When did they go wrong: Taito edition.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:04 pm

-they made shooters other than space invaders

Seriously their puzzle line is fantastic.

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:08 pm

Im so voting for Fighter17.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:11 pm

You don't like Rayforce? Taito is more like where are the bright spots.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:15 pm

Taito had Zuntata. And Zuntata is never wrong!

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:17 pm

Sly Cherry Chunks wrote:Im so voting for Fighter17.

Ban.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:25 pm

Does Taito still make games?

glitch · Post by **glitch** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:11 pm

Twiddle wrote:-they made shooters other than space invaders

i think they just got over that

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:21 pm

They had their hearts in the right place for the Mushi & Ibara ports. Just not their brains or wallets.

escadrille · Post by **escadrille** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:24 pm

Rob wrote:You don't like Rayforce? Taito is more like where are the bright spots.

Agreed. I'm also a Rayforce fan.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:25 pm

Rayforce = pwn

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:27 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:They had their hearts in the right place for the Mushi & Ibara ports. Just not their brains or wallets.

Since when did Taito do anything beyond publish the PS2 games? I remember hearing on this forum that Cave did the actual porting, not Taito.

escadrille · Post by **escadrille** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:28 pm

Bill wrote:Rayforce = pwn

Well I wouldn't go that far either way.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:32 pm

No matter who did the ports, they had a low standard with their published games. Cave, Psikyo, Takumi ports - none are acknowledged as good.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:35 pm

Did Taito go wrong? or did they just not go right?

Seems like a lot of their shooters aren't bad, just really mediocre.

escadrille · Post by **escadrille** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:37 pm

FIL wrote: Seems like a lot of their shooters aren't bad, just really mediocre.

This sums up Taito's output. They aren't Cave but they aren't Dooyong either.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:38 pm

escadrille wrote:
Bill wrote:Rayforce = pwn
Well I wouldn't go that far either way.

Rayforce = "LADDA MERCY IT GOOD" ?

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:39 pm

Yes, Darius is/was the most long running mediocre shooter series and that's their flagship.

escadrille · Post by **escadrille** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:41 pm

Bill wrote:
escadrille wrote:
Bill wrote:Rayforce = pwn
Well I wouldn't go that far either way.
Rayforce = "LADDA MERCY IT GOOD" ?

Slap Fight < Rayforce < cure for cancer

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Wed Feb 06, 2008 11:56 pm

escadrille wrote:Slap Fight < Rayforce < cure for cancer

That sounds about right. I've got to look into Slap Fight now, heh.

CIT wrote:Taito had Zuntata. And Zuntata is never wrong!

True, a lot of those soundtracks are genuine assets of their games... Taito's shooters tend to go quite far on "atmosphere" alone for me thanks largely to ZTT, which is a brilliant (and inimitable) effect where the better-made ones are concerned, and at the very least a welcome point of interest otherwise.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:07 am

Limbrooke wrote: Since when did Taito do anything beyond publish the PS2 games? I remember hearing on this forum that Cave did the actual porting, not Taito.

He who floats the bill has the power to make it better.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:08 am

taito made tons of great games that aren't shmups

Erinu · Post by **Erinu** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:20 am

I wish they would stop porting their shit to DS.

Limbrooke · Post by **Limbrooke** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 12:36 am

GaijinPunch wrote:He who floats the bill has the power to make it better.

English, thanks.

Enhasa · Post by **Enhasa** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:15 am

I'm a huge Taito fan but I'm not falling for this trap. Besides, many people here have only played their shmups and don't even know about the other games.

Where did they go right: when the G.Rev guys left

Where did they go wrong: when Square Enix bought them

Also, I'm waiting for the Raizing thread or is that too obvious?

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:29 am

Thunder Fox = pwn

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:57 am

Limbrooke wrote: English, thanks.

They paid for it. They are the deciding factor on it's level of crappiness. Capcom kiboshed aspects of Progear, without touching the code. Your welcome.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:58 am

Taito went wrong when they tried to shoehorn Zuntata soundtracks onto the GBA.

I'll admit that the music was usually the only thing about Taito games I liked ;)

Fighter17 · Post by **Fighter17** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:00 am

When people starting to leave after Raycrisis.

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 2:43 am

When the graphics became polygonal.

seriously, fuck G-NET.

overkill55 · Post by **overkill55** » Thu Feb 07, 2008 3:45 am

Taito went right when they made the Taito Canary. Taito went wrong when they stopped making the Taito Canary

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