1001 Games To Play Before You Die: #0147 1943

Monday, August 7, 2017

#0147 1943

Alright! Next up is 1943, another SHMUP, this time by those guys at Capcom.

I've played three SHMUPs in a row now. How does each one seem to get consecutively better? Seriously, despite coming out the same year they seem to be learning from each other's mistakes.

1943 has a different way of handling lives than the others. You actually have a life bar. Something I've been absolutely DYING for in these games. OHKOs are a HUGE pain when you're playing SHMUPs so being able to take a hit or two is a really welcome feature.

Another thing handled very well is the powerup system! We finally FINALLY have powerups that are applied immediately to your primary weapon, and you can pick and choose which powerups you want. they don't stack, they're not single use, but they're incredibly useful and every one is unique and interesting.

Along with an amazing sound track, great visuals (if a tad pixelated compared to what came before) and a continue system that leaves you RIGHT where you left off, this is a recipe for a near perfect shooter. I'm legit impressed.

Next up: Operation Wolf

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Why I'm taking this challenge

So! I’ve spent nearly my entire life as a Nintendo Fanboy. A rabid fanboy to the point where when my family got a brand new Playstation 2 back in ‘02 (One of the best consoles ever). I refused to play it. I refused to have anything to do with the company that stole my beloved Nintendo’s thunder! This fanboyism ran rampant in my gaming life through high school and even when I moved out to live with the woman who would one day become my wife. I still didn’t play anything but Nintendo consoles. In fact, it wasn’t until we were gifted an Xbox 360 did I FINALLY play a game on a different console. That was Bioshock, it was also the first shooter I had ever played.It became one of my favorite games of all time. The rest is history, I’ve been playing games on any console I want now.

That’s all well and good, but this means that there is an entire other gaming WORLD that I’ve never played. Never experienced in my life. I love shooters, but with the exception of the half-life series, and System shock 2, every shooter from Doom all the way up until Bioshock, I’ve never played. Not Quake, not CoD, not battlefield.

So, since I’ve missed out on nearly 30 years of gaming, I decided to take a challenge. My lovely wife got me a book called 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die I am going to play through every game in this book. Starting with Oregon Trail (1971) and finish with Bioshock Infinite (2013) I plan to do at least one generation per year. At least. And to help me keep track of what I've done, I started doing small reviews of every game.

At first I wrote these in the starment.net forums, but eventually they became too lengthy to only be posted there, so I created this blog to not only help keep me organized, but so others can follow along as well. It won't be easy, but I think it's worth it to play games that I may otherwise never have played.