People need to realize the reviews by Mark MSX are aimed at shmup fans and not the casual player. The games themselves are still fun and serviceable and the price point is a great deal. However they are still lazy, barebones ports that haven't been optimized and lack the features of better shmup ports. Just put these ports next to any M2 port on the Switch, especially the ShotTriggers line, and the difference is night and day.
I understand taking issue with the fanservice, but the game itself is in the same ballpark as Raiden IV and quite a bit better than Raiden V. You can disable the imagery and it's still one of the stronger shmups on the Switch.
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Re: Review: Psikyo Shooting Stars Bravo - A Fine Shmup Selection, But Input Lag Remains An Issue
People need to realize the reviews by Mark MSX are aimed at shmup fans and not the casual player. The games themselves are still fun and serviceable and the price point is a great deal. However they are still lazy, barebones ports that haven't been optimized and lack the features of better shmup ports. Just put these ports next to any M2 port on the Switch, especially the ShotTriggers line, and the difference is night and day.
Re: Metroid Dread Version 1.0.2 Is Now Available, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
@HeroOfTime32 Yeah, they planned for the sequence breaking. I don't see them messing with it.
Re: Review: Caladrius Blaze - A Mechanically Competent Shmup With Gratuitous Presentation
I understand taking issue with the fanservice, but the game itself is in the same ballpark as Raiden IV and quite a bit better than Raiden V. You can disable the imagery and it's still one of the stronger shmups on the Switch.
Re: Review: Turrican Flashback - An Annoyingly Incomplete Collection That's Still Worth A Look
@robr Only around 700k Amigas were sold in North America.
Re: Review: Turrican Flashback - An Annoyingly Incomplete Collection That's Still Worth A Look
@mwa They couldn't get the rights for the 8-bit versions because they're still held by whoever owns the holdings of Rainbow Arts apparently.
Re: Review: Turrican Flashback - An Annoyingly Incomplete Collection That's Still Worth A Look
@robr Yeah I was unable to beat Mega Turrican on this collection, it crashes every ten or twenty minutes. The Amiga games run fine though.
Re: Review: Turrican Flashback - An Annoyingly Incomplete Collection That's Still Worth A Look
@chickje Mega and Super Turricans crash consistently for me unfortunately.