What is a good (non touhou of course) shmup for a beginner?

what is a good (non touhou of course) shmup for a beginner?

Why non 2hu

Cho Ren Sha 68k and Blue Wish Resurrection

I think the Darius games are fairly easy compared to most shmups

Dariusburst on PC has a shitload of content
If you don't wanna pay, G-Darius has bitching music, could emulate it or try the old as fuck pc port.

death smiles looks pretty cool

Shmups are inherently weeb.
Post your hard 1cc and I will believe you when you say touhou is easy. Because you don't sound like an expert shmup player.

Seihou Project

ok i will get dariusburst and death smiles

That's just Touhou with more western/(futuristic) setting and worse/(less polished) gameplay

Dont know shit about shmups but ive heard about ikaruga so it must be good

I actually tried Deathsmiles after a bunch of people recommended it.

I don't think I like horizontal bullet hells. It's really weird to play and kind of not fun compared to the simplicity of Touhou.

Hahaha, wow, never played a shmup and avoids one of the most popular ones right away?

You're a fucking cretin OP, hope you grow out of your hipster ways.

Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu

>because 2ez
you know hard and lunatic exist, right?

That's not OP, there were 3 posts and 3 IPs at the time of that post.
t. almost posted the same thing you did beforeI noticed

Ikaruga is like the Skyrim of shmups

Mushihimesama and Crimzon Clover are fun.

Hard as fuck, but fun to play.

A really fucking fun western shmup is Tyrian 2000. From the creators of such games as Unreal Tournament, Unreal Tournament, and the smash hit, UNREAL TOURNAMENT!

If you like Cave-style bullet hell Ketsui is probably a good one to try. I've got the same issue with horizontal bullet hell

And Touhou is the My Little Pony of shmups.

>western shmup

>asks for a good beginner shmup
>dismisses one for being too easy, the exact thing that makes a good beginner shmup
uhhh

if a game has a health bar it's not worth mentioning in these threads

Dariusburst and Deathsmiles are both excellent choices, as Deathsmiles is an easier (but still challenging) Cave Co. game, while Dariusburst's level of content, coupled with epic boss fights and strange music, really take the cake.

Other shooters on steam I would recommend looking into:

Mushihimesama
Astebreed (hybrid shooter/action game)
Jamestown

On a side note, Blue Revolver is a new shooter on steam that I have had a helluva lot of fun with, though it might be difficult for a new player (though it has a "Normal" mode that takes the sting off of things). It's a seriously great game.

thanks