/vr/ - Retro Games

>>2381162

You want to suicide at specific times to control rank for the harder patterns, as well as just before an extend to keep the rank as low as possible.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?p=3507#p3507

This explains the Garegga rank system well, although it works a bit differently across all the Yagawa games.

>>1656983

I hate to say it, but almost all of this genre is about taking on an insane challenge. Difficult bosses and being under constant threat is the raison d'etre for many of these games. It seems silly and masochistic, but there's a real pleasure to be found at slowly chipping away at the games, coming up with strategies and getting further and with higher scores each time.

Man, I'm sick of people shit talking Battle Garegga when they haven't even properly played it.

You don't even have to become proficient at it, just play enough to clear the first 2 or 3 stages on a credit, understand the medal system and find some secrets. There are reasons why it keeps on showing up on "BEST SHMUP EVER" lists up to this day even though it was released in 1996 -- it simply is that fucking good.

>>1413258

Battle Garegga. Even if you're not colorblind, it's still impossible to see half the bullets.

It's still also one of the best and most intense shmups ever made.