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Weekly Weekend Thread: What're you playing? (lemmus.org)
submitted 4 weeks ago by sundray@lemmus.org to c/shmups@lemmus.org
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Hey folks, sorry I missed last week! Not so weekly I guess ๐Ÿ˜“ . Anyway, I've recently picked up Fire Emblem Warriors, and it's been pretty fun! I love the musou genre. (in addition to shmups, of course!) Feel free to use this thread for general discussion too, if you'd like!

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[โ€“] mohab@piefed.social 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

TIL Fire Emblem has a musou game. I thought it's all turn-based strategy/RPG.

I've been bouncing among Batsugun, Assault Spy, and Soulstice. Fun time all around.

I hesitated before picking up Assault Spy and Soulstice, but ultimately I decided there are very few action games on Steam and I wanna support as many as possible so I don't feel guilty when they stop making them.

For Batsugun, the sale was too deep to not pick it up even if I don't enjoy it as much as other shmups. It's fun but feels too basic compared to what came after it. I'm still trying for the 1CC though.

[โ€“] sundray@lemmus.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

I had a lot of fun with Batsugun, but I have to admit I stopped enjoying the grind after a while. I should go back to it at some point!