R-Type Dimensions for XBLA Wednesday

I haven't bought an XBLA arcade games since Braid and BC: Rearmed. I thought it was a bit rich asking for so much on those games but I also thought it wouldn't be a trend so this sux hard. I'm gonna hold off on these half arsed games and just wait for big releases like SFIV, RE5, basically retail games only. The fact that i'm not getting any packaging or extras with the game is just gonna make it much easier to stick by it.

Also my biggest HATE with these stupid downloadable games is that they are locked to Xbox Live. I can't actually play more than 1/2 my games if i'm not connected to Xbox Live! Seriously what sort of rort arse **** is that!? Why do I need the internet if I don't wanna play online? It's not like the game needs data to be streamed over the net does it? It's just stupid digital signatures and behind the scenes security which is one of the last things I want in my gaming. I bought that **** fair and square so stop **** monitoring it!

Yea **** this! No more stupid XBLA games (except Castle Crashers 2).

This R-Type game is that strategy one from Psp right?

Eddie: Oh wow! Just saw that it's the **** original game with HD graphics! As in lots of Anti Aliasing. The graphics haven't even been redone like SF2HDRemix. What a **** rort!! ****!! Infact **** R-Type! Final was the last and it's really all you need. 101 **** ships! Eat that!

Nah that's not right. A few games I did buy when my HDD was plugged into Zarnoss' 360 yea and those games I can understand, but heaps of games (especially new stuff like Castle Crashers, Braid etc) are locked out unless Xbox Live is connected on mine or Zarnoss'. So **** that! I'm not redownloading anything! The games are locked to servers, in other words....one day...they'll all push one big red button and we won't be able to play these games anymore! Yeaaa no thanks! You can these stupid downloadable games, I don't need 'em.

Actually, now that I think of it.....cuz i've sent my 360 back for repairs 3 times, maybe cuz i've been gettng refurbished machines that's why it's been doing it.

Might try that re-download thing tonight. Thanx for the tip.

Just buy R-Types on PSN. You get Part 1 and 2. You don't need HD resolutions on these games. Anyways if you're playing shmups on LCD you're doing it wrong. CRT all the way.

I already have two versions of this game and I prefer my shmups in SD resolutions cuz I play all 2d games on CRT, having it in HD resolutions kinda makes it seem cheap or artificial in some way. Like SSFT2HD Remix looks very pretty but it almost looks plastic, kinda like a barbie doll. It's just missing something. Fire up Third Strike and it's much easier on the eyes imo. Maybe SSF2HD Remix has more to do with the artwork (cuz Udon sux) but I really don't like the way the characters don't contrast with the backgrounds, very sharp and clear but there doesn't seem to be any depth of field, also it's so NOT capcom.

I don't mind paying upwards of $100 for a game that is in very limited supply, is rare in arcades in Japan and unheard of in arcades anywhere else. Games like these are collectibles, that's why I have 2 copies of stuff like Mushihimesama, Ibara, Shikigami etc. Shmups are in a genre that is not going to be making a big comeback, the games rely in hardcore skill, timing and reflexes, something a lot of newskool games don't wanna be bothered with or just don't have the time for. These sorts of games are always gonna be rare imo, they might not be as sought after as JRPG's etc cuz of their popularity but they will always be rare so I gotta get in while I still can.

I'd love a new R-Type but paying more and more for old games with the anti aliasing turned up is like the opposite of what I want. It's stupid really. If anyone was serious about bringing some shmups to the west we'd see all the Strikers games, all the Shikigami games (who have had PAL releases aswell), and much more. I know CAVE stuff is hard to localise but games like Strikers, Castle of Shikigami (Shikigami No Shiro), Dragon Blaze, basically anything Psikyo, Raizing or Eighting should be released on XBLA or PSN. I don't wanna be playing the same **** games I was playing back on SNES and MD, let's get with the times. I mean new shmups are still being made so why the **** aren't we getting an opportunity to play them? It's cuz **** like R-Type, Asteroids, Galaga....crap people have played decades ago and have played to death keep getting re-released, why bother spending time and money releaseing new shmups when dumb old monkeys keep paying more and more for the old ones.

Seriously I hate people!

No way! Third Strike is considered the best in the series, especially the hardcore tournament players. Nearly all of the characters (except Sean) are evenly balanced, you have a wealth of options like high jump, air guard, cancels, super cancels etc. It's the most refined version. I hear SFIV is the most all-round version but when it comes to hardcore SFIII: Third Strike is it. Not debateable.

SSF2HD is ok. Nothing special. Redrawn art doesn't really mean anything. It's basically the same game as The New Challengers. I actually prefer the look of Capcom's drawings....I mean they did invent the **** after all.

I know the music was a bit hit and miss, but those are original Street Figher raps man! That's pretty cool.

Edit: I agree some of the characters looked weird (like Emo Remy) but they all played real solid.

Also characters like: Q, Urien, Dudley, Alex, Hugo and Makoto are some of the best characters in Street Fighter ever! Also I thought you liked that Anime type character art (Dawn of Sorrow Boxart)? I'm not a huge fan of it but SFIII: Third Strike absolutely nailed it imo. Made it look nice and colourful but still all muscly and mean at the same time. Imo SFIV is a direct upgrade of these visuals in 3d. I don't imagine the character art to be based off any other game.

See edit.

Also the animation in Thrid Strike is probably the best i've seen in 2d. Next in line would be the Metal Slug games imo. There is so much detail in Third Strike. Even Yoshinori Ono has said there was nowhere they could go in 2d because Thrid Strike was the pinnacle.

According to the Ono they at Capcom felt they had done as much as they possibly could in SF in 2D. In other words Capcom felt that they couldn't go above and beyond what they did in Third Strike when it came to a 2D SF game in terms of both graphics and gameplay. Ono went on to mention that while they could do could've done HD sprites that it would'nt have effected the gameplay much and that is was something that SF2HD pretty much already had covered.