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Tung Fu Rue

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Im looking to get a Ps2 pretty soon and I would like to know what good 2d shooters there are for it, so far I have found:

R-type final
Chou Ani Ki: Sei Naru Protien Densetsu
DoDonPachi (daijou?)
psyvariar revision
double shienryu
XII stag
shilpheed
gradius 3 & 4
gradius 5 (not out yet)
shikigami no shiro 2 (might get for cube or xbox instead)

can anyone think of any others that might be worth looking into?

as a side note has any one played the new Inital D game or battle gear 3? if so what is your opinion of which is better? Or if there is some other drift style game that rocks feel free to recomend.
 
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That's most of the PS2 shmups that are available. If you can, try to find a copy of the Psyvariar Complete Box, which has both Revision and Medium Unit, as well as the Appreciate DVD.

Initial D: Special Stage is incredible, hands-down the best drift racer on a home system in recent memory. If only there were a way to balance the volume of sound effects relative to BGM. Amazing game - I'm playing gobs of it lately. I've heard lots of good things about Kaidou Battle as the other really good drift racer (less arcadey, though) on the PS2.
 
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great selection to pick up (i have 98% of those, minus the second one you mentioned, Shikigami no Shiro II, and Gradius V, since those two aren't out yet).

add these:

Shikigami no Shiro (the first one)
Metal Slug 3 (yeah, it's more of a platformer/shooter, but it's worth it!) :)

but why stop there? hit up all the PS shooters you can find, both import and domestic---MANY TO CHOOSE FROM AND GET! :)

PS2 is one of the best systems for shooters (both PS and PS2), aside from the trust Sega Saturn, SNES, and Genesis/MegaDrive.
 
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Shit... All I have is R-type final, Chou Ani Ki, DoDonPachi and Gradius 3 & 4.

Need to buy some more shooters.

BTW, incase you didnt know Chou Ani Ki is a bit "homo-erotic"
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gmw said:

Initial D: Special Stage is incredible, hands-down the best drift racer on a home system in recent memory. If only there were a way to balance the volume of sound effects relative to BGM. Amazing game - I'm playing gobs of it lately. I've heard lots of good things about Kaidou Battle as the other really good drift racer (less arcadey, though) on the PS2.
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Indeed Initial D Special Stage is highly recommended. Although my biggest dissapointment was 1player only. Hopefully Sega Russo will release the sequal soon with upgraded audio and 2player options.
 
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XII stag is supposedly getting a UK release in Feb, however a friend of mine claims its utter shit.
Does anyone else have an opinion on this shooter?
 
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toy_brain: I think it is slated for an Italy release. I wrote about it in a topic a while back titled "all about shooters" or something like that. I think it hit 5 or so pages. Lots of info there.
 
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AnechoicJinx said:
Silpheed is TERRIBLE, I would definitely cross that one off the list...
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Opinion. I think its actually decent, the different weapon on each arm is different, and the cut scenes are pretty damn good too.I'd personalkly recomend it for cheap.
 
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Baseley09 said:
Opinion. I think its actually decent, the different weapon on each arm is different, and the cut scenes are pretty damn good too.I'd personalkly recomend it for cheap.
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Same here too, the boss fights get a little insane in the later levels, and the whole "continue from the beginning of the level" is extremely irritating.

Its certainly not a terrible game though.
 
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Tung Fu Rue

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AnechoicJinx said:
Silpheed is TERRIBLE, I would definitely cross that one off the list...
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I know its not the greatest, ive played it a bit at in store demos and such, but it is going for cheap enough now that I might still get it any way.

Shit... All I have is R-type final, Chou Ani Ki, DoDonPachi and Gradius 3 & 4.

Need to buy some more shooters.

BTW, incase you didnt know Chou Ani Ki is a bit "homo-erotic"
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Yeah I have Ai cho ani ki for PCE so im familiar with the series, still need to get the first on for PCE though.

add these:

Shikigami no Shiro (the first one)
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Left that off because I already have it for Xbox. Is there any diffrence between the regular version and evolution?

Thanks for all the input, sounds like I will be gettings lots of shooters and Inital D fairly soon. Ill report back on XII Stag after I play to determine if it is any good.
 
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Psyvariar Complete (revision + Medium unit) and XII Stag have been released here in italy (Pal) at budget price!
 
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