Helicopter Vidya Thread

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IT AIN'T ME

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Inb4 someone posts the crab in an attack helicopter WEBM and it will have tons of people asking for sauce

You making a request user?

Being a door gunner wouldn't make for a very engaging game tho. You need to be able to pilot the helo as well (or have co-op with multiple door gunners being other players).

I wish EA hadn't killed the Strike series.

I've been playing Under Defeat recently after watching some of the few playthroughs online. Dreamcast version, since it runs better. Pretty fun, but having not really played the genre before- helicopter shmups or shmups in general- it's pretty difficult to learn from scratch. I feel like I'm too bombshy, since I'm very intent on getting the full war contribution score and don't want to lose credit by using bombs at the wrong time for that, which is often the right time for clearing bullets off the screen, and I refuse to move on without getting the levels perfect and not dying more than once on the bosses. Haven't gotten past 2 for that compulsion. Any other anons tried it? What's the key I'm missing, beside basic genre skills & muscle memory? I'm using the cannon option relatively religiously, since it is exceptionally accurate and distributes damage very well over multiple or single targets. Not so sure of the rocket, whiff too much this early in learning. Vulcan's a little underwhelming too, since it follows the player.

Two helicopter games I liked were Comanche Maximum Overkill and Apache Assault. I was disappointed that Apache Assault didn't have a more realistic mode and the multiplayer sucked but nevertheless the single player was reasonably fun.

now I want to see it, someone post it please

Just see if you can get through the stages, imperfections and all. Also the HD re-release plays pretty much exactly the same, and it even has the same slowdown which I think they should have fixed, but I guess it has its own charm to it along with a few other bells and whistles, like new helis and an art CD. Under Defeat us unique in the fact that you can rotate the helicopter to fire at an angle and depending on how fast you press the fire button as you turn, you can shoot at a shallower angle. but, as you play, you'll gradually memorize where the dudes come from and when and you'll get better and last longer.