Luckily, people who played classic action games on the PS2 growing up are old enough to start making their own games now, so we’re getting a bunch of indies like Genokids and Spirit X Strike, but except maybe the once-in-a-decade KOEI TECMO or Capcom release, big studios turned their back on the genre over profitability concerns, I assume, even though Devil May Cry 5 sold over 10 million copies.
Shmups: you know you’re fucked when even the most legendary shmup developer—CAVE—moves on to make gacha mobile games. Other than the occasional Touhou release, it’s all in the hands of indie developers now. Going from a time when companies as big as Capcom were making shmups to now is difficult to stomach.
I’m tempted to throw fighting games in there, but the genre is bigger than ever, TBF. I’m just bitter it’s moving in a direction I don’t like, which’s a personal gripe more than anything.
I can understand there being somewhat limited “modern” shmups in terms of using 3d hardware and having high framerates and stuff like that, but the shmup library is also freaking huge, as the genre’s been around for a long time and has had a lot of entries. Like, I cannot imagine playing through all of the decent-and-above games out there. Not to mention that some of them are damned hard and would take a lot of work to really master.
Yeah, but a lot are missing on Steam… hell, what I would consider to be the best two of all-time, Ketsui and DDP DaiOuJou, aren’t on there. I would love to have ESP Ra.De. and Guwange on there as well.
Even a lot of the Touhou titles are missing… it’s 2025, and I don’t think there is one legitimate place to legally acquire Imperishable Night digitally on PC (Or probably anywhere)
Yes, abandonware copies and ROMs exist, but they’ll never compare to something as nice as the Mushihimesama Steam port, for example.
I’d also love more new exciting releases along the lines of Crimzon Clover and Hellsinker. Yeah, we have others like Graze Counter, Gunvein, and Sophstar, but the more the merrier because not everything hits the same for everyone.
It’s a controversial topic and no one really agrees on what they’re called, but the genre I’m talking about in my comment is commonly referred to as “character action game” or “stylish action game”—more examples: Bayonetta, Ninja Gaiden II, and The Wonderful 101.
Action games and shmups.
Luckily, people who played classic action games on the PS2 growing up are old enough to start making their own games now, so we’re getting a bunch of indies like Genokids and Spirit X Strike, but except maybe the once-in-a-decade KOEI TECMO or Capcom release, big studios turned their back on the genre over profitability concerns, I assume, even though Devil May Cry 5 sold over 10 million copies.
Shmups: you know you’re fucked when even the most legendary shmup developer—CAVE—moves on to make gacha mobile games. Other than the occasional Touhou release, it’s all in the hands of indie developers now. Going from a time when companies as big as Capcom were making shmups to now is difficult to stomach.
I’m tempted to throw fighting games in there, but the genre is bigger than ever, TBF. I’m just bitter it’s moving in a direction I don’t like, which’s a personal gripe more than anything.
I can understand there being somewhat limited “modern” shmups in terms of using 3d hardware and having high framerates and stuff like that, but the shmup library is also freaking huge, as the genre’s been around for a long time and has had a lot of entries. Like, I cannot imagine playing through all of the decent-and-above games out there. Not to mention that some of them are damned hard and would take a lot of work to really master.
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Yeah, but a lot are missing on Steam… hell, what I would consider to be the best two of all-time, Ketsui and DDP DaiOuJou, aren’t on there. I would love to have ESP Ra.De. and Guwange on there as well.
Even a lot of the Touhou titles are missing… it’s 2025, and I don’t think there is one legitimate place to legally acquire Imperishable Night digitally on PC (Or probably anywhere)
Yes, abandonware copies and ROMs exist, but they’ll never compare to something as nice as the Mushihimesama Steam port, for example.
I’d also love more new exciting releases along the lines of Crimzon Clover and Hellsinker. Yeah, we have others like Graze Counter, Gunvein, and Sophstar, but the more the merrier because not everything hits the same for everyone.
Huh? Isn’t every FPS an action game?
It’s a controversial topic and no one really agrees on what they’re called, but the genre I’m talking about in my comment is commonly referred to as “character action game” or “stylish action game”—more examples: Bayonetta, Ninja Gaiden II, and The Wonderful 101.