Deathsmiles IIX (Xbox 360) - GoD US/Can/Mex, Platinum JP

[Kiken]

Changes from the arcade version:
-7 stages total (2 more than the arcade version)
-2 new characters (Follett and Rosa)
-Updated graphics (16:9 mode)
-New bosses

So this is technically revision 5 then...

[Phellan Wolf]

Changes from the arcade version:
-7 stages total (2 more than the arcade version)
-2 new characters (Follett and Rosa)
-Updated graphics (16:9 mode)
-New bosses

So this is technically revision 5 then...

Let's pray to be the last one before a Black Label version.

[brentsg]

I predict that by the time DSII releases on Xbox, my head will have exploded from reading all the bitchfest comments written by people who haven't even played the game.

If you play it and hate it, more power to you. If you decide to hate a game because you didn't like it on Youtube then you're a moron.


Actually maybe we should make one master thread covering:
-Is XYZ region free?
-I ordered my copy of XYZ but it isn't here yet. Where is it? Where could it be?
-I just watched XYZ shmup on Youtube and it's the worst game ever!
-ZOMG XYZ port is only 90% accurate! What bullshit! This port is horrible! Even though I'm a scrub and/or have never played the PCB I'm going to bitch about it!

Am I missing anything?

[NR777]

I predict that by the time DSII releases on Xbox, my head will have exploded from reading all the bitchfest comments written by people who haven't even played the game.

If you play it and hate it, more power to you. If you decide to hate a game because you didn't like it on Youtube then you're a moron.


Actually maybe we should make one master thread covering:
-Is XYZ region free?
-I ordered my copy of XYZ but it isn't here yet. Where is it? Where could it be?
-I just watched XYZ shmup on Youtube and it's the worst game ever!

Am I missing anything?

Debates on Touhou should also reside in that master shit sandwich of a thread.

[Phellan Wolf]

I predict that by the time DSII releases on Xbox, my head will have exploded from reading all the bitchfest comments written by people who haven't even played the game.

If you play it and hate it, more power to you. If you decide to hate a game because you didn't like it on Youtube then you're a moron.

I am not bitching the game, I am just saying that I hope the 360 version to be the last one, I mean the definitive version of the game. I hate when a game only has upgrade, after upgrade, after....
Just like the patches wich are so common in this generation of consoles and get on my nerves.
I am happy to see another Cave shooting game on my 360, even if I dislike the artwork (original DS was much better IMO). The only thing that matters to me it is the gameplay experience.

[emphatic]

Perhaps I should open up this thread for anything you're missing, and call it "Spam-festa"?

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30158

[NR777]

Perhaps I should open up this thread for anything you're missing, and call it "Spam-festa"?

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=30158

The Official Shmups.system.org Spaaaaaaming Festa! Sounds like a good idea.

[Kollision]

I just saw the whole trailer and I have to join the flock of the disappointed.
What's of those awful goofy bosses? Damn, you had better 3D animation in lots of PS2 games...
The worst thing is there seems to be something weird about the gameplay as well.

[emphatic]

Here's hoping:

a) those "cut scenes" were made only for promotional stunts like this
b) you can turn them off in the menus

I really hope they add a nice 4:3 mode along with the 16:9 one.

[CStarFlare]

I'm sure there will be a 4:3, if only for the people who have 4:3 TVs.

Also, because they do Arcade Mode for all their other ports.

[AraraSPAMWitch]

the game itself looks fun as hell to play

SLOWLY FALLING WALL MILKING.

Watched a bit of SIN's high scoring run, but only skipped around so I missed that part. Cheesy milking techniques aren't going to kill a game for me, though, otherwise I'd never play Esprade.

[EOJ]

Watched a bit of SIN's high scoring run, but only skipped around so I missed that part. Cheesy milking techniques aren't going to kill a game for me, though, otherwise I'd never play Esprade.

Milking in this game is quite minimal on bosses, nothing to the extent seen in Esprade (thank goodness) or even other recent Cave games like Futari or Espgaluda II. DSII is an incredible game, don't listen to the schmucks who complain about how crappy it looks but have never actually played it - these people are the source of pretty much every negative comment about this game. When I was living in Japan last year I had Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu and Ketsui cabs right next to the DSII cab, and almost every time I went to the arcade I ignored DFK and Ketsui and played DSII instead (with the occassional credit of Futari 1.5, of course). It's definitely one of my favorite Cave games. The scoring system is easy to pick up, but very deep, and it's just pure fun from start to finish, including an awesome last boss fight. Also, each character plays very differently in regard to scoring, which gives the game a lot of longevity. I'm really happy the port is coming so soon.

If the game were really good it would be easier to overlook, but it seems like most people that have played it only say it's decent at best.

Most people I've talked to who have played it a good amount love it. It's popular in Japanese arcades (there was almost always a line waiting to play it at the arcade I frequented). And by the way, the arcade game looks quite excellent on an HD monitor when you're actually playing it.

[dmauro]

Maybe I'll talk someone into getting this for me for my birthday then.

[originalz]

Most people I've talked to who have played it a good amount love it. It's popular in Japanese arcades (there was almost always a line waiting to play it at the arcade I frequented). And by the way, the arcade game looks quite excellent on an HD monitor when you're actually playing it.

I dunno man, this game really died here. When it first came out I guess it was popular, one of the places near me had it and I played around with it for a bit. It lost popularity after a few months and became 2 credits/1 coin, and now they swapped the game out for bloody Puyo Puyo Fever of all things. I could go elsewhere to play it, but I really have no desire. I was really underwhelmed with the game, it's bloody dull and too easy.

That said, I played Deathsmiles 2X at the shooting thing and must say it's much, much better. They added some stupid shit like bad-quality CG cutscenes before each boss fight, but the actual mechanics seem a lot more solid. I played through the first few stages on Rank 3 and it was actually pretty fun and enjoyable! I'm definitely interested in this game now, it feels like what Deathsmiles 2 should have been in the first place.

[dmauro]

They added some stupid shit like bad-quality CG cutscenes before each boss fight

T____T I imagine those are the snippets seen in the trailer they recently released. They look pretty bad.

[Kron]

Thats come around quickly, Play-Asia now have Death Smiles II available to pre-order:

Death Smiles II
Price: US$ 74.90 (~50.23 GBP)


Affiliate linked.

[Kron]

And now shortly after the Limited Edition as well:

Death Smiles II First Print Limited Edition
Price: US$ 129.90 (~87.12 GBP)

Limited Edition includes:
Original Illustrated Box (or is it illustrated book? Can't tell from the JP website)
Original Soundtrack



Affiliate linked.

[Plasmo]

Original Illustrated Box (or is it illustrated book? Can't tell from the JP website)

They're just referring to the new boxart for the LE. So the only real bonus is the OST.

[DC906270]

Is there a preorder bonus for the Standard edition?

[Kron]

The first print is meant to ship with a DLC card with a remixed in game soundtrack, I'd imagine it would come with the standard edition as well.

[Depth Charge]

Is one of the characters a baby in this?

It'd be funnier if it was a baby in a diaper.

[PsikyoPshumpPshooterP]

The cave whore count in this thread is unbelievable!!!

[Vyxx]

Shit the LE is expensive

[DC906270]

The first print is meant to ship with a DLC card with a remixed in game soundtrack, I'd imagine it would come with the standard edition as well.

dont think ill get it from PA thi time then, since they messed up the Mushi preorders. and also they seem to have not-so-secretly raised their prices on preordered Cave games from $69 to $75

[emphatic]

The first print is meant to ship with a DLC card with a remixed in game soundtrack, I'd imagine it would come with the standard edition as well.

dont think ill get it from PA thi time then, since they messed up the Mushi preorders. and also they seem to have not-so-secretly raised their prices on preordered Cave games from $69 to $75

Since you're in the UK, give videogameimports a whirl.

[Elixir]

Play-Asia want $130 for the LE? Seriously?

http://www.amiami.com/shop/?set=english ... splay.html

Here you go.

[lgb]

Debates on Touhou should also reside in that master shit sandwich of a thread.

no

I dunno man, this game really died here. When it first came out I guess it was popular, one of the places near me had it and I played around with it for a bit. It lost popularity after a few months and became 2 credits/1 coin, and now they swapped the game out for bloody Puyo Puyo Fever of all things. I could go elsewhere to play it, but I really have no desire. I was really underwhelmed with the game, it's bloody dull and too easy.

that might be because no one updated the darn thing!

[NR777]

no

And why not? Because Touhou, unlike other subjects, should be allowed to derail any topic in which it appears regardless of whether it has any relevance whatsoever to the topic at hand? Sure.

On topic: if Aksys's localization of the original Deathsmiles goes well, what is the likelihood that this will follow swiftly on its heels?

[lgb]

And why not? Because Touhou, unlike other subjects, should be allowed to derail any topic in which it appears regardless of whether it has any relevance whatsoever to the topic at hand? Sure.

the same could be said of anything that causes a thread to leave its original topic for a time

hint: note what threads are being led "off-topic"

[Trevor spencer]

so is this 16.9 in the arcade ?