/vr/ - Retro Games

>>9004718
Top 5 reasons why Cave is the shittiest shmup company ever and killed the shmup genre:

1. Micro-dodging slow, gaudy bullet curtains is duller than dodging fast bullets from all angles
2. Their scoring is usually contrived, nonsensical and simply anti-fun (e.g. timer-based enemy chaining)
3. Their games suffer from incompetent programming, from sprites disappearing to horrendous, sporadic and inconsistent slowdowns
4. Later on in their existence they started pandering to the otaku crowd to boost sales, when they began injecting pedophillic, tranime and other degenerate crap into their arcade STGs
5. When appealing to otaku subhumans didn't work and their shmups still didn't turn a profit, they resorted to the most cancerous thing about the modern gaming industry (gachashit) as they have absolutely no scruples or standards, and only focus on mobage garbage these days

In summary: Fuck Cave and may Tsuneki Ikeda burn forever in Hell.

>>8474421
bullet hell bullshit isn't allowed on /vr/
this is a classic shmups-only board

>>8324559
>several unskippable cutscenes
>forgettable OST besides the remixes
>gimmicky and overpowered control of multiples
>checkpoints should be forced but are off by default
>lacking in organic stages/enemies; too much emphasis on Cores
>last level is a rehash of the second stage for retarded story reasons
>have to unlock Edit Mode which Shield, Ripple, etc. are locked behind
>shite rank system compared to IV's absolutely perfect mechanics
>doubles the shot limit making it easier to shoot things
>1x1 Vic Viper hitbox panders to tranmaku fans
>overlong with atrocious pacing issues
>option hunter rarely shows up

Game sucks, bro. Not deserving of the Gradius name.

>>8163517
Gradius V will never be a real Gradius game, Treasurefag. Keep defending their trash.

>>8056451
Gradius V is garbage.

>several unskippable cutscenes
>Sakimoto can't compose good shmup music
>gimmicky and overpowered control of multiples
>checkpoints should be forced but are off by default
>lacking in organic stages/enemies; too much emphasis on Cores
>last level is a rehash of the second stage for retarded story reasons
>have to unlock Edit Mode which Shield, Ripple, etc. are locked behind
>shite rank system compared to IV's absolutely perfect mechanics
>doubles the firing limit from previous Gradius titles
>1x1 Vic Viper hitbox panders to tranmaku fans
>overlong with atrocious pacing issues
>option hunter rarely shows up

Fuck Treasure for ruining Gradius like how they ruined Castlevania with 4.

>>6479213
>Trashure shitter hasn't cleared any of the real Gradius games
Why am I not surprised?

>>6166747
>no Moai
Into the trash it goes.

>>6015329
>The low point of the series.
Wrong. Low point of the series was Gradius V when Konami allowed Trashure to rape it.

>>5999279
>best trashure game is the worst Gradius installment

rly made me think...

>>4914106
Fuck, those guys are the worst.

>>4445127
>Gradius V
>good

NO. MOAI.

>>4060854
Also, no moais.

>>4054514
>tfw no Nemesis 3 remake in the style of this game

>>3641481
Gradius V... was a mistake.

>>3499043
>Gradius V is a pretty awesome game, don't believe anti-treasure shmup /vr/ autists.

Here we go with the strawmen again.

>>3483572
>Gradius V

Absolutely disgusting.

Elder God Tier:
Gradius II

High Tier:
Gradius I
Gradius III

Mid Tier:
Gradius IV

Low Tier:
Gradius Gaiden
Gradius Advance

Shit Tier:
Gradius V

Top Tier:
Gradius II

High Tier:
Gradius I
Gradius IV

Mid Tier:
Gradius ReBirth
Gradius Gaiden

Low Tier:
Gradius III
Gradius Advance

Bottom Tier:
Gradius V

II > IV > I > Gaiden > III > shit > V