it's ONLY for this use)

I secretly prepare a plan to beat one of GUS western record...

I never understand Cave's scoring system at first, I always need a video or explanations to show me the real way.

I own possibly the most cracked PCB of Dodonpachi Sai Dai Ou Jou ever, possibly the only like that, the proof is here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK3X-WoTt1k

I also think Espgaluda II is really complicated, thou I enjoy a lot watching the super play…

I didn't like Esprade at first, now I think I like it !

I own most of Cave games (apparts of the ones i hate, see below) but I barely played them yet (coz i like to focus on only one game untill I reach my goals, and it take months...)

I discover Cave a year ago only. As I did a 10 year of video games break. I'm addicetd now.

I don't think Deathsmiles IIX is that ugly, and I found the christmas song absolutly amazing.

I think Mamoru Has Been Cursed! has the best soundtrack ever for a shooting game. I mean it (this is the main reason i bought the game, even if I suck at it)

DonPachi is utterly shit, Dangun Feveron the ugliest Cave while Futari 1.5 is to me the best Cave game ever created.

Took me almost a year to clear Futari 1.5 Maniac and got #10 on leaderboard, while it took me 10 days to clear Mushi Matsuri Original and got 3# on leader board.

I wish I could be much better, I'm not bad, but far from some of you, and I hate you for that (joking, just envy some of your skills, so i don't spend a year to finish a game….but it's because I play those games only for the score, I don't care about 1CC)

I barely like any shmup apart from Cave's.

And I really think Battle Garega is really shit, so is Ikaruga, oh, and R-Type too lol - Pretty much every "classics" shmups that people like, I don't.

The best classic shmup ever created is Viewpoint on NeoGeo.

Why 2 loops ? ONE is large enough. fuck it. no second loop for me (I say that but i have western record on Last Resort, which has 2 loops)

And to finish, I really HATE the term "shmup" , i actually never use it, I prefer shoot them up.

[Skykid]

Mushihimesama > Mushihimesama Futari