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[Punished Miku]

Anyone else hyped for this game? The last R-Type Final was on PS2. This game was always the rolls royce of shmups for me, with the best art style, the best lasers. Always seemed a step above the rest in terms of production value and slick design.

I tried the demo on Switch and it's pretty good for stage 1.

 

[DGrayson]

Thanks for the heads up! I need a good new shump to play. I love the genres but dont follow all the releases. Loved RType on the SNES.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Will try.

 

[AJUMP23]

Looks cool. Have great nostalgia for R-Type and will check it out. Thanks for the heads up. You have a link to the demo download?

 

[ghairat]

I played the demo a while back and it is really good. Still waiting for a home port of R-type Leo

 

[ghairat]

Looks cool. Have great nostalgia for R-Type and will check it out. Thanks for the heads up. You have a link to the demo download?

R-Type® Final 2 Demo

R-Type has returned The legendary side-scroller is back and better than ever with beautifully rendered 3D graphics, exhilarating shoot-em-up gameplay, and a multitude of stages, ships, and weapons that will allow you to conduct a symphony of destruction upon your foes.

store.playstation.com

R-Type® Final 2 for Nintendo Switch - Nintendo Official Site

Buy R-Type® Final 2 and shop other great Nintendo products online at the official My Nintendo Store.

www.nintendo.com

 

[Punished Miku]

Thanks for the heads up! I need a good new shump to play. I love the genres but dont follow all the releases. Loved RType on the SNES.

Same! That game was amazing. The first level in this feels pretty similar so you'll be right at home.

Watch out for the boss' giant laser blast.

 

[DGrayson]

Same! That game was amazing. The first level in this feels pretty similar so you'll be right at home.

Watch out for the boss' giant laser blast.

Thats every shump right??

 

[Punished Miku]

Thats every shump right??

You have a point lol. ... it's a very sneaky laser blast though and can one shot you

 

[Kuranghi]

I can't find PC/Steam demo is it PS and Switch only?

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Where?

 

[Punished Miku]

I can't find PC/Steam demo is it PS and Switch only?

I checked it on consoles, but I don't really game on PC so I guess I just assumed they had one as well. That's stupid if they don't.

 

[Kuranghi]

Watch out for the boss' giant laser blast.

Thats every shump right??

You have a point lol. ... it's a very sneaky laser blast though and can one shot you

I want to make a Shmup thread now where we give "beginner tips" and it just things like:

* Avoid enemies projectiles!
* Use the fire button to shoot your own projectiles back at the enemies, use them to destroy the enemies!
* If a boss fires a giant laser, best practice is to avoid it.

 

[Punished Miku]

I want to make a Shmup thread now where we give "beginner tips" and it just things like:

* Avoid enemies projectiles!
* Use the fire button to shoot your own projectiles back at the enemies, use them to destroy the enemies!
* If a boss fires a giant laser, best practice is to avoid it.

 

[jigglet]

Best shmup series ever IMO.

 

[The_Mighty_X]

Whole game playthrough. Looks incredible! I love the lighting reflections.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

Still can't find this on the consoles.

 

[Esca]

Thanks op, downloading demo now. I've always had a special spot for rtype. Still have a couple from the ps2

 

[Animagic]

The demo was so promising I went and preordered a physical copy to ship to me on release day. I’m stoked.
The people I see complaining about it online are bullet-hell masochist types that only play those type of shooting games. The elitist bs is going to destroy this style of games, just like what happened to flying games and racing games.

Hopefully it does well and is a good follow up to the rest of the series. Maybe it will even bring about a resurgence of this style of shooter

edit: R-Type Delta the GOAT

 

[Fredrik]

Whole game playthrough. Looks incredible! I love the lighting reflections.

Nice this looks great! I want Nintendo to do something like this with Super Metroid. Imagine that. Super Metroid Final!

 

[SkylineRKR]

Its better than the original Final. Runs smoother.

I don't know if I like it more than Delta though. But the demo was good. Its a true R-Type.

 

[nerdface]

downloading now, thanks!

 

[Miles708]

Thiiiiiis iiiis incredddiiiiiblleeeeeee oh my gooooooooooooooo...... [launches into space]

 

[Animagic]

Whole game playthrough. Looks incredible! I love the lighting reflections.

Glad to hear it looks good, but I absolutely won’t watch this: I want to experience it all for myself the first time through with my speakers blasting, or if my kid is sleeping, playing portable with my cans on.

 

[nerdface]

Glad to hear it looks good, but I absolutely won’t watch this: I want to experience it all for myself the first time through with my speakers blasting, or if my kid is sleeping, playing portable with my cans on.

yeah, I watched the first level and realized it was a better idea to just download the demo

 

[Kuranghi]

Glad to hear it looks good, but I absolutely won’t watch this: I want to experience it all for myself the first time through with my speakers blasting, or if my kid is sleeping, playing portable with my cans on.

3rd option with step by step guide:

1) Buy some child sized wireless headphones and put them on your kid while they are sleeping
2) Boot the game and set SFX and Music volume to 11
3) Blow your sprog's tiny mind
4) ????
5) Profit*

*/divorce/life-time child counselling

 

[Animagic]

3rd option with step by step guide:

1) Buy some child sized wireless headphones and put them on your kid while they are sleeping
2) Boot the game and set SFX and Music volume to 11
3) Blow your sprog's tiny mind
4) ????
5) Profit*

*/divorce/life-time child counselling

LOL I would never! Those little eardrums can't handle that!

 

[somesang]

Tried the demo on Switch. Not playing the game for the graphics but the stuttering turned me off. PC it is.

 

[Punished Miku]

Tried the demo on Switch. Not playing the game for the graphics but the stuttering turned me off. PC it is.

I thought it looked pretty good on Switch. But it does look better on PS4, so that's what I ordered.

 

[Tarin02543]

Anyone know what the price will be on Steam (EU)?

 

[Kuranghi]

I thought it looked pretty good on Switch. But it does look better on PS4, so that's what I ordered.

I'm downloading it on PS4 now, does that version have any egregious frame drops? I saw some in the video posted above but it was during a mega-splosion which I can handle, I'll just pretend I'm playing Ikaruga and I've just blown up a boss.

 

[Punished Miku]

I'm downloading it on PS4 now, does that version have any egregious frame drops? I saw some in the video posted above but it was during a mega-splosion which I can handle, I'll just pretend I'm playing Ikaruga and I've just blown up a boss.

I honestly wasn't paying attention that much. I played it on PS5. I noticed some weird blocky black effect on the boss and wasn't sure if that was a glitch or not. Can't really say I noticed the framerate at all.

 

[Kuranghi]

I honestly wasn't paying attention that much. I played it on PS5. I noticed some weird blocky black effect on the boss and wasn't sure if that was a glitch or not. Can't really say I noticed the framerate at all.

Thats probably a good sign then, its quite smooth due to the constant lateral panning nature of the game, so you'd probably notice if it was really stuttery.

Noice, I can't wait to biff some space crates around and laser blast some space mecha-bads.

edit - Wait, I'm being a wally, if it has frame rate drops on the PS4 then PS5 should just power through them with brute force, yussss.

 

[Miles708]

I'm downloading it on PS4 now, does that version have any egregious frame drops? I saw some in the video posted above but it was during a mega-splosion which I can handle, I'll just pretend I'm playing Ikaruga and I've just blown up a boss.

I noticed only consistent slowdowns in the boss when there's a lot of smoke. Pretty fluid otherwise.
I suck at the genre so I welcome boss slowdowns with open arms.

 

[Soodanim]

R-Type on the Master System is one of the first games I ever played. It even had my dad, someone who doesn't play games, playing it when I was asleep. Definitely going to give this my time.

 

[The_Mighty_X]

I noticed only consistent slowdowns ...

Just like in the SNES version !!

See. It's all about nostalgia

 

[Punished Miku]

Just like in the SNES version !!

See. It's all about nostalgia

Matrix mode

 

[Animagic]

Matrix mode

Just like Gradius 3 on SNES with all options active

 

[T8SC]

The original on the Amiga was amazing, as was Chris "GOAT" Huelsbeck's theme.

 

[Kuranghi]

Weird, I couldn't find it on the PSN on my PS5 no matter what I searched for. I had to add it via the PS Store website just there. Back to the PS input I go!

The original on the Amiga was amazing, as was Chris "GOAT" Huelsbeck's theme.

Wow the height and width of the sound stage is so great with this track, even on my adequate soundbar, which only has 90cm between the left and right channels. Feels like there is a height channel ha.

 

[worldwithpyramids]

Nice, looks decent. Feel like we haven’t had a good shmup since ZeroRanger. Though Rolling Gunner wasn’t bad either.

 

[Animagic]

Nice, looks decent. Feel like we haven’t had a good shmup since ZeroRanger. Though Rolling Gunner wasn’t bad either.

Yeah, I’ve been mostly playing weird indie shooters and ports of older games these days. Hopefully this does well and brings on a second renaissance for shoot-em-ups.

 

[RAIDEN1]

Best shmup series ever IMO.

Best Shmup series ever? Thunderforce says HI !

 

[Miles708]

Best Shmup series ever? Thunderforce says HI !

I'm extremely happy that R-Type FInal 2 exists, but RAIDEN1 speaks the truth.

 

[ClanOfNone]

Demo was super solid, will pick this up.

It will help dull the pain of my never ending wait for an Einhander remake/remaster.

 

[Animagic]

Some awesome impressions from a dude at a shmup forum:

Spoiler: Click for pros cons list (minimal spoilers)

R-Type Final2 - Page 19 - shmups.system11.org

 

[nerdface]

Yeah, I had to pull the trigger on this. Should arrive on the fourth.

Just enough time to bang my head against MH:R2.0. Then I can wait out D2:R with GnG:R, and RTF2.

Wow, that’s a lot of accronyms. This year is already so full of games. It’s... ... it’s beautiful, man.

 

[mango drank]

Makes me want to dig up Einhander.

 

[Animagic]

Makes me want to dig up Einhander.

Einhander and R-Type Delta on psx were

 

[Con-Z-epT]