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[Oblivion]

Love this game, just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for other shmups that are so easy to get into. Thanks!

[Jeff_Kenshiro]

Ginga Force and Eschatos of course !!!

[HAUSER]

Originally posted by Oblivion:

Love this game, just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for other shmups that are so easy to get into. Thanks!

Everything from MKAI/QUTE has similar gamefeel and quality overall (ESCHATOS, GINGA FORCE, JUDGEMENT SILVERSWORD/CARDINAL SINS); but there are tons of good games out there... I could make you a list but if you're interested in the genre I suggest you join the SHMUPS Discord and ask for recommendations!

https://discord.me/shmups

[William Shakesman]

Stage 3 is about as newbie friendly as a kick in the head so I wouldn't immediately assume this is easy to get into. Bullet trajectory highlighting is a rare thing in this genre so you aren't likely to see that sort of thing again. Ginga Force is this game's prequel and has a lot of the same design.

Some of the western made shumps are a bit easier to get into. Aeternum is a guilty pleasure of mine. Jamestown isn't really all THAT newbie friendly as you can't even beat it unless you sack up and pick the man's difficulty but it lets you run one stage at a time.

[Daikatan]

Originally posted by HAUSER:

I could make you a list but if you're interested in the genre I suggest you join the SHMUPS Discord and ask for recommendations!

https://discord.me/shmups

Or better join good old forums and ask there https://shmups.system11.org/

[Wampa_Stompa]

that board is a toxic wasteland. i was a member 16 years ago and it died around 2010.

[Daikatan]

Originally posted by Wampa_Stompa:

that board is a toxic wasteland. i was a member 16 years ago and it died around 2010.

You sound so negative. Do you even like anything?(

I joined system11 around 2014. Felt pretty good back then. A bit worse in recent 3 years, but shmup genre was kinda on a quiet side overall.

Anyway, my point was that forum format is superior because of good information hierarchy (subforums/sections, threads, pages) and topics can be easily reachable years and years later, and some discussions can live for decades.

Toxic or not, i learned so much from ST section and many of informational topics. Dunno, maybe i just filter out stupid holywars when i'm reading.

While discord is a nightmare for anything serious, imho. Only good for very small communities (like <30 people) or for stuff that is needed realtime (aka multiplayer events or developer support).

[HAUSER]

Originally posted by Daikatan:

Originally posted by Wampa_Stompa:

that board is a toxic wasteland. i was a member 16 years ago and it died around 2010.

You sound so negative. Do you even like anything?(

I joined system11 around 2014. Felt pretty good back then. A bit worse in recent 3 years, but shmup genre was kinda on a quiet side overall.

Anyway, my point was that forum format is superior because of good information hierarchy (subforums/sections, threads, pages) and topics can be easily reachable years and years later, and some discussions can live for decades.

Toxic or not, i learned so much from ST section and many of informational topics. Dunno, maybe i just filter out stupid holywars when i'm reading.

While discord is a nightmare for anything serious, imho. Only good for very small communities (like <30 people) or for stuff that is needed realtime (aka multiplayer events or developer support).

This is quite offtopic now but a Discord Server is like a modern IRC so imo comparing both things isn't gonna lead anywhere...

[Daikatan]

Thing is, many "communities" abandoned message board format and went for social network pages like in facebook, and now went for discord. Instead of using it as "just" icq replacement, they do the whole "community" thing in it, even instead of official game sites... despite lack of needed functional, information navigation etc.

There is also "something in the middle" like reddit, which is like a worse version of forums that lacks many things and, like social platforms as twitter or instagram, also focused on "only most fresh content".

I dont even want to think how much years of valuable information and heartful stuff we lost when Capcom deleted Capcom-Unity board & user fanart galleries and made teh discord server for it... Just as one of many examples. Thankfully, Shoryuken kept their wiki and boards for fighting theory, but there was more to capcom than just SF...

[Butters Bob]

Originally posted by Oblivion:

Love this game, just wondering if anyone has any recommendations for other shmups that are so easy to get into. Thanks!

Hit me up I have quit a few shmups, that you would enjoy if you like this one.

[GDMilkman]

I think the clear ones are Jamestown and Gingaforce

[RT1]

Grand Brix Shooter, Steredenn.

[nicoyala]

Try Deathsmiles by Cave, it s easy to 1cc and so addictive.
A little bit harder Darius Burst Chronicle Saviors, it s good to enter in the shmup world

[Mitzvahman72]

Raging Blasters is my recommendation! If you're looking for a classic shoot-em-up that doesn't require you to constantly dodge so many bullets, this is it.