How Much Should I Play Shmups In Order To Be Good?
It certainly doesn’t pull any punches and the learning curve might wrongfully turn a lot of people down. But if you enjoy challenging games, then you will discover that R-Type is one of those games that become more fun the more you play it. I do wish it had more accessible options for all players like Infinite mode in Dimensions EX, but it is what it is. The reason I emphasize the loading times between deaths so much is that no other shmup has such a rough new player experience. Unlike many other shmups, death in R-Type will take you back to the last checkpoint you reached. This means that there will be sections that will me burned into your brain with how much time you spent there before reaching the next checkpoint.
Besides everyone's story modes and the whole menus, there's also the fact that the way HM's programmed is different from all other games. I mean, if you just classify yourself as "incapable of lunatic," of course you'll never do it, because you'll be limiting yourself. Anyone who ever manages to 1cc lunatic will be written off as "always was capable of it," and you'll think of them as different than yourself. Again, considering who I am my opinion probably doesn't mean much, but I don't think you should ever say you are incapable of doing it, because if you do you'll never improve.
Since thelater stagesneed the most practice in any particular shmup, one credit runs will omit the most challenging parts. I have to sharpen my skills to such a degree that I can reach later stages without much effort. This is too time-consuming and inefficient. In most shmups, it isn’t quite this simple. Killing enemies too quickly or too slowly might interrupt a score-chain or prevent you from cancelling a large cloud of bullets. These factors also determine where you want to be on the screen at a given time.
It's a very gratifying shooter with intense challenge, banging music, and a steep-but-rewarding learning curve. I'm a casual player of shmups, but I think the Psikyo collection is in a pretty good state after the patch. I'm not terribly sensitive towards this stuff though, so your mileage may vary . Glad the Live Wire ports of Cave's games and the Psikyo collections got mentioned.
I think the "you can 1cc lunatic if you just try real hard" is much more self-defeating, because most people never will, and when they say that they're trying, the answer is always "try harder". Worse still, it suggests laziness on the part of the player, which is very, very wrong when these people are literally pouring countless hours into a game and are just not getting anywhere. Coming to terms with the fact that everyone has limitations when it comes to danmaku skill is something this community needs desperately.
I knew they were expensive but I loved Guilty Gear so much that I sold off a boxed PS One system to fund a Hori arcade stick. A decade ago, I switched to arcade stick after nursing too many blisters on my thumbs. Guilty Gear XX Accent Infinite Dragoon Core on PS2 was my obsession, but my hands could not keep up. My friends and I would go in rotations to give our thumbs some rest.
In TriggerHeart Exelica you can anchor enemies to your character and throw them away to damage other enemies. That’s the general theme, the pitch of your game. I have two of them running right now in my store - Blazing Star and Prehistoric Isle 2 (Neo-Geo cabs).
One genre that has flourished is indeed shmups, Zerodiv has brought a lot of classics, especially from original developer Psiyko. Games like Gunbird and Strikers 1945allow players to return to classic shmups that barely had recognition in the west. It's great to see Neo Geo shmups like Blazing Star and Last resort, and it's great that you can add credits for free with any Neo Geo titles.
In Mushi, you can play Original with infinite continues and it's a lot more enjoyable than Novice. In DDP Resurrection bomb style gives you a ton of extra lives so you can see a lot of the game even as a beginner . You have plenty of vertical and horizontal shooters already, so try to finish those and get a taste of what you like. Avoid credit feeding unless you are training levels. Playing with 1-credit or 1-life will usually affect rank . Stick to 1 or 2 shooters to keep things fresh, and mix another genre so you don't burnout.
Clicking itself might be important to you. In my case, I love a clicky thumbstick or lever. The click helps confirm that my input has registered.