Vert vs. Hori

[MrPopo]

The biggest problem I have with horizontal is that most of them tend to have you spend as much time battling the terrain as you do the enemy hoards. Some verts will have terrain pieces (MUSHA comes to mind) but it's almost always just you vs. tons of dudes, so you can concentrate more on dodging bullets and blowing shit up. Deathsmiles is the big exception, as in DS the terrain just blocks you, it doesn't kill you.

[Octopod]

I voted vert. I really like both but some of my favorite games are verts, including fixed shooters like Galaga and Space Invaders. But mostly I vote vert because of the Raiden games.

[dsheinem]

Used to be a hori, but these days I'm a vert convert.

[noiseredux]

I just want to say that 2010 has been the year of the Shmup for old noiseredux. Any followers of the GBPL blog surely knows this. But yeah, when I was young I had a passing interest in a handful of shmups. It was only this year that I truly learned to just love and understand the addictiveness of the genre.

[jalvarez82]

I have to go with the OG Vert style shmup. Too many dope ass shmups are Vert. There are a lot of awesome Hori shmups out there too. Don't get me wrong! But I favor the manic shmups.

[BlackDS]

uhh, which direction is geometry wars?

[Octopod]

None, it is an arena shooter.

[noiseredux]

y'know something I realized? I often say that I prefer vertical shmups. But really it's just that I'm better at them. Many of my favorite shmups are actually horizontal. I'm just not as good at them. For some reason I just find the vertical layout far more comfortable. It feels very second nature to me.