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Killer French Bread wrote:Schmups?! Are you dutch now?

They won't sell it for £40 anyway, it'll either be about 8 groats or come with loads of useless extras to try and corner the market that buys mad 'collector's editions'. That's what they did in America.

I don't understand the outdated comment. Can you recommend a game that has similar game mechanics that's done in a much more advanced way then plz?
That's the term for a vertical/horizontal shooter is it not? :P

Well we'll see, I remember Raiden Fighters being quoted at about 15 quid (then delayed for about 6 months, I still don't think it's been released!)

The game mechanics are what I was criticising. They lend themselves well to arcade games but not full rrp retail titles
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Why not? How long does it take to beat most console releases - 10-20 hours? If you can 1cc a shooter in less than that you have some top notch skills my man. And then you have a good top score to shoot for. You can always improve.

I know what you're saying though, most people would rather play through an adveture game that is like a virtual ghost train taking them on a tour of some cyber world than bury themselves for 6 months to beat 5 levels. That's a problem of people's values though. The challenge is there in a shooter, it's just up to you to work for it.

There's no c in shmups btw.
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Post by Rayne »

shmups, got it :P

I enjoy them but I can't play them for any more than about 20 minutes at a time. Some of the scoring systems are so bizzare & complex that I get higher scores mindlessly blasting than I do actually trying to chain things together :blush:
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Some people still have that mindset to play arcade games for hours at a time. Trying to get better slowly over the weeks and months. It might seem a bit crazy to practise one level for about 3 hours, but it's more fun to me than playing 3 hours in a turn based strategy game where you'll do little in that time that tests skill or gets the adrenaline pumping.
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Quake arena has finally been confirmed for release on XBLA. It's out this coming wednesday. Think I might grab it.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010- ... d-for-xbla
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Ooo. I've been waiting a while for that.

It's still a port of Quake III: Arena, isn't it?
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Christ finally. Now I can pay way too much for a crap port with an online community that'll die within weeks.
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@Gavvie Essentially it is really. I think it just has extra maps and a new single player mode.
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I dunno. Quake III was alright, so 800 points would be nice. 1200 would be murder, though.
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There's a quake you can play online for free isn't there?
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