Espgaluda 2 Port (potentially) announced for J360...?

[Poison Sama]

Yes, I'm 99% sure those sales numbers are domestic sales only and don't include imports. The number isn't bad for a shmup. It's only a little lower than Futari's sales for the first week (but Deathsmiles sold almost twice as much).

 

[Vectorman0]

Yes, I'm 99% sure those sales numbers are domestic sales only and don't include imports. The number isn't bad for a shmup. It's only a little lower than Futari's sales for the first week (but Deathsmiles sold almost twice as much).

Interesting. Thanks for the info.

It sounds like we will have our work cut out for us to make sure the US Deathsmiles does well. From what I gather, the minimum print run for any normal US 360 game is well over 70k units. If they don't sell through all of those at a fair rate, I doubt we will see any more localized Cave games.

 

[wataru330]

Price point is going to have a huge sway in this. The average US gamer has been conditioned to think 2-D games come with 20 other games on some sort of a comp, or that if it is a shump it is only worth 30-40 usd new. It is preaching to the choir for me to say in this thread that RaidenFA was a bargain @ 40 bucks given what the pcbs cost, and after paying 100 bucks for late DC releases that 60 usd for DeathSmiles 360 is cool. The average US gamer isn't reading this thread tho. That is the potential prob with Cave US releases being successful- we are talking about a niche title needing to do huge numbers or else. . .not too realistic of an expectation, that. Here's hoping however.

 

[SNKorSWM]

The thing is that in the US the arcade shmup scene is gone, so people won't be comparing this game with an arcade shmup. The only other comparison would be retro shmups that mostly comes in compilations.

The other factor is the loli theme. Reminded me of Triggerheart Exelica on the XBLA. Heard that game was already taken down due to slow sales though. So the theme is probably not helping here.

 

[elixir]

I'm not sure that's right. Is Triggerheart really gone? I know it's still on the JP marketplace.

 

[speedlolita]

I still have Triggerheart...

 

[Vectorman0]

The thing is that in the US the arcade shmup scene is gone, so people won't be comparing this game with an arcade shmup. The only other comparison would be retro shmups that mostly comes in compilations.

The other factor is the loli theme. Reminded me of Triggerheart Exelica on the XBLA. Heard that game was already taken down due to slow sales though. So the theme is probably not helping here.

It hasn't been removed. Microsoft hasn't removed any XBLA games due to slow sales thus far.

 

[SNKorSWM]

Oops, my bad. I kept thinking it was a Midway game for some reason. It's still on the xbla available for purchase.

 

[fake]

FINALLY got this in the mail today. I'm confused as shit. Google time.

 

[Professor Denim]

So for those that played the shit out of both.Whats the superior game?Futari or Esp 2?
i´m buying Esp2 by the end of this month.

 

[fake]

So for those that played the shit out of both.Whats the superior game?Futari or Esp 2?
i´m buying Esp2 by the end of this month.

I've played the shit out of Futari, but have only played Galuda 2 for an hour. My first impression is Futari is much better, but that's not to say Galuda 2 is bad by any means.

 

[wizkid007]

Well I just picked up my second 360, its a hacked one and this one apparently plays ALL regions. Paid 160 bucks for it.

So now I am downloading galuda 2 since I dont currently have mine from NCSX yet (waiting on ketsui and Death smiles 2 to be released and they are holding my package). I also bought the LE edition so this copy is a must for me. I hope it works....

EDIT: I just realized it will work.... its region free. I need a region locked game....

 

[fake]

I'm confused a bit about the game's system. What's the point of the getting gold? It seems like gold has the same value as gems, so why spend your gems to collect gold?

Also, I've noticed that at the end-of-stage screen, it tallies up my gems and gold, and the amount is the same that was on the screen when I beat the boss. But other times, it says I had a lot more than the number from when I beat the boss...

 

[Electric Grave]

You can only get so many gems before the counter stops unlike the gold which goes higher. On the first galuda it was 500, if I'm not mistaken Galuda II goes up to 999 or so. My advice would be to play the game on novice so you have a chance to understand the system better in less hectic situations.

 

[brentsg]

So for those that played the shit out of both.Whats the superior game?Futari or Esp 2?
i´m buying Esp2 by the end of this month.

Futari easily..

 

[fake]

You can only get so many gems before the counter stops unlike the gold which goes higher. On the first galuda it was 500, if I'm not mistaken Galuda II goes up to 999 or so. My advice would be to play the game on novice so you have a chance to understand the system better in less hectic situations.

It's not that it's too hectic - I can deal with the bullets just fine, but the system just wasn't making sense to me. I played a bit more and the gems go up to 500 while the gold goes up to 1000. So, from what I can gather, the system exists so that you can get a maximum of 1000 (x 100) more points than if you just tried to collect gold. But still, you have to spend gems to get gold, and not only that, the gold depletes pretty quickly during boss fights. Just seems weird to me.

Today my mom asked me, "What's an Espagoodla?"

 

[SNKorSWM]

The amount of gold you are holding determines the rank in addition to point values. For every 100 gold you have the rank goes up by 1.

 

[fake]

The amount of gold you are holding determines the rank in addition to point values. For every 100 gold you have the rank goes up by 1.

Ooooh. I'll stay away from the gold then

This game is pretty tough. I think it would be easier to 1CC than Futari because of the fewer levels, but it's harder not to screw up. I've come SO close to killing the third boss.

 

[fake]

This game is fucking hard, even considering it's a Cave game. Does anyone else agree? I can't even reach the fourth level.

 

[ookitarepanda]

On the ranks of difficulty of Cave games, it's definitely near the top, right under Pink Sweets. I can't beat the 4th stage yet, but even if I did, 5 would destroy me, let alone a sixth stage with a disgusting final boss.

 

[fake]

On the ranks of difficulty of Cave games, it's definitely near the top, right under Pink Sweets. I can't beat the 4th stage yet, but even if I did, 5 would destroy me, let alone a sixth stage with a disgusting final boss.

OK, good to know I'm not the only one having trouble. I checked the leaderboards of the 360 mode and less than 20 people have 1CC'd it so far.

 

[98PaceCar]

I'm just starting out with this one, but I'm really enjoying it so far. I'm not a seasoned shmup player, so I'm sticking with novice arcade mode. My best is a bit over 59 million on a 1CC run, but I was wondering what would be considered a good score or not? Am I even in the ballpark yet or still have a long way to go?

 

[GregN]

Is this worth importing for $80 to a casual shump fan?

 

[Saturn2dfreak]

Is this worth importing for $80 to a casual shump fan?

to be honest, no..i think you will have better time with Mushi Futari

 

[Vectorman0]

to be honest, no..i think you will have better time with Mushi Futari

I strongly agree with this.