Why does /v/ pretend that this game is some sort of insane hidden gem kino when it's literally arcade quarter munching dogshit that has less than an hour of content?
It's fun.I have a model of the Ikaruga coming in the mail. Should be here tomorrow. I'm excited to burn a weekend getting it put together.
>>731111629Pics, anon? Let us live vicariously
>>731111442try not quarter munching
>>731111629That sounds sick af.Way more interesting than OP.
>>731112123I don't have it yet. FedEx says it should be here tomorrow but the last scan of the package was in New Jersey and that's about as far away from me as you can get and still be in the lower 48. Anyway,https://www.gundamplanet.com/products/1-144-ikaruga-white?_pos=2I really don't know what to expect. I somewhat recently got into gunpla and when I was browsing models I tripped over that. I really hope it has so.e decent decals. No way I'd be able to paint the designs on it and it would be a shame if they were trashy looking stickers. We'll see. I'm excited though. Already stuck a bunch of grits of sandpaper to sticks and got my sponges dug out. I hope it's decent.
>>731112570damn that's nice, good get
>>731111442>Ikaruga>hidden gemNo? Even Shmup fags find Ikaruga to be overrated
>>731112570>I somewhat recently got into gunpla>Kotobukiya
>>731113305Oh yeah? Are those models a pain?
I think it's ok. Personally I enjoy games like Raiden or Star Soldier instead.>>731111629Based as fuck.
>>731111442It's okay if it's not for you. Not everything needs to cater to your sensibilities. You're just not the audience for this one.
>>731111442I've been playing Ikaruga non-stop daily and my autism is preventing me from going further than Stage 1 specifically because I want the S++ Rank. I have not beaten stage 2 yet and probably wont do the same for that, I just want to reach a point where I'm confident enough in understanding the scoring system and mechanics before the game hits the fan from stage 2 onwards.
>>731111629BasedI just ordered this one
>>731111629If that's the one I think it is, I hope you have the tools and your modeling skills are off the chart because that's a very complex one to assemble.
>>731111442such a game full of soul even if I'm shit at it
>>731111442An arcade game being hard doesn't mean it's quarter-munching, and most people played Ikaruga on console anyway.>less than an hour of contentNot a negative. A game's length or content level doesn't affect its quality on its own; it's how the game's content is paced out that matters. Many of the best games ever made are under 5 hours and don't feel too short by the end.
i wish that there were more weapons like in radiant silvergun, maybe two more and make them different when you switch colors
>>731114649Fingers crossed I can get it done. I figured there was some point where I tripped into a trial by fire. I enjoy a challenge. I really couldn't tell ya where my modeling skills lie. Definitely not an expert. I don't like to blow myself, my back doesn't bend that far anyway, but I think I might be better than the average bear. I do love building and working with my hands so we'll see just how nightmare hellscape this model will be.Sounds like fun
>>731114796This sentence could describe dozens and dozens of shmups and rail shooters, incredible compact games that can blend gameplay and presentation so well and yet are outside my shitty hands' capability to clear with a dollar's worth of quarters or less.
>>731111442You think we'll see Ubusuna news later this year since apparently Iuchi's free to work on it after Night Striker Gear?
>>731111442DingDongwhatchi?.. just more cookie-cutter, boring "shots-everywhere" junk to BORE me to TEARS, sorry. Last one of these new games I tried was Ikaraga... Sorry! but I learned to play color-matching games when I was two, don't need to do it anymore! Deleted THAT computer application from my Dell desktop after about 20 minutes.R-Type, Gradius, Darius... those classics are a little more up MY alley. No TINY hitboxes to make the game look harder than it is, no half-naked japanimation cartoon girls, no gimmicky scoring to cover up the total lack of any real substance... just a little thing called good old-fashioned GAMEPLAY that seems to be forgotten nowadays... yep, I love all the super-duper powerups, and checkpoints.. yes recovery is HARD but not IMPOSSIBLE. You actually have to put in a little elbow grease to get your strength back! Something the little ones today could stand to learn from, if you ask me! They seem to want games where you can kill everything on the screen with one button press, right after inserting a coin! Instant gratification with no challenge for the participation-trophy generation. And personally, I usually prefer a "side-view" kind of shooter compared to a "bird's eye view" one, all those obstacles give levels a lot more personality, not such a common thing when every me-too game wants to look and play the same.Me, I've been playing a lot of R-Type part two lately. I can only clear a couple of boards on my first man right now. I may wear out my joystick before I can manage my one quarter win! But I don't quit! What can I say, I prefer a little hard work to getting a free handout! Playing some Wings of Wor on my Sega too, and Bio-Hazard Battle. Great vintage stuff!
>>731113889This one specifically is a bit more advanced than a typical gunpla iirc, it requires glue and the decal placement process is weird. The finished thing is beautiful though.
>>731115314any favs apart from this one anon? Always happy to play around with some will progressing little but soaking it all in
>>731116480I noticed it mentioned adhesive but didn't really specify. I've got plastic cement and superglue. I'm not sure if you can use superglue on ABS though. I dunno. I'll do some digging before I just start going nuts with the glue. You don't know if it uses water slide decals, do ya?
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>this arcade shoot-em up is too short!WAIT WHAT NO WAAYYYYY
>>731116964any kind of plastic cement should be fine, most people use tamiyai don't know if it's waterslide decals, but i think they do require decal softener to adhere to the curvature, you even have to cut holes in them too (an old friend built this and i'm just going off what he recounted to me, i didnt build it myself)
>>731116665Mostly been playing this collection where I've cut my credits cleared on each by more than half since the first playthrough but I've stalled since then. Also on my 3DS I have that weird Pac-Man/Galaga collection and I've been playing both the original and Galaga Legions (I've really fallen in love with the latter, that satellite mechanic is so smart).
>Looking for more info on the Ikaruga model>Find Genkei, the second player ship>See the black versionHoly shit. Look at her. If I can get the Ikaruga together I might have to get her partner. Gaddamn.Shit ass screenshot because phoneposting and can't find a good angle that I can download properly.
