Espgaluda 2 VS Espgaluda 1 Review and Comparison!

[@adrianhendricks772]

_Kakusei Shikai_ (覚聖死界) = *"Awakening"* [literally, "Sacred Awakening: Death Zone"] ⬆️ Here, they take the _sei_ from _kakusei_ (覚醒, awakening) and replace it with 聖, also pronounced _sei_ (from 聖なる _seinaru,_ "holy/sacred/divine"). _Kakusei Zesshikai_ (覚聖絶死界) = *"Death's Awakening"* [literally, "Sacred Awakening: Absolute Death Zone"] ⬆️ This is the "hyper bullet-time" mode with the constantly respawning revenge bullets.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Oh this is really cool info!

[@adrianhendricks772]

@@TheElectricUnderground Yeah, Japanese anime/manga writers and videogame developers love using this kind of wordplay, where they take a word that already exists in Japanese and swap out the _kanji_ characters to give the word a brand new extra meaning based on the context. Case in point, Queen Larsa, the final (and true final) boss of CAVE's _Mushihime-sama Futari._ After Reco defeated Aki, Larsa's son and the True Last Boss of the first _Mushihime-sama,_ Larsa was completely blinded by rage and a thirst for vengeance. When Aki's brother Palm went to Reco's side (as the second playable character), the queen furiously turned on him, saying that she had plenty of other subjects to replace him! In _MushiFutari,_ Larsa is given the moniker of 鬼死母神 _Kishibojin._ The original term "kishibojin" (鬼子母神) means "a goddess of children," but CAVE replaced the 子 _shi_ meaning "child" with 死 _shi_ meaning "death." Now Queen Larsa has become a *Goddess of Juvenile Murder;* she was willing to kill her last surviving son just to avenge her firstborn (which makes no damn sense, but hey, that's CAVE for you)!! *This level of beautiful and clever wordplay just DOES NOT EXIST in English, and I'm SO JEALOUS...* 😠

[@johngavalas74]

I hope they port Espgaluda 1 to the switch one day

[@run1cc347]

If you clear EspGaluda 2 Arcade/360 Mode (continues ok) you unlock OMAKE = Bonus mode. IMO this is probably the single best tool for learning how to dodge complex patterns, as it lets you tackle any phase of the game in almost total Kakusei mode. All the patterns, at 50% speed. That is a big bonus.

[@rushiosan]

Your channel is a shmup sanctuary! I’m currently working on Mushi 1 and EspRaDe 1cc’s, they’re definitely manageabe after some training. I can’t wait to try Galuda 2 on Switch as soon as it releases, I just don’t understand why they’re skipping the first entry...

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Thanks so much! I would guess because Galuda 1 is a ps2 port (a fantastic one btw) and the ps2 is probably harder to move over to the switch and modern consoles then a 360 like galuda 2. That being said, we do need to see the ps2 galuda port on modern platforms, the arrange is awesome.

[@nahucirujano]

Awesome video as always. PS: I love Galuda 1's Stage 4 BGM: Fort City. Such a great song.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Thank you so much my dude!!

[@artboy598]

My first Cave 1CC was Daifukkatsu. I personally think it’s also a good entry point, though it wasn’t my first bullet hell.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Oh yeah dfk for sure!

[@trev1976]

Espgaluda 2 is one of my favourite cave games. So underrated and for some reason people think its really difficult compared to other cave games ? I'm not sure why as I'd say Ketsui/DOJ are much harder.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Oh I think it s average compared to those. I just meant in comparison to galuda 1

[@trev1976]

@@TheElectricUnderground Oh yes much harder than Espgaluda 1 , Espgaulda 1 was my first shmup 1cc BITD (its a great shmup for beginners)

[@TetsuoIronMan]

When my friend introduced me to Cave games, I imported all the ones that could be played on a NA 360. This is one of my favorites out of my 360 collection, possibly because I was better at this than the others. I have the Muchi Muchi Pork/Pink Sweets combo too, and while I’m trash at both, I absolutely love MMP.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

MMP is a cool game :-)

[@neontetra1000]

Don’t forget when you clear espgaluda 2 even in novive mode you open another game mode!. Called Omote It’s great fun!

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Nice!!!

[@poodudeelite]

ESPGaluda is the better game. More balanced, simpler controls, better music. That and ketsui are my favorite cave games

[@1CCJAM]

I don’t agree at all that Espgaluda is a beginner friendly game. The Alice stage plus the long final boss fight make this game more difficult than Deathsmiles, DaiFukkatsu or Mushi Original. Those are much more beginner friendly games than Espgaluda. I even found Progear easier to clear than Espgaluda. I’m not sure why people keep saying this. Espgaluda is a masterpiece though, the bullet time mechanic is genius, and the soundtrack rocks!

[@jacobwilbers6461]

i started with galuda 1

[@rurouni82]

None of the cave shooters are really beginner friendly. Some are just easier than others.

[@GUILLERMO01ful]

+1000

[@josetrochez5982]

I agree with you. Especially the sound track! I find it the best out of all the cave shmups

[@skykid4000]

If you can get to the final boss it’s not difficult then.

[@StarfighterJohansson]

Mark, you absolute legend you! :) There are two reasons as to why I feel your channel on the topic of shmups is the absolute best. Reason one: you have this kind of "every skill level is welcome" vibe going on where you're including everyone and present the genre in a really good, clear, way even though you are a very good player and certainly could have gone the fully initiated hardcore way. I appreciate that! Reason two: You seem to have a way to always stay one step ahead of me as to what videos could be useful. Everytime I'm stumped over something you have a whole analysis video covering the game in question, Espgaluda 2 being my latest but far from first example. Perhaps it's partly because of your patreon voted topics that helps you focus on what's generally going to be asked, but even so you do a tremendous job gathering information and compiling it down to an understandable form. I'm learning so much from every one of your videos, it's great. Thank you!

[@SPM_STG]

Nice video Mark. I also prefer the first one. I'd choose any day simpler scoring systems with depth over convoluted unintuitive ones. (but the presentation in Esp2 is better imo)

[@Kikoman589]

Espgaluda II is the first shmup I played myself, but even after trying a bunch of others, I haven't gotten to Espgaluda. I've already committed to Mushi being my first 1CC, but it wouldn't hurt to get the next one with Espgaluda.

[@outexyt]

yes, please make a video about the PS2 Arrange of Espgaluda!

[@silverstar8561]

On topic of ps2 port, i also can say that PCSX2 runs it relatively well, even tho it has some sound issues(perhaps i need to tinker with those), and has better practice tool compared to playing it on original hw

[@miltiadiskoutsokeras9189]

We are so lucky some of the 360 ports were region free. Just unlucky that original ESPGaluda was not ported and some of the Japan only ports were not on par with Futari and ESPGaluda II.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Yeah that's the reason why I have a modded 360 :-)

[@evanseifert8858]

Fantastic video. I've always loved Espgaluda.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Thanks!!

[@davy_K]

The PS2 port comes with a superplay DVD which is nice. Not super-expensive like the Mushi and Ibara ports either. Espgaluda 2 on 360 has a bewildering array of modes and unlockables and the platinum release is region free.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Yes both good values!

[@Tommyelch]

Just got into shmups, mainly bc of you marc! What a guy... please dont u ever give, trying to reach and build a bigger audience! We see and hear u. Im 34 from Germany. Having a fighting games background since 03'. Always was into Arcade games, and since I got a job, girl and pretty much settled down, I just got back into the hobby. LOVE IT! Espgaluda 1 for the ps2 is on its way and 2 for the 360 is already in my hands :))))) I still try to concentrate on one shmup at a time... and that is radiant silvergun T_T (jesus christ is it hard and demands inhuman percision!) I try to get into the community, but lack real friends in this depart. I got lots of friends and almost too much social distractions, but I just want so hard to find a place in this community! From now on I will just spam your comment sections, till Im a pro ;) Cant wait for the video... thank you for your dedication and hard work! Much love from Stuttgart, Germany

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Thank you for the awesome comment my dude :-) I'm glad the channel is help return your love for the genre, and I definitely know what you mean about getting back into things after settling down ha, my story as well. Good luck with the arcade stick btw, can't go wrong with a solid korean stick :-) Definitely look into the lighter tension if you can though!

[@Tommyelch]

@@TheElectricUnderground thanks again... Alreday all up in that discord Baby ;) im looking Forward having great discussions with you Guys and will Show you my Stick (lmao) and ask for your thoughts tomorrow. Have a great one and See u

[@CowVersion9.03]

going for score in Espgaluda 2 is hell so i could never get into it but the original is awesome

[@TheElectricUnderground]

yeah scoring in galuda 2 does seem a bit strange ha, still a really fun game though!

[@kaerithmallock]

I've tried many times to emulate correctly espgaluda 2 but there was always a noticable input lag, while for espgaluda 1 it's responsive. Still hoping to see these games coming out for pc one day, like sadaioujou, futari etc...

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Yeah mame is not kind to galuda 2

[@Ciopekwah]

it's a very minor detail, but i love the purple tint to explosions in espgaluda 1. quite unique artstyle choice :P

[@Ammothief41]

Love espgaluda, wish they were on the switch.

[@jeffreyvedha4871]

we're got espagaluda 2 on switch

[@Metallic-Sun]

September 9th on Switch

[@LamestLameOK]

Fun Fact: One of the ideas for Espgaluda 1 was for it to be a shmup spinoff to the Psychic Force series by Taito.

[@MrWendal]

Personally I found Mushi original only about half as difficult as Espgaluda. Have you ever seen the Japanese STG wiki game difficulty ranking chart? They ranked difficulty ratings for these games at: Mushi Original: 15 Espgaluda 16 Futari Original 16 Espgaluda II 22 Then like at the top you have Futari Ultra at 44 and DOJ 2 ALL at 45.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Oh yeah I remember! I d personally rank galuda and Mushi orig as the same

[@MrWendal]

@@TheElectricUnderground It took me hundreds of attempts to beat the last stage of Espgaluda. I beat Mushi org the first time I got to the last stage. (ver 1.5)

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Interesting! I had a bit more trouble with Mushi s last stage

[@StevenSchlottman]

I love the boss theme from Espgaluda 2

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Music is bummpin!

[@RuV9999]

the final boss one is such a banging!

[@tiktak21]

1cc'ed Espgaluda and Mushi. Can't recall beating Espgaluda II even once. Circa 2005 such a great time for gaming.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

yeah it was!!

[@AndyFinchMurphy]

The music on Esgaluda is SICK. Play that on a CRT with a woofer, jebus chriiisss!!! It's something special, 2 isn't too rough either, great tunes again. Presentation is amazing and the play style is very unique, you get used to it though.. Beautiful.

[@nicklong27]

You're thinking of 'the mandela effect'.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Yes that s it!

[@1invag]

Sinbad was in a genie movie though 😁 The seventh voyage of sinbad

[@junthergauch5914]

What do you think about Akai Katana?

[@TheElectricUnderground]

I need to play it more and dig into it! I think it looks cool

[@Mingodough]

Do you have a video of how to set up a emulator to play arcade games? Haven’t messed with arcade emulation too much only console stuff, I wanna play some shmups and maybe put runners if possible

[@TheElectricUnderground]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqSTdYN_fsiXjbc

[@neontetra1000]

So what is the score with this fpga mister?. Can it play all cave games or do the creators have to program each chip with one game info? For instance.. Can I get an fpga mister for sdoj when it gets dumped?

[@TheElectricUnderground]

So yeah each game system hardware needs to be tuned in on the mister, but once one gets done others become easier. For example guwange and dangun should be in the near future because they are on the same hardware and ddp :-) So yes I could see sdoj being supported along with the other cave games someday

[@DLais85]

I fucking love Espgaluda.

[@run1cc347]

Love these games, and that you can play 1 pretty reliably via Mame.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Especially galuda!

[@kairi85]

great stuff

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Thank you!!

[@drifter4training]

Wish M2, Snk and other publisher could port metal slug anthology of all metal slug titles, ray series of raycrisis rayforce raystorm and dynamite deka series for Nintendo switch including physical release.. that would be beautiful..

[@drifter4training]

and also spike out series

[@nobodytonobodysbusiness]

Rather have Geostorm personally.

[@dadrising6464]

i hope we get Espgaluda and Esprade for the M.I.S.T.E.R.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

I think we will :-)

[@junthergauch5914]

Do you play with Seimitsu or Sanwa?

[@TheElectricUnderground]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJjNl56QZ9eIh5Y :-)

[@Arandui]

It's interesting, that people call Espgaluda a game for beginner. I tested it once and I noticed no difference in the difficult compare to the other CAVE games like Dodonpachi/Ketsui or Mushihimesama (Maybe, I'm just too bad to notice it. I can't even notice any difference between DOJ White and Black Lable). Especially the final boss, when he started to absorb your hyper shot to heal himself, made me quit the first try of the game.

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Oh yeah that is so troll ha, a trick is that when you bomb him just shoot off screen so you don t heal him but still get the invulnerable state

[@Arandui]

@@TheElectricUnderground Sounds less dangerous then Yoshika from Touhou 13, where you have to get very close to her to collect the spirits, which heals her.

[@Prickly_Angler]

Just to note : Galuda II on Xbox is NOT a good port of the game, everyone serious about the game (S-L, Palgork, etc) will tell you the same thing : wrong movement speed, wrong slowdowns, wrong gems given and so on. Very very far from arcade perfect

[@TheElectricUnderground]

Oh I didn't realize this, I hear the port recommended so often and I haven't really heard much about the slowdown issues or anything. That's a tough one then as it's probably not that well emulated in mame I imagine.

[@Prickly_Angler]

@@TheElectricUnderground It all depends on what you're looking for, some people enjoy DP and DDP's 32 bit ports a lot despite the fact that they're very far from AC perfect. ESP Galuda II on Xbox is probably great, it has tons of content, the Yagawa Black Label, etc, but it's just not AC perfect. Cave SH3's games didn't have good emulation for a long time, but word is that is it has gotten A LOT better recently. Yami had some trouble with Pink Sweets's emulation and Plasmo told him fans had made patches for pretty much every Cave SH3 shmup. Don't know the details but from what I understood they all run pretty well nowadays (with correct slowdown and everything) with the right set-up :)

[@davisterrel]

The Mandela Effect.

[@JuanRoosterbeard]

efecto Mandela!

[@TheElectricUnderground]

:-D