This is my first post in this section of the forum. ExedExes sent me!
The story:
I am totally new to shmups. I'd only played one such game in my life (Spy Hunter) until a month or so ago, not including a confusing five-minute stint with a friend's copy of Lords of Thunder. But I listened to and fell in love with the soundtrack to Thunder Force III after o.pwuaioc mentioned the game, and I got Hobie-wan and pierrot to bring some shmups to a recent meetup for a crash-course.
I wound up buying Thunder Force III a week or so ago, and it is
so satisfying. I
get it now. I get why these games are so popular. I've beaten TF3 multiple times and just keep going back for more. I seriously can't believe how enjoyable it is. This probably sounds nuts to you guys because it's so obvious to you, but as someone who has had next to no experience with these games, it's been like discovering a whole new world.
I know TF3 is one of the baby shmups in terms of difficulty and am aware that this isn't impressive or anything, but I got my first 1CC a few days back and have been gradually trying to improve my score. I do fantastically up until the Orn Base stage 7 boss, so I've still got to get that thing figured out. Until then, here's my current hi score on normal:
I'll still be playing the heck out of this one, but when I'm ready to move on... any suggestions on what my next title should be?