FRESH PERSPECTIVE! Shoot Em' Up Discussion With A New Player, RJB! In today's episode of the Electric Underground Videocast I discuss the genre with a new a player, RJB, to get a fresh perspective on shmups and to hear his feedback on what ideas and elements of the genre are currently connecting with new players. I really enjoyed the discussion a lot and learned quiet a bit about what elements of the genre we can market research and work towards finding wider appeal. It definitely sounds like the Nintendo Switch, Crimzon Clover World Explosion, CAVE, bullet hell, the PS4, and multiplayer shmups are routes worth exploring in the future. We also talk about game journalism, arcade sticks, controllers, shoot em' up reviews, game length, roguelikes, audience expectation, and the different Magic the Gathering player types and how they would apply to shmups. RJB also did seem to really connect with my idea of bringing Guilty Gear style graphics to bullet hell (come on Platinum, that's what the people want).
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