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fuck this game

>> No.4532024
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>>4532021
HAHAHA

>> No.4532025

>>4532021
Gradius 1 is ez.

>> No.4532132

>>4532021
1 is easy. Just don't ever die.

>> No.4532147

>>4532132
I dunno, 1's rank is pretty brutal when you're flying around at max power. The "don't die" strategy is more for the later games.

>> No.4532178

>>4532021
t. shooter babby

>> No.4532179

>>4532147
Most of the challenge is not crashing, laser and options will murder everything before they appear

>> No.4532217

>>4532021

Git Gud. Collect Options.

>> No.4532238

>>4532021
You wish.

>> No.4532596
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4532596

>tfw can't even get past the Easter head islands without the konami code.

>> No.4532647

Nigga, im playing Gradius Galaxies for GBA on EASY MODE where almost nobody shoots you and im sucking lot of fucking dicks still.
Seriously, fuck this game series.

>> No.4532703
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>>4532021
I the proper response "fuck you, I liked it" or is this an inverse thread?

>> No.4532710

>>4532021
>die once
>lol enjoy being screwed over for the rest of the level
Gradius syndrome is the worst thing in gaming.

>> No.4532741

>>4532703
Where's Otomedius G?

>> No.4532751

>>4532021
mfw people bitch about dark souls

nearly every game from the 80s made dark souls look like sonic2 for sms

>> No.4532758

>>4532710
Play Nemesis then if it's such a big deal

>> No.4532856
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>>4532758

But seriously, if this guy can't handle Gradius, just wait until he tries Darius. Or Gradius III (arcade).

>> No.4532906

>>4532021
Play the pc engine version then you baby.

The slowdown is immense on later levels

>> No.4532956

>>4532856
I'm not memeing or anything, Nemesis makes recoveries very easy by spawning a ton of power up enemies next to you each time you die.

>> No.4532957

>>4532596
I thought this thread was about the original arcade version
>>4532647
How can you be so babby, anon lol You remind of this "gamer" I know that couldn't get past the big skeleton (first boss) in Aria of Sorrow.
>>4532710
Checkpoint recovery can be pretty fun once you're skilled.
>>4532751
le Souls meme was created by 7th gen babbies
>>4532856
I recommended Gradius 1 as a game for beginners to arcade games in a thread recently FFS, the loops are very short and relatively easy to learn.

>> No.4532963

>>4532957
1st of fucking all im fucking sorry that im not in your gamer-standarts. 2nd - im really not into shmups. Im actually hate em because of that fly level in Batman And Robin for Genesis. Since it im FUCKING HATE SHMUPS.

>> No.4532972

>>4532963
git gud.

>> No.4532976

>>4532963
Nice English, faggot.

>> No.4532990

>>4532976
>burgerking calls big ass slavic guy a feggit
Wow

>> No.4533009

>>4532021
The gradius series is pretty brutal as far as horizontal scrolling shmups go. The design ethos rewards gitting gud with enough powerups to make you an unstoppable killing machine, while dying a bunch not only strips you of your powerups (which is pretty standard and fair by /vr/ standards), it also makes your ship slow as all fuck.

If you can ever become not-shit, its great though. Just 1cc'd Forever With Me for the first time last night, and did a no death Gradius 3 snes run a few weeks ago. Definitely one of the best series of horis out there.

>>4532703
What is that Otomedius Excellent game on the right, never heard of it?

>> No.4533028

>>4533009
>What is that Otomedius Excellent game on the right, never heard of it?
You're better off not knowing.

>> No.4533045

Gradius wasn't hard, just tedious. Use savestates when you die and you're good.

>> No.4533059

>>4532147
it caps p. early on

>> No.4533091

>>4533045
Translation: Hi /vr/; from /v/
>>4533009
The series encourages 1LC more than 1CC. This is why the Parodius series started adopting a harsher, non-static rank system.
>>4532963
It's ok, everyone is a beginner at some point. It's less tolerable when you shit on the genre due to sucking at it, though.

>> No.4533190

>>4532703
>otomedius excellent
why do I see at least one copy of this in the bargain bin of every gamepsot I visit?

>> No.4533198

>>4533190
It's Gradius for waifufags, and waifufags don't play remotely challenging games.
And no, Touhoufags don't play the games from where the fanarts they fap to come from.

>> No.4533263

>>4533198
Is the gameplay any good? As long as it's fun I don't care how cringy the coat of paint is

>> No.4533326

>>4533263
I agree, I'm just explaining why it's in the bargain bin lol
If you enjoy Gradius and Parodius then sure, try'em.

>> No.4533381

>end boss
>its a giant head/giant brain...again

Wow. Lots of creativity went into this series.

>> No.4533386

>>4533381
The third game was derivative outside of a new of (bad) gimmicks. But other than that and a few of other portable games the series is pretty innovative.
See: Gradius ARC, Gradius II ARC, Gradius Gaiden, Gradius IV (that rank system) and Gradius V. If you count Salamander then both as well.

>> No.4533407

>>4532957
>How can you be so babby, anon lol You remind of this "gamer"
Ok, that's fucking embarrassing. If being marginally better than another anon at a game from the 80s makes your dick hard, good for you I guess

>> No.4533450

>>4533407
It's a GBA game btw, and he's the one insulting the series in the first place due to not being able to play them. If he was a constructive noobie I wouldn't care, I'd encourage him or whatever.

>> No.4533481

>>4533381
>SHOOT THE EYE
>SHOOT THE MOUTH

>> No.4533489

>>4533481
WATCH YOUR BACK

>> No.4533529
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>>4533481
I WILL CRUSH! YOU!

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>>4532703
Nice one. I also own a few. I am pretty sure I own 2-3 for gameboy too.

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>>4532906

If you ramp the cpu's to 400% on M,AME the game doesn't actually have any slowdown, and ironically, it's at that point you realize how god damn vital it is. Playing it without slowdown is the definition of impossible.

>> No.4534940

>>4534893
This reminds me of the no slowdown option in Gradius3+4's PS2 port. As if 3 wasn't stupidly hard already even by arcade shmup standards.

>> No.4534959

I love this game, but I've never gotten too far. I usually play the NES port, which was a stellar technical achievement at the time of its release, and I could never get past Easter Island stage. I tried the arcade original and I couldn't reach stage 2 boss. Still, I play it for couple of hours now and then.

>> No.4534971

>>4534959
Try the Nemesis version, it allows you to recover much faster from dying (it spawns a lot of red enemies when you spawn at the checkpoints).
For the NES version you have the Konami code to get you all powerups once, I think. That code started with Gradius.

>> No.4537015

>>4534971
I played the Game Boy version of Nemesis last night and it was surprisingly good.

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>>4537015
The sequel (The one localized as "Gradius: The Interstellar Assault") is pretty amazing. Not even just for the Gameboy, it's a great game in general.