Do you have a shmup specialty?

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:13 am

Is there a kind of shooter or a particular shooter that you are particularly devoted to? (Even if you wouldn't call yourself an expert.) Or are you only a generalist shmup fan, not a specialist of any sort?

Kagami HiME · Post by **Kagami HiME** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:10 am

Bullet canceling shooters. I got hooked to those kinds of games after playing ESPgaluda. It's so cool whenever I get the whole screen to fill up with x100s.

FIL · Post by **FIL** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:15 am

I wish I could say Psikyo was my speciality but my natural talent for crashing into lone bullets pretty much counts that out.

jpj · Post by **jpj** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:18 am

tviks wrote:horizontals

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:29 am

I like danmaku games but I never seem to get good enough to 1cc those last few levels.

A_Civilian · Post by **A_Civilian** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 1:49 am

Raiden...II.

Can't find the first one anymore. *grumble*

Sly Cherry Chunks · Post by **Sly Cherry Chunks** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:04 am

horizontals

Koa Zo · Post by **Koa Zo** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:35 am

A_Civilian wrote:Raiden...II.

ditto

KindGrind · Post by **KindGrind** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:55 am

The only game I'm not too bad is Border Down.

I suck at everything else.

ZOM · Post by **ZOM** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:00 am

Dragon Spirit & Dragon Saber - Love 'em both & 1CC'd them with very few tries.
I think riding dragons in shmups makes me automatically perform better.

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:02 am

I don't have a specialty per se, but somehow the shooters I end up playing most are the ones from the early to mid 90s, so late-Toaplan, early Cave, Raizing, the good stuff from Taito, Seibu, etc.

Enhasa · Post by **Enhasa** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 3:31 am

I wouldn't say I'm really good at anything, but in roughly decreasing order here is some stuff I like or I'm better at:

versus games
rank-heavy
lock-on targets
early to mid 90s
bullet manipulation

yojo! · Post by **yojo!** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:27 am

I'm pretty much dedicated to old school shooters and Toaplan in particular. Cleared all their PCBs on very hard except for Truxton on normal only.

Makoto Sei · Post by **Makoto Sei** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:44 am

Thunder Force series ^^

spineshark · Post by **spineshark** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:15 am

Games with slow bullets =o

Avist Torch · Post by **Avist Torch** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:27 am

The only shmups I don't get murdered in are bullet hells.

lgb · Post by **lgb** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 6:50 am

Kagami HiME wrote:Bullet canceling shooters. I got hooked to those kinds of games after playing ESPgaluda. It's so cool whenever I get the whole screen to fill up with x100s.

Yes. Simple and rewarding.

Any game with a simple scoring system is alright with me.

MadScientist · Post by **MadScientist** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 7:11 am

Jack of all trades, master of none.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:24 am

MadScientist wrote:Jack of all trades, master of none.

TriggerHeartExelica · Post by **TriggerHeartExelica** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 8:57 am

Shikigami series fo sho. I actually try in that game and spent quite a bit of time playing Castle Shikigami 2 when it first came out.

ChurchOfSolipsism · Post by **ChurchOfSolipsism** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 11:02 am

I suck at all kinds of games & shooters.

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:15 pm

Easy ones.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 2:47 pm

ChurchOfSolipsism wrote:I suck at all kinds of games & shooters.

You might suck at shmups and still have specialist knowledge of some type of shmup. Or maybe a series or even just one shmup, knowing all sorts of trivia, for example.

Andi · Post by **Andi** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:18 pm

I can kill giant fish bosses all day, any day.

Sonic R · Post by **Sonic R** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 4:23 pm

professor ganson wrote:
ChurchOfSolipsism wrote:I suck at all kinds of games & shooters.
You might suck at shmups and still have specialist knowledge of some type of shmup. Or maybe a series or even just one shmup, knowing all sorts of trivia, for example.

The professor is correct.
I suck at shmups but I do have a specialty.

My friends have said that I am a Compile specialist.
I enjoy their games very much and actually play them at a competent level.

Everyone may lack skillsets on many games but there is usually that one that make us look like legendary all-stars.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:42 pm

Sonic R wrote:
professor ganson wrote:
ChurchOfSolipsism wrote:I suck at all kinds of games & shooters.
You might suck at shmups and still have specialist knowledge of some type of shmup. Or maybe a series or even just one shmup, knowing all sorts of trivia, for example.
The professor is correct.
I suck at shmups but I do have a specialty.

My friends have said that I am a Compile specialist.
I enjoy their games very much and actually play them at a competent level.

Everyone may lack skillsets on many games but there is usually that one that make us look like legendary all-stars.

Yeah, and even if you don't play any games particularly well, you might still know a lot about them. Some people have crazy knowledge about their favorite company's releases, for example. That's specialist knowledge, as I'm thinking of it.

Zeroblade · Post by **Zeroblade** » Sat Nov 15, 2008 5:51 pm

Pretty much any vertical danmaku/bullet hell STG. I love small hitboxes and patterns. Plus it makes for a lot of fun in navigating them.

Arvandor · Post by **Arvandor** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:33 am

I'm starting to get very nearly decent at Dodonpachi, but I love almost all kinds of vertical shmups (even a handful of horis), and switch it up when DDP is frustrating me =)

Post by **Icarus** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:31 am

I don't specialise. It's more fun for me, that way.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:52 am

If you specialise, you breed in weakness.