This is wonderful. I loved the R-Type final. It was really like Gran Turismo of shmups. Loved how there were so many cool secrets in the game, with portions of levels changing based on what you did earlier and so on.
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R-Type Final 2 announced [PS4,Xbox One, Switch and PC]
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Give it a few more years and this might actually be a date where everything is true (and a good time to announce games with heightened awareness)
This was kind of my gut reaction, but I'm just going to assume they have learned a thing or two since then. LOL An R-Type E (epsilon) would have been more exciting to me, but I'll still keep an eye on this one. :)
That largely already happened. Honestly the only lame stuff that's just low effort lies is by nobodies on twitter and forums. The stuff by actual companies is either real, or so over the top jokey that it's obvious to anyone.
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Gimme! A lot of the reason final felt so off was how slow it was, most of that being from the framerate being kind of bad. I still regret selling my copy years ago.
Are we saying this ISN'T an April Fools joke?
I want to believe.
Anyway, I'd love a new R-Type shmup. I would also love an R-Type Tactics III. I remember buying the physical UMD of the first one (R-Type Command outside Japan) for PSP when it came out, and I got the R-9 model with it. R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate never got officially localized, but there's an English fan translation that apparently is just fine.
I want to believe.
Anyway, I'd love a new R-Type shmup. I would also love an R-Type Tactics III. I remember buying the physical UMD of the first one (R-Type Command outside Japan) for PSP when it came out, and I got the R-9 model with it. R-Type Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate never got officially localized, but there's an English fan translation that apparently is just fine.
I don't think they'll deliberately try to replicate the bad parts of Final. Theoretically they could do something like R-Type Zero in terms of the story, maybe the original battle and banishing of the Bydo in the year 2500. Though LEO seems to be about the first contact with the Bydo.
I think Stage 3.5 (Bydo Forest) was the worst one for framerate. So much downtime because the game just took forever to get anywhere.
soitisreal!
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https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-04-03-r-type-final-2-is-real-and-very-much-not-a-joke
R-Type Final 2 is real and very much not a joke
Finally.
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https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2019-04-03-r-type-final-2-is-real-and-very-much-not-a-joke
R-Type Final 2 is real and very much not a joke
Finally.
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Glad that this is still real. I hear that Disaster Report 4 wasn't that great but I'm still happy to see Granzella keep the spirit of Irem alive.
Praise Haruhi this is real!
Some hopes I have for the game:
Some hopes I have for the game:
- Don't even call it Final 2. Call it Neo and reboot the series.
- Push the SHMUP genre forward away from its arcade roots (see: Tyrian and Xenon's shop systems, lack of 1-hit deaths). This is 2019, not 1993.
- Level design akin to The Third Lightning and Delta, but zoomed out with a larger movement area. Maintain the focus on strategy but make it open enough to mitigate excessive memorization.
- Add a bigger focus on story and worldbuilding. Portray the Bydo Empire using historically accurate imperialism, colonizing planets, stealing their resources and imposing laws and massacres on the non-Bydo natives.
I'm happy to see this is a real game. R-Type Final was an impressive game, and I'm eager to see how they can top it.
Don Fluffles had some good suggestions above.
Don Fluffles had some good suggestions above.
I'd prefer the Lovecraftian horror grown in a tank big as the moon version of the Bydo Empire.
i hope the game has actual level design rather than empty stretches of nothing but meager lines of single-shot enemies.
Ditto. Kinda got lost in the April Fool's noise, for me. Had no idea this was actually REAL, just like what happened with Fighting Layer EX.
Thought those were Compile games, unless I'm totally unaware that they got bought by the same company that owns Irem now.
I was wondering that. Thought they were the same or there abouts.
I dunno who owns Irem but D4 Enterprise bought all Compile's IP except Puyo Puyo which Sega had already snagged.
Well SOMEONE should remake The Guardian Legend; I've been saying that for like 20 years.
Definitely on board a new name and on your second point. It would be interesting to see them change up the core gameplay a bit like that. On the third point, I'm not so sure. They're already going to utilize the 16:9 aspect ratio, which might do what you suggest without the need to zoom everything out more. I'd say the claustrophobic nature of the levels is what gives the games some of their charm over other shooters, even.
No to the last point, sorry... The lore they've already established with the series is a big part of why I'm an R-Type fan first and foremost over other shooters. I get that they kind of closed the loop with Final, but I just don't... like what you've described. Sorry! It is a creative idea.
I'm pretty much on the same page.
Definitely on board a new name and on your second point. It would be interesting to see them change up the core gameplay a bit like that. On the third point, I'm not so sure. They're already going to utilize the 16:9 aspect ratio, which might do what you suggest without the need to zoom everything out more. I'd say the claustrophobic nature of the levels is what gives the games some of their charm over other shooters, even.
No to the last point, sorry... The lore they've already established with the series is a big part of why I'm an R-Type fan first and foremost over other shooters. I get that they kind of closed the loop with Final, but I just don't... like what you've described. Sorry! It is a creative idea.
I'm pretty much on the same page.
There are plenty of 3D games that run on Switch and are 60fps. Shmups aren't typically graphically intensive to begin with usually always focus on framerate.
In fact almost every case of a Fighting game or port of a STG title on the Switch almost all have been 60 simply due to the nature of the genre requiring such a framerate to begin with.
Shit I voted PC, now I want to change my vote. I need an R-Type amiibo and the R-Type ship in Smash :@
I made an oopsie and didn't look at R-Type Tactics/Command's lore. DERP!
Anyhoo, glad to see Granzella asking for port suggestions. Second, I'd love to ask for a return to pixel art despite the obvious challenges.
