The Valfaris comeback story was amazing! You might remember the art style from a slightly different game: Slain!. Slain! was a highly anticipated game that, […] Read More
Category: Greatest shmup of them all
As a long running series, Darius is not a stranger to innovation and formula changes. Even though the basics of the series like giant fish […] Read More
There’s all kind of reasons for shmup enthusiast to be drawn to particular games in the genre. It could be a deep scoring system. Perhaps […] Read More
We’ve gotten many incredible arcade ports in the past, including Darius’ own Arcade Collection. These ports aim to bring in all the look and feel […] Read More
Evo moment 37. That one sequence where Daigo Umehara, playing as Ken in Street Fighter 3, perfectly parries Chun-Li’s super and counters with a winning […] Read More
There’s always been some sort of mysticism from japanese shmups for me. Back then, I would watch videos about super plays on these obscure titles […] Read More
After more than 30 reviews for this list, it is very clear that I love to play shmups. I’m not the most hardcore player and […] Read More
In present times, the term shmup is usually associated with a very specific type of game. I’m talking about having scores in the billions and […] Read More
There’s one thing I’ve noticed throughout all the different entries on this list, and that’s a passion for shmup games. We know our genre is […] Read More
For some reason I like to use burgers as metaphors for shmups, so let’s not change that wonderful habit. Back when I was living in […] Read More