/vr/ - Retro Games

>>7188707
>One is the best genre in history of games, the other one is pure trash.

Run'n'Gun is the better one, imho.

Shmups are not trash though, but usually devs rely on shitty shooting mechanics lke giving the player too much fire power to wipe out half the screen. Any kind of shooter that doesn't require some effort of the player to aim is a shitty shooter after all.

Some devs got it right. Namco (Xevious) and Treasure did great. Even old school gems like River Raid or Space Invader clones piss all over the majority of 90's shot'em'ups.