Is Ikaruga the ultimate STG game?
>>3220962
No you just haven't played much games of this type.
>>3220962
Is Ikaruga the ultimate shitpost bait?
>>3221002
Pretty much yeah.
Ikar-You-Ga
Ikaruga is the Earthbound of shmups
>>3221116
Spotted the contrarian hipster.
>>3220962
imo yes it's fucking awesome
>shooting game game
>liking Icuckruga
>>3220962
Babby's first shmup
>>3221207
>ShooTing Game
Not retro
No
2hu is
A lot of virgin nerds get mad over it, so yeah why not.
Ikaruga is a meme game, like SFIII Third Strike.
>>3221518
What game isn't a meme game, anyway?
>tfw you realize everything is a meme
I couldn't find a dedicated STG thread, so I'll borrow this one.
I don't visit here often so I'll be blunt, do you have one of these neat compilation sheets for STG games?
I try to catch-up to the better known series like R-type or gradius. But it seems at every corner I am surprised by a new apparently well known title I never knew existed.
Failing that can you give me your favorite picks? Preferably sci-fi themed, bonus points for giant robots.
Personally I recently tried Strikers 1945, I enjoyed it greatly.
>>3223682
>Failing that can you give me your favorite picks? Preferably sci-fi themed, bonus points for giant robots.
Hyper Duel
>>3221448
Exactly. Think about it some more.
>>3221116
Except Ikaruga is at least a good game.
>>3223682
My favorite
Aero fighters
Aero fighters 2
Pleasure Hearts
>>3220962
its shit
>>3220962
yes
>>3225048
its not
Cave is harder
>treasure
Throw it in the garbage.
>>3220962
no, its too easy to beat, but pretty good game anyway.
>>3225081
Something a Cubebabby or Steamfag would say
Ikaruga was probably my default but when I played DDP: DOJ it just seemed so to the point kind of simplistically as a STG, that I define that as my go to.
I've gotta say, after all the STGs i've played Ikaruga is still my favorite. With DDP Daioujou being a close second.
I wouldn't say Ikaruga is the ultimate STG but it's pretty damn good.
>>3220962
>STG
shoo-ting-game
>>3220962
Not even the best Treasure shmup.
>>3225852
Not even Treasure's best ShooTing Game.
>>3225856
>Bangai-O
>shmup
I mean, yeah, you shoot things, but then that means DOOM is a shmup.
>>3225856
Not an STG.
https://a.pomf.cat/rprnwy.htm
>>3221520
Games I don't like.
Always had a soft spot for 8ing/Raizing games.
>>3225968
>liking rank
Are you a masochist?
I love Ikaruga! Every thread!
>>3223682
Might as well check the other Psikyo games as well while you are at it.
>>3225973
Makes Xevious fun.
That's not Touhou.
Not retro, but objectively best STG
>>3226863
>poor-man's Cave clone with a shitty lock-on gimmick
>good
>>3226882
>Cave
>good
>shitty lock-on gimmick
>what is RayForce, Soukyugurentai, etc
>>3227009
If you don't like Cave, you shouldn't like Crimzon Clover. There's a part that even copies level design from a Cave game.
>>3227014
>any game with a lot of bullets is aping Cave
Though I agree that the mid of stage 3 is heavily based on Mushi late stage 4.
>I don't like Ikaruga
>>3220962
It's the tits for sure, but Thunder Force 4 is the stuff of legend.
Also MUSHA and Einhänder.
What the fuck does STG stand for? And Gradius V is objectively better and none of this is retro.
>>3228494
ShooTing Game or Shooting Type Game. Iunno, fucking japs man.
>>3228494
shuu tin geemu
>>3229534
Where do we draw the line between homage and lazy plagiarism?
>>3220962
To plebs, yeah.
>>3229534
Don't get me wrong, I love it, but one man's treasure is another man's trash.
