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Title: Why don't horizontal shooters have score attacks?
Post by: sunteam_paul on September 13, 2009, 08:30:52 PM

Or do they? It struck me as strange that you only seem to get score/time attacks on vertical shooters, but perhaps I'm forgetting some.

Title: Re: Why don't horizontal shooters have score attacks?
Post by: ccovell on September 14, 2009, 12:57:41 AM

It's basically because in most horis, the levels can damage you if you fly into the scenery, whereas in verts, you usually fly over the scenery (and hence can destroy it from above.)  If there were a hori with a score attack, it'd look like the cell/candy-shooting bonus stages of Gradius & Parodius.

Title: Re: Why don't horizontal shooters have score attacks?
Post by: Tatsujin on September 14, 2009, 01:15:21 AM

progia no arashi has :)

Title: Re: Why don't horizontal shooters have score attacks?
Post by: esteban on September 15, 2009, 02:47:06 PM

Quote from: ccovell on September 14, 2009, 12:57:41 AM

It's basically because in most horis, the levels can damage you if you fly into the scenery, whereas in verts, you usually fly over the scenery (and hence can destroy it from above.)  If there were a hori with a score attack, it'd look like the cell/candy-shooting bonus stages of Gradius & Parodius.

But still... why deny shoot-em-up fans a score attack (or time attack) mode? :)

It's funny how certain things become established customs...

 

Title: Re: Why don't horizontal shooters have score attacks?
Post by: sunteam_paul on September 15, 2009, 09:20:59 PM

And why not in platformers either? There seems no logical reason why it couldn't or shouldn't be done.

Title: Re: Why don't horizontal shooters have score attacks?
Post by: esteban on September 23, 2009, 06:00:23 PM

Quote from: sunteam_paul on September 15, 2009, 09:20:59 PM

And why not in platformers either? There seems no logical reason why it couldn't or shouldn't be done.

Agreed.

Life is cruel.

Oh well...

Title: Re: Why don't horizontal shooters have score attacks?
Post by: SuperDeadite on September 24, 2009, 05:28:07 AM

Coryoon has 2min and 5min modes :)

Title: Re: Why don't horizontal shooters have score attacks?
Post by: esteban on September 28, 2009, 09:13:57 AM

Yet another reason to get Coryoon.