Dominance9
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These are 2 I've been hoping to pick up eventually. I gotta ask, What do you not like about them?
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These are 2 I've been hoping to pick up eventually. I gotta ask, What do you not like about them?
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F4 may have a different reason - but they are typically shunned because of their difficulty/frustration levels. Rayxanber 2 is a crazy, fast-paced memorizer that will make you want to punch a wall. Same goes for Image Fight 2, but I actually beat that one after a week or so of sticking with it and came away LOVING the shit out of it.
I've yet to crack Rayxanber 2 though, so hard.
If you like those old-school challenging/impossible games though, these both look and sound amazing. They're just....you know, balls hard.
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Image Fight II is a beast, I have yet to beat it. I'd like to pick up Raisinbar 2 sometime, as I actually kinda liked the 3rd one.
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This is my reasoning. They made me angry.
That said, I've only played them for a couple of hours each, so in all honestly, my comment is subjective.
I'm keen to give them a solid session, but I've realised I'm pretty shit at shmups, I just don't have the time to get involved and give them the patience they deserve. I still pick them up as I WANT to get better and the only way to do that is play the hard ones. And keep playing them, over, and over.
These games are both brutal and beautiful.
Dominance9
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Ahh ok I understand. I like Image Fight alot and Rayxanber 3 is pretty good too so I always wanted to get their counterparts. But, I do try to stay away from the "anger inducing" games. Maybe I'll pass on these then. Im angry at enough other stuff already haha.
How do you guys feel about the Summer Carnival games? Waste of money or pretty fun? I have ADD so 5 minute games intrigue me.
How do you guys feel about the Summer Carnival games? Waste of money or pretty fun? I have ADD so 5 minute games intrigue me.
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Not necessarily. You just might not have basic fundamentals down.
You don't need hard games to sew the seeds of the stg instinct.
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Probably. Shooters are not something I've grown up with, only in the past 5 years or so have I been more interested. I won't stray from the topic on hand but I should probably ask some more questions in the shmups threads. For me, both Image Fight 2 and Rayxanber 2 we're not ideal for someone who has not had a lot of exposure to shooters. My comment was subjective.
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Start off with the easier ones. Play some Soldier series, or Blazing Lazers/Gunhed. It can help you with practice. Then deal with shit like Tatsujin, Image Fight, or Rayxanber 2. Really Rayxnber 2 isn't that hard. The slow down on stage 4 is what kills it. All the other stages even after 4 are fairly basic and easy.
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Nexzr is very good.
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I was done by Telenet Japan. Lazy port.........but nusic is good though
I had the Amiga 500 port of this game and it plays & looks way better than this CD one. But yeah the music is really good, sad could have been a great port. I honestly can't believe they let this out the door with the shape it was in one of the sorriest ports i have ever seen tbh.
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Hate to admit but I as bad as it is I still wouldn't mind having it if I could grab it cheap. I couldn't believe how bad the sprite work was, Tyris when she is riding on one of the dragons is just laughable. It doesn't make any sense why they made the cuts scenes look so good but not spend any effort of the actual game mechanics.
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I imagine they probably focused their budget on the cut scenes and had little left over for the development of the game.
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Damn right, gotta get that CD drive. I tried getting by on just HuCards but I got burned out on them and sprung for the CD. The HuCard games are fun, but they seem simple compared to the CD games.
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It's an easy game (if you know the invincibility code) but definitely get it if you are Macross fan
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I got in when it was originally released. It's a decent shooter. Lots of cut-scenes. Pretty straight forward game. It's nothing amazing but the soundtrack and cut-scenes are really good. The game plays well, I just wish there was a little more with the weapon system. You get to choose special weapons before each level like in U.N. Squadron, but you never get to do much with your main weapon. It's a cheapie so it's definitely worth it.