I got this thing of Beauty today And I was surprised after years of getting shmups on 360 that this one, actually forces me to EARN THESE THINGS CALLED CONTINUES. Frankly I like that idea If you play a shmup on the Saturn you have a finite amount of Credits in most games, Ikaruga doesn't throw freeplay at you right away. Raiden 3 and 4 make you earn your right to keep playing. It makes you learn the game and I find I do better in shmups that limit me than ones that don't. I miss that in most games, not just shmups either but PSN and XBLA games don't do this enough either. You lose all your lives? No problem here continue be wreakless and "Beat the game" but not "Master it" getting infinite continues off the bat discourages people from actually learning the game system. I guess I have another reason to Love Ketsui now.
I know some of the later DC shmups (Radirgy, Karous and Under Defeat) did this as well. I quite liked this gamification element in shmups. It made you at least work for the right to beat a game.
You could have been earning continues years ago if you had bought it on the 360 I can't even remember when that game was released on the 360 it was that long ago.
Region locks are a bitch and it was I think 3 years ago. Only now am I noticing this game is a cross between Pysvariar and Dodonpachi. I find I take more time to learn a shmup if I have limited continues to work with. Any game for that matter, you have to earn continues in Hard Corps Uprising too.
I know Time Crisis 2 for PS2 does this - depending on how far you get, and how many times you play, you earn extra credits.
How's that a novel idea... it's been around for forever. Under Defeat, Gradius V, Mars Matrix, to just name a few of the most famous ones Also: If you limit yourself to using only 1 credit, EVERY game has that novel idea
If I was speaking it there would have been a sarcastic tone in my voice. I meant that it's a practice that in the name of accessibility for an audience they shouldn't be reaching for is slowly dying out and most games give you Infinite Credits now. All Cave'e home ports post Ketsui have unlimited continues and all their PS2 games from what I played. I think 2 of the Dodonpachi's Both Deathsmiles, the Limited Edition of Espgaluda 2 and Akai Katana are also region locked. Under Defeat HD is as well, That new Moss game I can't remember the name of, that's Region locked. Otomedius is (US release anyway) Shooting love 2013 Trizeal and XIIIZeal are region Free as is the new Dodonpachi, Escatos and Gigaforce are also region free.
