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By: math4origami

math4origami — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:06:43 +0000

What about hitboxes and bullet speed?

“Whereas bullet-dense shooters are about analyzing patterns and finding gaps in them, older shooters are about being alert at all times; blink and you’re very likely to get hit out of nowhere.”

I think that sums it up. It is probably harder to play the “regular” shoot-em-ups because of those reasons, but is it more fun?

By: math4origami

math4origami — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:02:09 +0000

Isn’t the purpose of arcade games to make money?

By: Ray Ayanami

Ray Ayanami — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:48:57 +0000

The problem is, for most people, instead of “wow this game’s cool I wanna try it”, they’re like “THIS GAME’S IMPOSSIBLE I DON’T WANNA PLAY IT EVER.”

Their loss, I suppose.

By: BDA

BDA — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:46:54 +0000

I know I for one wouldn’t have started playing them in the first place if it hadn’t been for Youtube clips of last boss fights. My reaction wasn’t “welp, that’s impossible”, it was “holy shit I’ve got to try that.”

Chances are those “I can’t do that” people weren’t ever going to try them anyway.

By: Dan Haigh

Dan Haigh — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:17:31 +0000

Your thesis is that more people would play 2d shooters if it weren’t for youtube clips of last boss fights.

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