The shmup thread

[Silvergun X]

Deathmsiles isn't bullet hell (much). And is not that hard in comparison to most (on level 1 difficulty).

Rank 999 on MBL however is

The good thing about Deathsmiles is you can scale the difficulty to your own skill level. You can tackle each level at Rank 1, 2 or 3. The higher ranks are obviously higher on the score opportunities but heavier on the bullet rain.

Mega Black Label added Rank 999 which was just ridiculous and stupid hard.

[QualityChimp]

I didn't think Deathsmiles worked in Pal 360s?

I'm the same as you, Shinobi! I don't want to feel overwhelmed.

I've just queued up a few demos from Live:
Ikaruga
Triggerheart Excelica
Omega Five

That should be a good start!

[monel]

QC, it's coming out in Pal land this month, I think.

I didn't even know Ikaruga was on the 360.

[chopemon]

Just for completeness sake, KOF Sky Stage is on XBLA as well.

[ozzzy189]

deatsmiles is out on friday. 18 quid for three discs and there's a nice them and pics on the market place now. pics of theme and pics here.

http://www.risingstargames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=506&start=10

[QualityChimp]

That new Galaga game was lots of fun too and is on offer this week!

[Kaosu]

I find it a bit odd how RSG have the game ID with PAL in there... unless it's a debug placeholder.

->Open Spoiler<-

Also, I feel robbed having bought that same theme on the JPN marketplace.

[fuse]

The US version is marked as Deathsmiles NA - looks like we'll now have 3 sets of Death Smiles achievements up for grabs.