Shmup-Like Games! Rail-Shooters, Character Action, Beat Em' Ups & More Live Talk Show Ft. Xaerock. In this new episode of Electric Live, the Shmup Talk Show, I am joined by the impressive Super-Player Xaerock to discuss shmup adjacent genres like rail shooters, beat em ups, character action, and Virtual On.
Check out Xaerock's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Zaarock
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00:00 Welcome to the show!
07:30 Shmup-Adjecent Genres Need a Home
17:10 What is Does Shmup-Like Game Design Look Like?
31:06 Shmup-Like Devs and Games that we LOVE
52:17 Mark and Xaerock's Top 5 Character Action Series
59:20 Hot Takes! Sega Genesis Over-rated Shmup Machine
1:05:20 Hot Take! DMC4 Level and Enemy Design Sucks
1:09:00 Hot Take! Game Reviews Today are Severely Lacking IMPORTANT INFO
1:17:20 Hot Take! Having a Life/Continue System is BAD GAME DESIGN
1:23:10 HOT Take! Shmups Need to INNOVATE MORE
1:35:10 Virtual On Discussion! Where to Play and How it Works
1:37:10 Versus Shmups Discussion, Rival Megagun, Twinkle, Maiden Battle
1:43:00 PS4 Battery Self Destruct, New R-type Game Preview Thoughts
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