SHMUPs and Bullet Hells

[Takayuki Yagami]

Angel at Dusk - I just started playing this but it's the first modern bullet hell to strike a chord with me. Bio horror themed with no moe girls and just feels really fast-paced and aggressive. Instead of weaving your guy through slow-moving bullets, you wipe them out with a giant bullet-erasing death ray. Very beginner-friendly too, even has a "I have never played a shmup ever" type of tutorial.

I’ll keep that in mind for when I trawl steam over the holidays. Your description makes me think of RSG’s sword. Been looking into this shit and beat em ups as something to use with my arcade sticks. God knows my main fighting game isn’t likely to improve for a while.

 

[Achtung Bitter]

What games would you recommend to get into the genre, specifically on PC or Switch? The Gradius collection that just came out seems like it might be a good start.

Gunbird, easy enough for newcomers, tricky to master.

 

[Calandrino]

I’ll keep that in mind for when I trawl steam over the holidays. Your description makes me think of RSG’s sword. Been looking into this shit and beat em ups as something to use with my arcade sticks. God knows my main fighting game isn’t likely to improve for a while.

There are a number of shmups with some kind of bullet-cancelling doodad, but spraying them out of the way with a huge laser or whatever is not one I've seen before.

Gunbird, easy enough for newcomers, tricky to master.

I think that's one where the Switch (and maybe Steam) port is underfeatured and laggy, so it's especially important to just steal it.

 

[Achtung Bitter]

I think that's one where the Switch (and maybe Steam) port is underfeatured and laggy, so it's especially important to just steal it.

The first Gunbird not so much, but yeah, you'll notice that if you get better at the game