The "newbie Plays Shmups For First Time Ever" Starter Kit

It certainly doesn’t pull any punches and the learning curve might wrongfully turn a lot of people down. But if you enjoy challenging games, then you will discover that R-Type is one of those games that become more fun the more you play it. I do wish it had more accessible options for all players like Infinite mode in Dimensions EX, but it is what it is. The reason I emphasize the loading times between deaths so much is that no other shmup has such a rough new player experience. Unlike many other shmups, death in R-Type will take you back to the last checkpoint you reached. This means that there will be sections that will me burned into your brain with how much time you spent there before reaching the next checkpoint.

I saw some say Ginga Force - its one of my favorites, but id say it’s definitely not for beginners due to the grinding for equipment, and difficulty. Mountain of Faith - Incredibly straightforward with no special mechanics, and considered to be one of the easiest in the franchise by a lot of people. Interesting how much Ikaruga streamlines the game, you’re always a max power, there’s only shoot and bomb, and you make yourself into the safe spot. And if emulation is an option for you then definitely check out the original DoDonPachi, which is the perfect introduction to Cave bullet hells and an all-time classic.

Good luck and remember the most important thing is having fun and dont compare yourself to other players cause a lot of people like to inflate how good they are and how "easy" a game is. Yes, there's a super small fraction of people who can get good at shmups. But that's not because they're gifted with superhuman reflexes or anything like that. If you want to get good at shmups, you have to play them, you have to free yourself from self restricting rules, you have to seek help, and you have to persevere. Very few people are willing to go through so much effort for such outdated "casual" games. This is basic but you never know if it might be helpful to point out.

There isn’t enough territory in the corner to build a defensible group from such a weak position. Our novice plays out the ladder, ultimately losing many more stones. This breaking down of the design wall is like putting an x-ray machine right up to a game.

Cave shmups are very doable for me, but Ikaruga is just prohibitively difficult because of its polarity mechanic and claustrophobic level design. By brushing aside the needs of our new players, they become stunted. By insisting “we’ll talk about all that hard stuff later. New players are incapable of comprehending high-level play. That’s our underlying assumption when we adopt this approach.

Turbo CD/PC Engine CD - Arguably, one could say this is this is to console shmups what Elvis is to rock n' roll. Hudson Soft championed this console with their shmups, but other companies had some nice inputs as well. Dreamcast - Short lived console arcade that saw quite a few iconic STG exclusives. Due to its similarities with the Sega NAOMI arcade system board it was a bastion for arcade ports that ran on NAOMI/Capcom CPS-2 hardware.

If the game offers some kind of defensive technique, such as a force pod or shield system, know exactly how it works and when to activate it. Are you invincible when firing a mega-laser? Take note of how long that invincibility lasts. Does the force pod stop every type of weapon, or can some lasers penetrate it? When it comes to music, I honestly didn’t find it to be too memorable. The soundtrack definitely works and helps to put the mood into the game.

If you know the bullets will be fired to point x you will be able to vacate that spot before they get there. The more you can predict the less time it takes to react. I think I will never beat them 1 CC, althoug I enjoy playing them. I have just fun plaing them, trying to beat my personal highscore.

This type is also known as "curtain fire", "manic shooters" or "maniac shooters". This style of game originated in the mid-1990s as an offshoot of scrolling shooters. After all has been said, I think the R-Type Final 2 package as a whole is great!

To do so is to definitely an accomplishment. We discussed above that not everyone can save-scum through a shmup, but an even smaller number of players can successfully 1CC a shmup. I would point out that 1CCing is harder than save-scumming and therefore deserves more praise in comparison. The community doesn’t backslap one another for credit-feeding or save-scumming, so we clearly have a metric for what is and isn’t a notable accomplishment in the shmup genre. Truthfully, though, not everyone can do that.