Horizontal and Vertical Scrolling Shooters!

Yes, for people who don't care for the 2nd loop, Ketsui is probably easier then Daioujou (I will know for sure soon enough), but the special loop of Ketsui looks pretty crazy. Although, when you see those top players use 5 hypers all at once in 2-5 of Daioujou, well, that's impressive (winamp just randomly picked a Daioujou song...). Then again, just making the special loop of Ketsui is hard enough (no bombs or deaths in the first loop).

Can't forget to mention the seperate scoring systems and how Ketsui encourages you to camp out at the top of the screen and Daioujou often has you leaving the small fries flying around to keep your chain alive, then using hypers to max out the difficulty for a short time and pump up your chain.

ESPGaluda is nice too. Easy as many have said, but still lots of fun to play for score. Very satisfying to watch all the enemie's bullets turn to gold that your character just vaccuums up. A lot more relaxing then some of Cave's other releases.

Oh, and don't forget to watch my ESPGaluda video!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Umm, no penalty. You can use the slow bullet mode (kakusei mode) strictly for survival if you don't care for score at all, but you can only use it for as long as your green gems last. The enemies also fire more bullets when you are in kakusei mode.

There's also an over kakusei mode where the bullets move even faster and you simply get points for being in this mode (not a whole lot though). This is what replaces the regular kakusei mode when you run out of green gems.

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You don't die from running into the edge of the screen in Ikaruga. Give it a try.

And Mars Matrix is great, but the arcade version isn't even playable as far as I'm concerned. One button for three attacks is a horrible idea. Get yourself a copy of the Dreamcast version for a much better experience. Plus, you can't max out the score in the Dreamcast version either (not that it's easy to max out the arcade version or anything).

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

The Red ship has speed, and the most powerful shot and laser. Actually all the ships have the same power laser when you choose laser type.

Mainly, the Type-A is useful for playing the game for score. It allows you to accurately kill the enemies so you can keep your chain going for as long as possible. That and it's crazy powerful. And I like fast ships.

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Pink Sweets is nothing like Ibara at all. It looks more like some kind of strange Takumi/Cave/Raizing hybrid if such a thing can exist.

I was speaking idiomatically.

You're both right about ESPRaDe's scoring system. You use the secondary shot to get those bubbles on the enemy, then you use your regular shot to destroy it to start your multiplier. Killing enemies and collecting those point bricks will add time back to your multiplier's timer, so killing lots of stuff quickly after getting a multiplier can keep it alive for longer.

There's also that god awful boss milking, but I'm not gonna bother with that one.

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