Best Shmup?

Any addition to this?

 

Lightning Fighter 2. Sadly I can't really recommend it personally due to the pay model. I don't even mind that it's a rehash of the original LF, but they killed it with the IAP scheme.

 

I've played more and more shmups since my last post, so here's my most recent list :

Phoenix HD
Danmaku Unlimited 2
Darius Burst
Sine Mora

 

Add Sine Mora on my list of shmup recommends:

Sine Mora HDMI and iCade Report!

Well, first good news on the iCade front, we got icade to be put into Sine Mora!!! Woo hoo!!! Expect it in a future update.

Now, this is a game that you have to play on HDMI. Not only does it have some of the smoothest boss animations on ios, but since the screen only displays on about 1/2 the screen on an ipad, HDMI is where it is at! As you can see in my screenshots, there is a HUGE difference in screen space on the TV vs my ipad 3. So much so, that it is shocking. Now, with icade support and HDMI, well, this game will totally rock.

If you notice here, I am using the most zoomed in version of my TV zoom capability. With that, it uses about 3/4 of my TV screen without losing anything, and keeping the correct aspect ratios.

Also, if you have an ipad 3, turn off screen shake, for pretty good framerates playing on TV. And crank the sound up real loud cause with this setup, it plays really well.

Highly recommend trying out HDMI and icade on Sine Mora. This will be the new standard in ipad games in the future, full console support. Awesome TV support for games like this which use borders, and awesome joystick support which the developer states, he will add in Apple joystick support in the future. Coolness.

 

Trying to remember a game. It was more of an evasion shmup like Fireball but you would make black holes to suck in enemies

 

Spirit

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/spirit/id354998923?mt=8

 

Has anyone said Hyperlight

 

Wouldn't call these shmups.

 

Aight aight. I would classify them as "enemy hell" games. Rather than bulltet hell

 

But shmups first word is shoot. It's almost like FPS, it would be like saying Lili is an FPS.

 

I dunno. On closer examination, the only really damning IAP integration is that continues don't reset the score and are an alternate currency exclusive. The other stuff that's useful for actual performance falls within the same category as a lot of stuff that can be found in games with no IAP. I just think they goofed in thinking that since the original LF integrated continue use with the scoring, that they should just stick with that in LF2. Seeing as I'm not THAT good at the game anyway, I can live with the possibility of people buying better scores than I can get.

 

Unlike Lili in relation to FPSs, those games draw largely upon the same skillset as a shmup though.

 

Oh I was agreeing with you haha

 

Page 11 before someone mentions Sine Mora? Oh, and even though it is on the PC and will likely never see an iOS port, Jamestown is a vert shmup that has a killer theme and soundtrack and is worth picking up through a humble bundle.

 

There was one on android that reminded me of that. Thanks for the memories on that. I hope jamestown gets ported to ios

 

Pheonix HD is very cool, but a thin interface to say the least and this form of IAP terrorism is simply not acceptable. I should be able to grind for other ships, this is just money grubbing.

This engine with the view pulled out a little could be the best shmup going, but when you have an IAP boot in your face it doesn't feek like there is much point in continuing to play after you have pushed through all the basic enemies. I really enjoy the game but I would have rather shelled out a couple of more dollars for a FULL game than this.

 

Really? I find Pheonix HD's pay model to be perfectly acceptable

 

I justed checked Steam if Jamestown is available for Mac, which it is.
Looks really great, thanks for the recommendation.

 

It is worth it for the soundtrack alone.

 

If you don't already have it, Icarus-X is now free so now is the time.