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What makes shmup different from bullet hell, if at all? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 4 weeks ago by Elevator7009@lemmy.zip to c/shmups@lemmus.org

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Thought of this when I saw a bullet hell that might be appropriate to post here, but wasn't sure if it would actually be inappropriate if bullet hell≠shmup.

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[–] sundray@lemmus.org 3 points 4 weeks ago

Mark of the Electric Underground has a recent video about this that I thought was interesting. I tend to think that categories have really porous boundaries, in that every time someone tries to draw a clear, solid line, there's almost always an exception.

Games like Vampire Survivors have been categorized as "bullet hell" which... I mean, maybe. But it's not a shmup for reasons it's hard for me to articulate. I actually tend to think of games with free movement and vast enemy hordes as musou games!