Gradius V makes my pee-pee tingle.
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How much is Gradius V going for nowadays?
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Hell yea. I'm going to get back into it when I'm all done with the new Ys game.
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Damn, I'm a cheap bastard.Kid Aphex said:
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Indeed, it not only makes my pee pee tingle, it makes my anus quiver with delight (although that could be from some bad tacos). Either way, it's one of the best PS2 shooters out there.
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Tristesse said:
Ignorance is bliss my friend. You seem to define that statement.
Jedah Doma said:
So whether you don't like GV you're ignorant. Great, great. It's more "If you don't see that there are lots of shooters better than GV YOU're ignorant". Ignorant because you surely played a dozen of shmups max. Every man who praises GV to be one of his most prefered shmups surely didn't play more shmups anyway.
Gradius V suits my tastes, so I like it. Compared to gradius IV, it's leaps and bounds better.
Still, it's not as awesome as radiant silvergun and ikaruga. It is close.
One of these days, I'll make an attempt to get past level 4, and then we will see how my opinion changes.
When it comes to horizontal shmups, I still belive Rtype Delta has yet to be surpassed.
Still, it's not as awesome as radiant silvergun and ikaruga. It is close.
One of these days, I'll make an attempt to get past level 4, and then we will see how my opinion changes.
When it comes to horizontal shmups, I still belive Rtype Delta has yet to be surpassed.
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Tristesse said:
I don't care if you've played every shump out there, this is a phenomenal game period. Great music, stunning graphics, intuitive gameplay, new option configurations, and 2 player co-op. It's one of the finest shooters made by Treasure. I'm not going to start listing all the shumps I've played in some weak attempt to show you I'm some "expert" because it would be pointless. The game is amazing, and if you really think it's just decent, you must have played some very awesome, amazing, and brilliant shooters that the rest of the world hasn't played.
Jedah Doma said:
Look in the "Top Ten Shooters" thread. Almost every game quoted is better than Gradius IMO. And if you tell me that Gradius is better than a R-Type, Ikaruga or Radiant Silvergun, I simply can't believe it.
IMO, GV is a shooter as KOF 2k2 is a fighter: I'm fed up with everybody playing and speaking only of KoF2k2 whereas there are dozens of other fighters to play. This buzz is really annoying, and it's sad because KoF 2k2 and GV are both good games, but the fact that everybody only see through those games make them really boring.
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Tristesse said:
But see you never give any facts, in your opinion, about why Gradius 5 isn't an amazing game. I've detailed great aspects about this game time and time again and you dismiss them with no real counter point whatsoever. This is a shooter at its' best. It's made by Treasure with great graphics, a soundtrack that perfectly fits the game, gameplay that has the feel of Gradius, but is better and more flexible, vast levels with unique and creative enemies and bosses, 2 player co-op mode, and so much more.
All I get from you is the same canned answer that "it's not that great". I realize this is your opinion, and everyone is entitled to one, but I have yet to see anything that even remotely looks like a fact from the game (such as sound, grapchis, gameplay, etc.). Tell me why these factors I have just mentioned aren't good.
Again, I realize it's your own opinion, but you're missing out. You say you like Radiant Silvergun and Ikaruga, but this is the same team who did BOTH of those games, yet it somehow doesn't measure up. Give me some viable opinions based off of factors from the game and then we'll have a real conversation on our hands.
Ok, you want accurate opinions, let's go:
Music: I don't especially like the music, too slow and sleeping I feel. The sound in itself is really good, great stereo sound but the compositions are not what I would wait from a shooter. It's very personnal, and the fact I have really extreme musical tastes doesn't help.
Graphics: Ok, the good point of the game. Good graphics, really "Treasure-ish". I bet this game has been released on Naomi, right? If not, it's exactly the same explosions and FX.
Gameplay: Bah, I don't like the gameplay, the "choose type" thing. It had nothing more in the game in my opinion. And you need to hold a button pushed to affect the formation of the bits, REALLY annoying.
I won't spend more time in describing what I don't like in this game, it's not worth it. But if you want the main thing I don't like, it's simply the soul of the game, or the lack of soul actually. I plays like soo many other games. Once you finish it, what I still haven't done, I'm sure you put it on a shelf and that's it. No need to speak about the shield thing that makes you invincible during the whole play.
Shield + type 4 rotation = boring to death. Oh, just thinking, the game is too long dammit, and if there's one thing I hate in shmups, it's the too long games.
Anyway, I'm not a horizontal shmup fan so it doesn't help. Don't get me wrong, I like the game in somewhat manner, but this is just that it's flooded among so good shooters around.
Music: I don't especially like the music, too slow and sleeping I feel. The sound in itself is really good, great stereo sound but the compositions are not what I would wait from a shooter. It's very personnal, and the fact I have really extreme musical tastes doesn't help.
Graphics: Ok, the good point of the game. Good graphics, really "Treasure-ish". I bet this game has been released on Naomi, right? If not, it's exactly the same explosions and FX.
Gameplay: Bah, I don't like the gameplay, the "choose type" thing. It had nothing more in the game in my opinion. And you need to hold a button pushed to affect the formation of the bits, REALLY annoying.
I won't spend more time in describing what I don't like in this game, it's not worth it. But if you want the main thing I don't like, it's simply the soul of the game, or the lack of soul actually. I plays like soo many other games. Once you finish it, what I still haven't done, I'm sure you put it on a shelf and that's it. No need to speak about the shield thing that makes you invincible during the whole play.
Shield + type 4 rotation = boring to death. Oh, just thinking, the game is too long dammit, and if there's one thing I hate in shmups, it's the too long games.
Anyway, I'm not a horizontal shmup fan so it doesn't help. Don't get me wrong, I like the game in somewhat manner, but this is just that it's flooded among so good shooters around.