Author Topic: NOW WITH TRAILER!!1! THUNDER FORCE VI ANNOUNCED, BITCHES >< (Read 1763 times)

disgruntled_jojo · « **on:** July 09, 2008, 12:51:18 PM »

(this sooo deserves it's own thread)

http://kotaku.com/5023224/a-decade-later-we-get-new-thunder-force-game
http://tecnosoft.com/

(thanks to Groo for the sweet scan, here)

Trailer

Thunder Force III is in my top 5 shooters of all time. Let's hope that they really pull out the stops on this one. You can clearly see multiple ships! Hopefully you can pick?

abrader · « **Reply #1 on:** July 09, 2008, 01:21:49 PM »

Thunderforce II is my fav.

BUT WHAT IS THIS? Technosoft is back? Bring on Herzog Zwei II bitches.

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #2 on:** July 09, 2008, 01:27:56 PM »

Thunder Force III has some of the best music of the 16-bit era, bar none. BRING IT, TS

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #3 on:** July 09, 2008, 01:28:52 PM »

I am lazy but somebody should find those Johnny Turbo comix

abrader · « **Reply #4 on:** July 09, 2008, 01:40:45 PM »

Why put it on a PS2 disk tho?

Why not just PSN/XBLA it?

drohne · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2008, 02:24:29 PM »

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thank FUCK it isn't downloadble. or portable. those are the standing excuses for developers to half-ass things. a retail 360 version would have been cool, but at least ps2 means i don't have to pray for a domestic release

Himu · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2008, 02:25:14 PM »

drohne · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2008, 02:30:05 PM »

4 is my favorite -- it actually might be my favorite horizontal shooter ever. really long and clever and challenging, some of the best console graphics from that era, AWESOME CHIPTUNE BUTTROCK

then 5. the saturn version. dodgy visuals, but the free range weapon rules, and it's a lot of fun to replay

then 3...which was amazing at the time, but may not have aged that well. great soundtrack certainly, but it's really easy, and tecnosoft's pixel art was still pretty crude at that point. actually gate of thunder does the tf3 thing better than tf3

MCD · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2008, 02:30:53 PM »

Quote from: drohne on July 09, 2008, 02:24:29 PM

thank FUCK it isn't downloadble. or portable. those are the standing excuses for developers to half-ass things. a retail 360 version would have been cool, but at least ps2 means i don't have to pray for a domestic release

downloadable = no need to wait for a localized version, with xbla at least.

and i don't know why you like a retail 360 release, shit is always region locked and after Senko No Ronde, i doubt anyone would bother localizing these niche games.

drohne · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2008, 02:32:32 PM »

there are like five good, original games between all the console download services. obviously an xbla version would be great if they kept the quality up, but that rarely, rarely happens

MCD · « **Reply #10 on:** July 09, 2008, 02:39:37 PM »

we need 2 more backlash and internet drama from xbla developers so they can up the size even more lol.

Fragamemnon · « **Reply #11 on:** July 09, 2008, 02:42:05 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on July 09, 2008, 02:40:15 PM

Quote from: drohne on July 09, 2008, 02:30:05 PM
4 is my favorite -- it actually might be my favorite horizontal shooter ever. really long and clever and challenging, some of the best console graphics from that era, AWESOME CHIPTUNE BUTTROCK

then 5. the saturn version. dodgy visuals, but the free range weapon rules, and it's a lot of fun to replay

then 3...which was amazing at the time, but may not have aged that well. great soundtrack certainly, but it's really easy, and tecnosoft's pixel art was still pretty crude at that point. actually gate of thunder does the tf3 thing better than tf3

I played III a few months ago and, while not as good as IV, it still satands up pretty well.

It's still fun, just a good bit too easy.

( i am a closet shooter player )

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #12 on:** July 09, 2008, 03:22:08 PM »

I agree that III is a bit easy, but only to those of us who have played it a ton. That's one thing I always liked about the Thunder Force series (well, 3/4/5, anyway) - they are memorization shooters, not twitch shooters. You get better every time you play through the level until you have it down - and then they are still fun because you get into the 'flow' when you play back through it.

And the music is to die for:
[youtube=425,350]MRDVRmbceSI[/youtube]

Can't beat that with a huge stick. I love it when the stage STOPS AND THEN STARTS SCROLLING BACKWARDS ><

I remember that part of their ad campaign was that the game featured 'line scrolling' - meaning they could change the direction that they are scrolling mid-stage as well as scrolling diagonally.

I for one am happy with it being at PS2 release. It will go great on my shelf next to Gradius V, the best shooter of last gen. It would be hella hot if they did PSN/XBLA releases of the previous ones tho. Or a PSP collection, I'd buy that immediately.

abrader · « **Reply #13 on:** July 09, 2008, 03:47:36 PM »

2 is da best!

I could beat TFII on one ship!

drohne · « **Reply #14 on:** July 09, 2008, 05:17:49 PM »

i thought 'line scrolling' referred to effects like the ones in the fire stage, where they could make each line scroll separately. i don't think there's anything special about being able to change scrolling direction mid-stage, anyway -- there are ancient games that do that

edit: or wait, maybe line scrolling is parallax scrolling where each line scrolls at a different rate. man, i haven't even thought about these terms since nick rox would abuse them in the pages of gamefan

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #15 on:** July 09, 2008, 05:56:25 PM »

Quote from: drohne on July 09, 2008, 05:17:49 PM

man, i haven't even thought about these terms since nick rox would abuse them in the pages of gamefan

Gamefan Screenshots / Printing Quality

Gamefan Writing Quality

The Sceneman · « **Reply #16 on:** July 10, 2008, 03:07:50 AM »

Ive only played III, but the music for III and IV is just so fuck amazing, so Im excited about this

tiesto · « **Reply #17 on:** July 10, 2008, 07:45:52 AM »

Quote from: drohne on July 09, 2008, 05:17:49 PM

i thought 'line scrolling' referred to effects like the ones in the fire stage, where they could make each line scroll separately. i don't think there's anything special about being able to change scrolling direction mid-stage, anyway -- there are ancient games that do that

edit: or wait, maybe line scrolling is parallax scrolling where each line scrolls at a different rate. man, i haven't even thought about these terms since nick rox would abuse them in the pages of gamefan

I always called that "raster effects" due to the emulator term for it, like individual line scrolling, or when the screen distorts in a wavelike pattern (i.e. in Dragon Warrior 3 when you step into a teleporter).

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #18 on:** July 10, 2008, 12:46:16 PM »

Quote from: tiesto on July 10, 2008, 07:45:52 AM

Quote from: drohne on July 09, 2008, 05:17:49 PM
i thought 'line scrolling' referred to effects like the ones in the fire stage, where they could make each line scroll separately. i don't think there's anything special about being able to change scrolling direction mid-stage, anyway -- there are ancient games that do that

edit: or wait, maybe line scrolling is parallax scrolling where each line scrolls at a different rate. man, i haven't even thought about these terms since nick rox would abuse them in the pages of gamefan

I always called that "raster effects" due to the emulator term for it, like individual line scrolling, or when the screen distorts in a wavelike pattern (i.e. in Dragon Warrior 3 when you step into a teleporter).

Not so say that I'm recollecting right, but I SWEAR somewhere on the ad or box copy it intimated that line scrolling was what let the stages scroll diagonally and such. Maybe they got it wrong

disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #19 on:** July 29, 2008, 04:34:12 PM »

Trailer with music omgomgomg

Includes TFIII music and bosses! HELLS YES

2008/10/30, 5800y

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #20 on:** July 29, 2008, 04:58:55 PM »

I fucked up pretty bad at work and was contemplating suicide.

But the Thunderforce VI trailer gave me a reason to live again.

spoiler (click to show/hide)

And to take off my pants.

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disgruntled_jojo · « **Reply #21 on:** July 29, 2008, 05:50:52 PM »

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