On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:37:09 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
A couple free Vampire Survivor (bullet heaven I guess is what the genre
is called now) clones I heard were good. Always free as far as I can
tell. I know not many care for VS here but there's got to be one more
than me, but hey they're free and increase the number!
Bullet heaven? Is that different from bullet hell games? The latter
has been a genre for decades. I think I first started hearing the
phrase in the mid 2000s, but it's not really a genre I ever focused
on, so the phrase might have been around before that.
Hmmm... Wikipedia says: "Bullet heaven are... games in which, rather
than attempting to dodge enemy projectiles, the player's character or
vessel generates the bullets". Learned something new, I did. It still
doesn't seem that new a genre (honestly, is it really that much
different from Robotron 2084?) but I'll accept the name for it. ;-P
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2083160/Disfigure/
Horror survival with guns I guess.
I mean, I'm not a fan of these games and I know that this game is just
going to immediately go into the backlog, but if a game is free, you
just gotta grab it, right?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420510/HoloCure__Save_the_Fans/
A game featuring anime twitch streamers as the main characters I guess,
Well... not always, I guess.
Still, 50% is good enough for me. Thanks for the head's up, Justisaur
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:37:09 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
A couple free Vampire Survivor (bullet heaven I guess is what the genre
is called now) clones I heard were good. Always free as far as I can
tell. I know not many care for VS here but there's got to be one more
than me, but hey they're free and increase the number!
Bullet heaven? Is that different from bullet hell games? The latter
has been a genre for decades. I think I first started hearing the
phrase in the mid 2000s, but it's not really a genre I ever focused
on, so the phrase might have been around before that.
Hmmm... Wikipedia says: "Bullet heaven are... games in which, rather
than attempting to dodge enemy projectiles, the player's character or
vessel generates the bullets". Learned something new, I did. It still
doesn't seem that new a genre (honestly, is it really that much
different from Robotron 2084?) but I'll accept the name for it. ;-P
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2083160/Disfigure/
Horror survival with guns I guess.
I mean, I'm not a fan of these games and I know that this game is just
going to immediately go into the backlog, but if a game is free, you
just gotta grab it, right?
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2420510/HoloCure__Save_the_Fans/
A game featuring anime twitch streamers as the main characters I guess,
Well... not always, I guess.
Still, 50% is good enough for me. Thanks for the head's up, Justisaur
On 2/15/24 13:35, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:37:09 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
A couple free Vampire Survivor (bullet heaven I guess is what the genre
is called now) clones I heard were good. Always free as far as I can
tell. I know not many care for VS here but there's got to be one more
than me, but hey they're free and increase the number!
Bullet heaven? Is that different from bullet hell games? The latter
has been a genre for decades. I think I first started hearing the
phrase in the mid 2000s, but it's not really a genre I ever focused
on, so the phrase might have been around before that.
Hmmm... Wikipedia says: "Bullet heaven are... games in which, rather
than attempting to dodge enemy projectiles, the player's character or
vessel generates the bullets". Learned something new, I did. It still
doesn't seem that new a genre (honestly, is it really that much
different from Robotron 2084?) but I'll accept the name for it. ;-P
Does this mean Galaga is a Bullet Heaven game?
On 2/15/2024 11:56 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
On 2/15/24 13:35, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:37:09 -0800, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
A couple free Vampire Survivor (bullet heaven I guess is what the genre >>>> is called now) clones I heard were good. Always free as far as I can >>>> tell. I know not many care for VS here but there's got to be one more >>>> than me, but hey they're free and increase the number!
Bullet heaven? Is that different from bullet hell games? The latter
has been a genre for decades. I think I first started hearing the
phrase in the mid 2000s, but it's not really a genre I ever focused
on, so the phrase might have been around before that.
Hmmm... Wikipedia says: "Bullet heaven are... games in which, rather
than attempting to dodge enemy projectiles, the player's character or
vessel generates the bullets". Learned something new, I did. It still
doesn't seem that new a genre (honestly, is it really that much
different from Robotron 2084?) but I'll accept the name for it. ;-P
Does this mean Galaga is a Bullet Heaven game?
I see bullet heaven as shorthand for "A game inspired by or a clone of Vampire Survivors."
You shoot all the bullets, enemies generally don't shoot bullets maybe
some rare exceptions. You just need to avoid the enemies, or at least
the ones that can survive long enough to get to you. There's some
strategy about what power-ups to get in what order, and it's also
probably 'rogue-lite' as you unlock powers and characters to start runs
with and what combination of those to use.
By that definition Robotron & Galaga wouldn't qualify, but by
Wikipedia's they seem right on the edge.
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