TB Pro said:
Similar to the Time Crisis series then?
Not quite, Time Crisis, or at least the ones that I've played, was more of a light gun shooter where you don't control the movement of your character.
In Sin and Punishment you actually can move your main character whom in running while you aim and shoot. Yet he's always running on a set path (hence "on rail" shooter) Still, it's best to at least compare it more to Starfox since that's what I found it best close to.
Nobody plays Luminous Arc, which saddens me. It's unusually entertaining for a turn-based strategy RPG. Hmm... Izuna: Legend of the Unemployed Ninja is another one. It's horrifically hard, but also very entertaining in its own little way.
Oh man, I compleately enjoyed Luminous Arc, but I'm also a huge fan of Strategy RPGs as well. I've heard of Izuna, I was almost considering picking it up once until I spotted a copy of Chrono Cross that day and only had enough for one game.
L5Animations said:
Were I live, I'm the only one for MILES (excluding my brother) who plays Castlevania games. I mean, sheesh, I own eight or nine of them, and the series has been around since the NES, so why does NOBODY I know play them? (This excludes all 64, PS2, PS3/360 games, I don't consider them to be true Castlevanias. The 3D ones.)
I think it's mostly because the fanbase for the series is a bit more spread out then some, but the Castlevania series still does have a heavy fanbase if you know where to look. I love the series to death here to be honest, and a few of my friends and people that I know around here have played them.
Anyways, back on track here. I would have to say Ikaruga is deserving of more play, it's a fun scrolling shooter (somewhat like Touhou in a way, but without the cutesy characters. Actually, think of it more like Gradius since you control a ship and fire at enemy ships.) but just prepare for a total punishing from it's difficulty (although I don't find it as hard as likes of DoDonPachi to be honest)
And Viewtiful Joe is deserving of more praise, a lot of people, including a couple of my friends that I know refuse to play the game because of it's cartooney graphics style but you're really missing out on such an enjoyable game if you do that. I think the cel-shaded style was part of the reason as to why it didn't sell very well when it came out.