1944 - The Loop Master

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I hope to do something that clever when I reach a cool post number :(
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circuitface wrote:I know yall've played this one - just thought i'd start up a thread about it. I love this game to no end. It's very long and the graphics are awesome. I love the scoring system and the music is the shit. A great addition to the series. :)

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Agreed; stinks that it didn't end up on one of the Capcom Classics Collections (along with 19XX). :(
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circuitface wrote:
circuitface wrote:I know yall've played this one - just thought i'd start up a thread about it. I love this game to no end. It's very long and the graphics are awesome. I love the scoring system and the music is the shit. A great addition to the series. :)
In honor of my 1,944th post i'm resurrecting this thread. I can't believe i typed "yall've". :roll:
Not only was it your 1944th post, but you resurrected your original post exactly 2 years ago to the day. Coincidence? BTW: I like this game even though most people here think its too hard...err I mean think the planes are "too underpowered". :wink:
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Meh. I don't like it that much because you have to wait till halfway through the game to get a decent weapon (the laser options)
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Dave_K. wrote:
circuitface wrote:
circuitface wrote:I know yall've played this one - just thought i'd start up a thread about it. I love this game to no end. It's very long and the graphics are awesome. I love the scoring system and the music is the shit. A great addition to the series. :)
In honor of my 1,944th post i'm resurrecting this thread. I can't believe i typed "yall've". :roll:
Not only was it your 1944th post, but you resurrected your original post exactly 2 years ago to the day. Coincidence? BTW: I like this game even though most people here think its too hard...err I mean think the planes are "too underpowered". :wink:
:!: :!: :!: I didn't notice that! I did however notice that the thread had 1,495 views only moments after i bumped it. Not an exact number but still an odd combination.
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Add one more person that is hooked on this game. I love the close range boss battles, especially the tank in the second level. Never thought I would appreciate a full vertizontal, but this game has won me over.

I grew up with 1942 and 43 and this game is a great evolution of those.
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gameoverDude wrote:If you don't expect another 19XX or 1941, then 1944 is still fairly good. I'm just disappointed that Raizing didn't do more with it. Not having a selection of planes ala Battle Garegga or 19XX is a downer. So is having to give up score for using wingmen.
I kinda felt the same way. After playing 1943 (awesome), 1941 (awesome), and 19XX (awesome), I felt somewhat let-down by 1944, probably because it felt like a step backward. There's nothing wrong w/ a simplified game (I like a lot of old-school shmups that are no-frills), but in the context of the series it seemed out of place.
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It's okay. Feels very different from the others, in the sense that 19XX should be called 1944 and vice-versa. Feels different than other R/8 games too.

Lots of space to run around, feels like Takumi. But of course, just like how Raizing has it's horiverts, even Takumi has their vertical games. (Twin Cobra II, for example)
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When I get the Strikers urge but only have my PSP (with cps2 emu) 1944 is there for me :)
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whar dis thread come from
should i play this game?
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Opinion about 1944: Pure, unadulterated crap.

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It never seems worthwhile to rotate my computer monitor to play this. Perhaps I should give it a chance. I'd prefer, though, to play it on a tv with my PS2; it really is a shame that they didn't give us a port.
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szycag wrote:When I get the Strikers urge but only have my PSP (with cps2 emu) 1944 is there for me :)
my thoughts exactly. it's the closest thing to strikers that you can play on psp. except gunbird maybe
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This thread just won't die
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