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Xiaou2:
Well, I fired up a few games last night.
One thing about Galaga thats different than Gyruss, is that the enemies in Galaga let loose a volley of fire before they swarm down
upon you. This makes it more difficult to get a good line of fire on them.. and makes it far more difficult.
In Gyruss, they tend to only release fire after they get near you. Makes it too easy to clear most of the horde before they are set up.
Even when the Horde is set up, they are not as agressive as what happens in Galaga. Galaga can have several squadrons of enemies
active. They are harder to hit too, as the bullet sizes are smaller.. and the scaling that they do (grow and shrink), is far greater in Galaga than Gyruss.
Even the Bonus stages in Galaga are more challenging.
Maybe things change in Gyruss, at much later in the game. Ill have to check. But if so, the difficulty ramp is way slower than Galaga.
As for Galaga, its actually not a static shooter. Technically, the stars are scrolling, so that indicates forward movement. heh
As for Xevious.. Its a nice game, but it still feels a bit slow to me. I do like the individual bomb controls. Makes for more challenge,
however, if bombing certain targets were a requirement, and bonus multipliers were active... it would be more fun.
The sound effects get a bit annoying after a while. The backgrounds get boring quickly. There are far better vertical shooters IMO. I find Galaga more fun than Xevious for sure.
Though IMO, none can hold a candle to a good game of Thunderforce II ;) heh
Malenko:
I don't get all this "X is better than Y banter" Cant we all just love us some Galaga and other games too?
I love Galaga, I think Gyruss is a blast, Who doesn't enjoy a meaty game of Hotdog Storm? I sometimes daydream about playing Mars Matrix and Do Don Pachi like I used to daydream about Tetris as a child.
yotsuya:
--- Quote from: Malenko on April 02, 2013, 12:29:56 pm ---I don't get all this "X is better than Y banter" Cant we all just love us some Galaga and other games too?
I love Galaga, I think Gyruss is a blast, Who doesn't enjoy a meaty game of Hotdog Storm? I sometimes daydream about playing Mars Matrix and Do Don Pachi like I used to daydream about Tetris as a child.
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Vigo's posts in this thread > Malenko's posts in this thread >:D
Malenko:
--- Quote from: yotsuya on April 02, 2013, 12:36:54 pm ---Vigo's posts in this thread > Malenko's posts in this thread > XuiceBoxe's posts in any thread >:D
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FTFY
CraftyMech:
You know you are a Galaga fanatic when you start a 2 player game just so you can play as the second player and not roll the score at 999,999.