Gradius VI hopes / fears speculation thread

[Ex-Cyber]

Gradius has had rank since the beginning, although it's applied somewhat inconsistently.

[Strider77]

Also, on the assumption that you are actually Lizardlick amusements - My Otomedius G Hyper Stick Pro thanks you, for now it has a working Blue Button.

That was actually me, I screwed up and didn't realize it was my bossed that was signed in on the PC before me. He never is usually.

[TrevHead (TVR)]

I WANT RANK! ...oh, wait... then gimme medal-chaining!

LOL - I think the spirit of the series would be lost on score-whore's at that point!

Some shmups like gradius are best with no scoring system since it allows the player to just concentrate on suvival. And no it wouldnt be the same if scoring was added and suvivalist only players expected to just ingnore the scoring, as its something im unable to do. Just like when i play DDP for suvival only I cant stop chaining and bee collecting.

As for what ild like to see hmmmm... personally i would love to play a (good) shmup which has top notch 3D next gen eye candy, a shmup thatll make both fans and non shmuppers go wow! Gradius is a hori and a hori should have great eye candy imo. If i think about it, thats probably one reason why most indie shmups are verts since they can get away with crappy undetailed graphics in a vert but not so much in a hori.