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air economy means i'm gonna be waiting a week or so for this one. perhaps we should have an ibara high score thread!?!?!?!?!?
Roll Call: Ibara PS2
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Timorous Scott
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my copy is in the mail,with the booklet (at least i hope so).
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Spike said:
I agree, I've had it for a long time on the xbox and I've only played a couple of times. It plays like a good homebrew game, but near the quality of a good shooter. I enjoyed XI stag more than this game (and I really didn't like stag all that much.)
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MUSOLINI said:
instead get Psikyo COlection 3...Awesome game!
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RBjakeSpecial said:
Agreed, had it for PS2 and sold it a week later. It wasn't bad, but compared to other great shooters, it's just average.
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Saturn2dfreak said:
I need this. My favorite Psikyo Collect is the first one with 1945 strikers 1 and 2... they are beautiful ports.
I want Psikyo 3 for Dragon Blaze... but Sol Divide looks a little lame.. the cover art is great for it, don't know about the gameplay though.
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I've tried Ibara just for some minutes and I liked ESPgaluda and Mushihime much more. It's just hard for me to spot the bullets in the screen, maybe I need to get used to them. Does anybody experience this problem too?
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So, my copy of Ibara is on its way, looking forward to it... but... lol @ "Edelweiss" 
Btw., does Ibara run on Taito-X?
I'm still busy with Homura and Raiden III, and Dragon Blaze to a lesser extend. DB keeps biting my ass so I've stopped trying to 1cc it for now since I'm simply playing too much other stuff to actually improve my DB skills.
Ah yes, and I try to squeeze in a round or two of Mushihime every now and then, it's not up there with Homura IMO but I kinda like it.
Btw., does Ibara run on Taito-X?
I'm still busy with Homura and Raiden III, and Dragon Blaze to a lesser extend. DB keeps biting my ass so I've stopped trying to 1cc it for now since I'm simply playing too much other stuff to actually improve my DB skills.
Ah yes, and I try to squeeze in a round or two of Mushihime every now and then, it's not up there with Homura IMO but I kinda like it.
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RGP said:
Earlier Cave games use PGM hardware, although most of them are in PCB format only (no cart). Anyway I'm surprised on how tiny are the latest Cave games pcbs
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Amano Jacu said:Earlier Cave games use PGM hardware, although most of them are in PCB format only (no cart). Anyway I'm surprised on how tiny are the latest Cave games pcbs
I believe both Ibara and Mushihimesama are still running on the good ol' PGM hardware.
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Takumaji said:
You like Homaura? I tried to get into it at the arcade and I didn't really like it. I'll have to give it another chance. It seemed bland to me, what do you like about it? I really want to get into it cause it looks like Shikigami no shiro.
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Me, I like the risk/reward of the Seven Barrier Slash. The more you're willing to risk, the more damage you do, and the higher the multiplier goes... Relatively simple, but makes you play on the edge of your seat at all times.RBjakeSpecial said:
But I shan't speak for Tak.
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BIG said:
According to system16, those 2 games run on a different hardware:
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=868
The latest game to use PGM hardware (although in PCB format) was EspGaluda.
http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=809
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RBjakeSpecial said:
It's exactly like jro said, the Seven Barrier Slash + other neat scoring options/the bonus system are what keeps me coming back for more, racking up big combo scores is great fun, plus the game looks very nice. Bullet patterns are beautiful, not ProGear-beautiful but still cool... bosses could be better, but that's just a very minor gripe.
Overall, if you like playing shmups for score, Homura is a great choice. Get a good faq on the scoring/attack system or search the shmup forum (we had a discussion about this I believe) and try it again, it's really worth it IMO.
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Takumaji said:
Cool, thanks. I'll try it again... I think I can try it in the arcade this week! Still going back and forth on whether to get Ibara, probably going to wait, I'm playing too many RPGs right now... need to tate my TV and get back into the shooters.
Loopz said:
It's like the sequel to Battle Bakraid. They even go as far as to include the swinging mechanical arm that's in the first stage of Battle Garrega.
The purple bullets take some getting used to. For a cave shooter it's "different", but this sure as hell feels like a Raizing/Eighting shooter. That's not a bad thing as I like Armored Police, Brave Blade, and Bakraid.
This game has a great "frantic" feel to it. Where as Espgaluda for me is very relaxed as I have basically memorized the entire game and can just glide my way to the final boss.
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Okay, just have a question for those of you that own Ibara for PS2.
I picked up this game on Friday from a local import game shop and I've played it a bit. Compared to the arcade version, there is a bit of loading not present in the arcade version and a lot of the in-game options and secrets must be accessed from the options menu now. I don't understand why Taito has such a hard time doing what Arika has been doing this whole time with porting Cave shooters. Anyhow, the Arrange mode included in the PS2 version is about 90% equel to the Black Label board, but there are no options for adjusting the difficulty nor do they give a detailed description of the four ship types and don't give you the option of Linear and wide shot for each player side. Also you can't select Extended or Harder mode in Arrange.
Finally, on to my question. Today my friend got a high score, but for some reason he did not rank and the game didn't let him enter his initials. I must say that in all my time playing games for nearly 20 years, I have never seen someone get a high score but had the game glitch and not let them rank. Taito really needs to fix big problems like this before releasing a game to the market. Has this happened to any of you yet?
I picked up this game on Friday from a local import game shop and I've played it a bit. Compared to the arcade version, there is a bit of loading not present in the arcade version and a lot of the in-game options and secrets must be accessed from the options menu now. I don't understand why Taito has such a hard time doing what Arika has been doing this whole time with porting Cave shooters. Anyhow, the Arrange mode included in the PS2 version is about 90% equel to the Black Label board, but there are no options for adjusting the difficulty nor do they give a detailed description of the four ship types and don't give you the option of Linear and wide shot for each player side. Also you can't select Extended or Harder mode in Arrange.
Finally, on to my question. Today my friend got a high score, but for some reason he did not rank and the game didn't let him enter his initials. I must say that in all my time playing games for nearly 20 years, I have never seen someone get a high score but had the game glitch and not let them rank. Taito really needs to fix big problems like this before releasing a game to the market. Has this happened to any of you yet?
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Spike said:
Whats the verdict, man? Should I get it?
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BIG said:
as far as ports go, is it better than the Mushi port? Thats really my main concern. Probably order this thing any day now....temptation is too huge