/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7103496
>I know my hitbox is tiny, but how small is it really?
pic related, approximatively. for ship A, it's pretty much the sort of diamond thing of a different color, for ship B it's in the middle of the blades, and ship C well you have to get used to it
>is it mostly pattern recognition?
killing enemies quickly before they spawn too many bullets (i.e. knowing where enemies come from), using bullet cancel (stage 3 is a good early example). some bosses have safespots which you can abuse for some patterns too.
point-blanking is stronger but it's obviously way riskier if you don't know what you're doing
>Shot, or laser?
I'm not an expert but I like laser more