>daily active shmup threads are suddenly deadhuh? what happened?what are you currently clearing, shmup friends?
>>745874509They became so shit actual people don't want to post in them any more.
>>745874509I finally finished great fairy wars just now after shitposting about cirno for years on normal.Damn the final stage is fucking bullshit
I was playing Batrider but I don't feel like committing the time to 1cc it so I stopped al together... I don't really know how to approach shmups without the 1cc chase in mind
shmups seem to attract people with schizophrenic tendencies
are any of them actually good? i remember trying some touhou game and it was just patternslopi dont remember anything other than dodging projectile spam
>>745874509they're dead because of two schizos completely killing all discussion and attention whoringI wanted to boot up a game earlier today but knowing I share similar tastes with those two faggots killed my motivation. I know I'm not the only one feeling this>just ignore the fandom broNah. I'll just stop playing videogames
>>745874509The lolcow that drove all the activity, either himself or other people talking to him or about him, left. So threads now are slow and just die.They die because there are very few people actually playing these games, and even fewer that find it interesting to talk about them. That's why these only survive if they're drama threads. No drama lately, so RIP.Also, of those who play almost everyone just plays and cares about 2hu, so why not just go to /jp/. And that's what happens.
>>745874509>huh? what happened?fake interestshmupg was right again
>>745874509Personally I'm letting the threads rest for a bit because the only reason they were daily was to perpetuate forced drama and now that the schizo retard has been chased out a good thread can exist if some time passes and people get their clears to talk about. That aside, Blue Revolver Parallel seems to be a decent challenge, so I'll consider it for the Steam achievement bragging rights and because I really enjoy the game.
Ive been playing hell maiden.Its not technically a shmup, but it has cute girls and there are danmaku segments, so ill say it fits
>>745876259this happens all the time though
we collectively realized it's an outdated dead genre that's not worth your time
>>745874509Why play a shmup when Devil Daggers is better
>>745876259He's right but people unironically bitch about the "non superplayer people discussing how to get past certain parts of a game in a non superplayer way" here. Maybe it was some schizo, I don't know, but yea.
>>745876476Face the facts, sperging out about your clear or score in blogposts is boring as fuck even to other people that play these games.
>>745878179>posting about vidya on the vidya board is boring
>>745878331Post something interesting about the vidya, not your gay personal shitThese are anonymous threads, if you wanna seek attention, spam on discords for emoji reactions
>>745878476Here's the catch, these aren't interesting games to talk about, they're just a form of ego boosting for losers
>>745878476Trying too hard to fit in, discussing your runs has always been fine in any other /v/ thread.And while shmups do have things like cool art and music, the bigger part of the appeal is absolutely the runs.
>Least obvious samefag
>>745874509I want an hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
>>74587873120 posts in and we are already schizoing.Guess that answers OP's question about what happened to the threads.
>>745875859>Also, of those who play almost everyone just plays and cares about 2hu, so why not just go to /jp/. And that's what happens.but /jp/ is dead
>>745878179This. Why is no one talking about new releases like Truxton. Blogposting is gay.
>>745879024It was discussed a little.Personally not a fan of widescreen verts, and the game's pace is weird with those longass stages, that becomes annoying for arcade mode runs.
>>745878891More of a reason to not make useless shmup threads thenUnite here: >>>/jp/51192105
>>745879501It's a slower board so that's a plus
>>745879501>sharing a thread with troonhou niggersno thank you. someone should make a thread for arcade shmups instead
>>745879705/jp/ used to talk about arcade shmups a little bit back in the day just like they discussed rhythm games occasionally, the board is a shell of what it was and the only threads that actually get activity are related to Hololive and idols. The gameplay thread outright died for like a week
>>745874509bought Touhou Makuka Sai FDM III lately and holy shit that's some superb quality, wish it was a bit harder though, normal is too easy, gonna up to hard or lunatic and see how it goes.
>>745876259shooter game strategy: don't get hitwowincredible
I'm still curious to see the DFK demakehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ7RcOVCtwQ
>>745879926The only thing I dislike about it is that Lunatic is somehow still too easy and Ultra is a quick bandage that is basically "Lunatic but more bullets" the art and music are superb and the patterns are interesting there's just so many resources that you kind of don't need to care, I may consider doing Ultra with some of the in-game settings but I don't know.
>>745880236
>>745879705>someone should make a dead thread for 3 peopleGood luck!But remember, the arcade shmup "people" are pretty much every time ex-touhou players. You're not escaping them.
>>745880236Unless you are playing shit like touhou, a lot of shmup strategy is actually about knowing where to stand before an enemy wave shows up to make sure you can kill the enemies in a certain way
>>745880250Oh that's really soon what the fuck? I thought it would be after Pork Sweets at least but I did just do DOJ so fuck it, bring on DFK
>>745880325nta but I don't give a shit about troonhou unless it's a good doujin.
>>745880250>latest title in the Dodonpachi seriesWhat happened to SDOJ
>>745880286yes, you take his "banana" very well! that doesn't magically make every strategy for a shooter not "don't get hit lol"
>>745880325>the arcade shmup "people" are pretty much every time ex-touhou playerswhy are you lying? most touhou players don't even bother to try out other shmups (fangames obviously don't count)
8 > 11 > 5 > 6 > 7 > shmup fangames > the rest
>>745880468both statements are correct. most 2hu fans don't play 2hu shmups, but arcade shmup fans are pooled mostly from that minority of 2hu players.so the arcade shmup fanbase is 1% of the 1%. the few 2hu fags that do play and want to try other shmups
>>745874509>getting into shmups as a genreAs opposed to what? What else is the term "shmup" used to describe besides a video game genre?
>>745880728A movie since all discussion around it is watching other people play and saying gj for 1cc
>>745876476>the schizo retard has been chased out a goodQrd
>>745880250Wouldn't it be funny if it was just the base edition with no Black Label? I honestly think that's what it is, since it's cheaper than the current port.
>>745876259I thought shmups forum, shmupg and that IRC channel were all gay as fuck and I did 2-ALL type C-L back in circa 2014.
why are you guys incapable of discussing any new shmup and constantly circlejerk the old games. I know they are iconic classics but holy fuck how long can circlejerk the same thing
>>745883732BIRDCAGE sucked
anyone on /v/ ever try making a shmup? how difficult would that be in 2026?
>>745883732newer releases just aren't as good or inspired. the genre's in a rut
>>745884308Making a shmup isn't hard.Making a good shmup is another story.
rainchaser will save the genre. trust
got my baron clear finally. had to bomb junky monkey twice but still survived stage 7.
>>745880250The multiplayer mode looks fun
>>745884675I hope it turns out. One of the few shmups I'm actually looking forward to if it's ever completed. I wish ZeroRanger hard mode would show up and a console release would be a dream for me.
>>745884308Yes, I made my own engine and was approaching the stage where I had a fully working demo. I was quite pleased with my art, music, and how smooth I had the whole thing running. I even had the menu system and game controller. It was entirely in Lua like Blue Revolver. In fact, that was my programming inspiration. The thing is I really lost steam after about half a year. I had originally been highly motivated by unresolved grief and suffering from the loss of my father. Once I worked through those feelings I had no really desire to continue the project. I put it down for a while and never got back to it. I don't know how people do it honestly. I suppose if I didn't have multiple health problems and a sleep disorder it would have been easier to stay motivated. Though there's a good chance I would have quit anyway. In short, it's not too tough to make a basic one. But there's a lot more programming, art, music, and so on to do than you would imagine at first.
>>745884675I like it a lot but the stage should be faster and ennemies and section overlap way more (which would contribute to make the stage shorter and better)Also I wish the graphics were higher resolution.
>generalsi love shmups but fuck off to /vg/
>>745874509Touhou faggots ruined the genre by thinking their handholdy gameplay was superior to classic SHUMPs. There, I said it. Touhou is easy.
>>745887234post your touhou LNNs or scores if they are so easy then
>>745887363The average classic shump stage lasts 4x as long as a Touhou stage, and has more patterns to memorize.
>>745887428>The average classic shump stage lasts 4x as long as a Touhou stagemost of them are full of boring empty dead spaces like this videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shhk239SeTs>and has more patterns to memorize.memoslop isn't difficult or fun to play
>>745887363The fact that you need extra challenges on top of 1cc (LNN) or score (makes nearly anything difficult) says it all, with arcade shmups a 1cc is sufficient
>Like horis>Like verticals >Like bullet hells>Like Touhou But I do dislike Radiant Silvergun.
>>745887668What do you think you do when playing Touhou, nerd? You memorize patterns. The only time you have to worry about getting hit is when you have to navigate a danmaku because those are somewhat random.
Especially when the bullet patterns in Troonhu move at 5pix an HOUR vs the bullets in an average shump.
>>745887891>What do you think you do when playing Touhou, nerd? You memorize patterns.holy retardthe memo you need in touhou is next to zero, the rest is RNG which you actually need skill to dodge through it
Over half the thread is touhou faggots openly admitting they were killing the threads (likely for years) and begging people to use their /jp/ general. Every thread on 4chan has become some version of this no matter the subject. Nothing is genuine. It's a waste of time to come here and you'll only be miserable. You're going to look back full of regret and wonder why you spent so much time here instead of some other community where you could be happy and have real discussion and make real friends.
>>745888068Every single 2hu girl's spellcard is just some braindead simple pattern. Navigate that, then navigate her death danmaku = stage win.
>>745874509The game on the left is also coinmuncher ass.
>>745874509Hazelnut Hex is good casual fun.
>>745888114>instead of some other community where you could be happy and have real discussion and make real friends.these don't exist for shmups unless you are talking about touhou since people actually play those games at a competent level
>>745887784We've seen plenty videos of TLBs being no miss no bombed. It's just the arcade community doesn't care enough to grind them past a 1cc.
Troonhu players are just ADHD retards who confuse screen noise with complexity and difficulty. They basically just admit that they get information overload and think that it's a good thing.
>>745888289holy projection the postjust admit you got filtered by 2hu
>>745888374Go play a real shump, chump.
>>745888192>Every single 2hu girl's spellcard is just some braindead simple patternthanks for telling me you have zero clue what you are even talking about
>>745888438>play troonhu>pick the safe spot (there's always a safe spot)>avoid the bullets>win>play other shump>have to actually react in real time to environmental hazards, enemies, and bulletsI wonder which is harder.
It's Geewoody time
>>745883841I played the demo and agree it didn't feel good tp play
>>745888289Everyone who plays shmups has ADHD. It's ADHD the genre.
>onimaifag gone>nothing changedCan you niggas get along? Just let go of the 4chan contrarian culture for one minute. Holy shit! I don't know why you niggas make a big fuss over skill when nobody in this thread has a WR.
>>745888554>>pick the safe spot (there's always a safe spot)that is a thing for the entire genre retard>>have to actually react in real time to environmental hazards, enemies, and bulletsyou arent reacting to anything since you are forced to memo everything unless you are playing a shitclear-tier shmup
>>745874920Define 'finished'
>>745888668>when nobody in this thread has a WR.retard.
>>745888626ADHD manifests itself in an inability to be stimulated by simple things. People with ADHD have stimulation insensitivity. That's why Touhou appeals to the most ADHD-riddled kids. It's sensation overload. Just look at how noisy the screen is at any given time. See here >>745878891
>>745888554>have to actually react in real time to environmental hazards, enemies, and bulletsThis was debunked by the best of superplayers.
>>745888763And you gotta memorize the Troonhu safe spots. You actually have to navigate in real time against threats in other shumps. There's about maybe 8 patterns to memorize in touhou (then the stage is done.)
>>745888668Touhoufags and shmupg were always the real cancer. Onimai was just a small arc
>>745874509>that picwell duh that's Psikyo, their games are for mentally unstable people, I don't see how one can clear that shit
>>745888873DoDonPachi is actually a difficult game, though.
>>745888824>It's sensation overload. Just look at how noisy the screen is at any given time. SLOL. You're talking about a genre, where visual vomit being so heavy that the machine started lagging, was the complete norm.
>>745888970Psikyo was worshipped by Onitroon, meaning you can only enjoy them if you're addicted to opium
>>745888668there were more threadshitters than just Onitroon
>>745888873>The most important thing here is the saved statesBut people got DDP 2-ALLs long before state practice became a thing, on a real cab.
>>745888824>It's sensation overload. Just look at how noisy the screen is at any given time.that's because you are a nonplayer retard who have zero clue how to read the pattern>>745888898>And you gotta memorize the Troonhu safe spots.cool, that goes for other shmups too>You actually have to navigate in real time against threats in other shumps.you also have to do this in touhou (more because RNG)
>>745889015Yes.
>>745889072and they spend a lot of money doing it, I'm sure.
>>745874509The reputation shmups had as being hardcore games for hardcore gamers fated it with horrible obnoxious poser fanbases, I don't know why anyone would not only tolerate but also promote that sort of thinking.
>>745889086You have to keep selectively ignoring my points because I win the argument otherwise.
>>745889130Probably knew the operators and got to do it on free play
>>745889072Back in the 90s when Japanese NEETs would camp out in cabs dropping $100 in credits every day. Yeah no you didn't do that.
this thread smells pretty woody
>>745889142It's a consequence of the games not appealing to most people and never having a huge following in the mainstream. Of course it attracts obnoxiously stuck up, elitist fags.Fighting games had the opposite problem; drowned in retards until the genre died out in favor of FPS and sportsball games.
>>745889147>You have to keep selectively ignoring my points because I win the argument otherwise.that is my line you retard>>745889072>But people got DDP 2-ALLs long before state practice became a thing, on a real cab.you can learn by watching or taking notes of other people playing the game
>>745889257You've already defeated yourself when you admit that all shumps are about memorization. You know this, and it's why you keep omitting my points about touhou levels requiring so little vs other shumps which require tons more.
>>745889196That still means it's not really the most important thing.>>745889257>you can learn by watching or taking notes of other people playing the gameYea that's a lot more helpful than just spamming states.
Is Nuclear Throne a good shmup?
reminder
If it doesn't take skill, why bother?
>>745889683I am much less impressed if that pattern is static.
well?
>>745889370Gee... I wonder why all the "troonhu" shitposting suddenly stopped here
Why does Zero Ranger never ever have a meaningful sale?
>>745888668>>745888959Anyone who refers to the troon as "onimai" is onitroon
>>745889683I play games to have fun, I draw to have a skill
>think im kind of starting to get a working theory for why a lot of touhou guys dont seem to branch out much to the rest of the shmup scene>the deal is this "fake interest" small talk thing is basically the fundamental thing the general shmup scene is built on>which is to say when youre like the only guy on the planet attempting something the game youre playing it can get difficult so you kind of settle for making small talk with people who play kinda sorta similar games for the purpose of encouragement and stroking your ego with you get cheevos>with touhou theres 0 need for any of that since the games actually have active players at all levels>so like with cactu theres no reason for him to engage with me in small talk about futari when we can just talk concrete things in eosdwas gus right?
>>745890317wow gus is so cool and edgy
What shmups do you recommend for a gamer like me?
>>745889320>shumps are about memorization
>>745890596Puzzle Quest? As in puzzle games? You may just be interested in Twinkle Star Sprites, my friend.
her genre.
>>745874509Nobody makes anything but bullet hell slop.And bullet hell is garbage for brain dead retards
>>745886934wow, nice one
>>745890869
>>745890784whatever happened to the junkie guy?
>>745890596Press a gun against your temple and see if you can dodge the bullet
>>745890869She's fine, but where's Kita?
>>745890961Kek
>>745890951Retired iirc
>>745890869The beginning of the downfall.
permaban all troonhou niggers from this board, all they can do is shit up the board
>>745891342for me it's naruto saikyou ninja daikesshuu 2 for the GBA
>>745891342banning touhou will not magically make shmups less of a static genre
>>745891342What's your poblem with touhou, faggot. It's good games.
is it gay to hold hands and do anime girls jump with your fellow shmup players?>gobou, kamoneko, Kayar and QD
>>745891342all antis get the rope
>>745891342It's pointless, 4chan will never be fun again. Just move on. As an aside, the new eosd release will have public leaderboards linked to your account integrated into the steam client whether you opt into it or not, as that's the standard for doujin shmups now, so I can't imagine those threads will be very interesting or survive very long. I think the whole website is just trending towards death.
>>745891771Why are they in the hood
>>745874509>huh? what happened?You're only allowed to discuss video games in /vg/.
>>745891342>permaban all troonhou niggers from this boardpost your 1ccs or scores
>>745891342You're free to leave. The result is the same.
>>745880250>in a few daysWhat the fuck
Thoughts on the new robot girl from DDP Reignite?
>>745892481For me, it's the elf
