Gate of Thunder (TGCD) Vs Thunder Force III (Genesis) - which game is better?

[Otaking]

These two have often been compared and I've read a few times from Sega fanboys that GOT is a poor imitation of Thunder Force III
One example here http://www.retrogamer.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=27591

So lets stick it to a poll and decide once and for all which game is better Gate of Thunder (TGCD) Vs Thunder Force III (Genesis)?

GOT gets my vote! this versus battle is easy for me as I'm not a big fan of Thunder Force III.
In the TF series I much preferred II and IV (Lightening Force).

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Checkout the previous versus battles I've done so far:

Magical Chase Vs Cotton
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=15530.0

Super Star Soldier Vs Final Soldier
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=15568.0

Gate of Thunder Vs Winds/Lords of thunder
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=15639.0

Dracula X (PC Engine) Vs Super Castlevania IV (SNES)
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=15745.0

Ys Book I & II (TGCD) Vs Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES)
http://www.pcenginefx.com/forums/index.php?topic=15766.0

[PunkicCyborg]

lol no contest....
I think tfIv might have been a better comparison but got would still win

[Necromancer]

For the tunes alone, I gotta pick GoT.  OBEY or GTFO. 

[galam]

Please cease and desist of these.

[Otaking]

I think tfIv might have been a better comparison but got would still win

TFIV is an awesome game but still I too would have picked GOT in a versus.

[vestcoat]

Please cease and desist of these.

Yeah. Dear god these threads suck. And they're off-topic. Inter-console mashups belong in general chat. I'm not interested in Genesis and SNES crap. Never played Thunderforce. Never played watered-down DracX. Obey or GTFO

[Black Tiger]

Gate of Thunder.

It is supposed to have been worked on by members of Technosoft who previously worked on Thunder Force games. So you can pretty much consider it "Thunder Force Turbo" or TFV, with an improved style thanks to RED.

[RoyVegas]

My left shoe or my right shoe..  Which is better?

[Necromancer]

Yeah. Dear god these threads suck.

Oh, come on.  It's not like you're surprised after reading the topic, and would you rather talk about nothing at all?

And they're off-topic. Inter-console mashups belong in general chat. I'm not interested in Genesis and SNES crap. Never played Thunderforce. Never played watered-down DracX.

But it is about the Turbob.  Putting it in Console Chat (non-NEC related consoles) would be equally half wrong.

Obey or GTFO

Indeed. 

[galam]

Well, wasn't GoT already used?  Thousands of combinations and to already rehash a contestant is pretty lazy.
I saw the title, didn't read anything and knew what I was going to post.
These stupid "vs" threads already clogged up the 'Bob discussion thread a few weeks ago worse than one of my very own burrito shits clogs my toilet.

Necro, you can't possibly be advocating for these.
There are plenty other threads to read, so I wouldn't say there is nothing to talk about if these super-mega-Armageddon battles weren't happening.

Roy: since they are nikes...I have to say neither. 

[johnnykonami]

My response to these is usually gonna be a boring "I like both."  I love me some Gate of Thunder though, that game deserved a sequel.  Makes me wish Red was still around.  My favorite Thunderforce game is actually Thunderforce II, which is an overhead shooter and really not all that similar to GoT.  III was a little on the "meh" side for me.

[esteban]

I actually like the Thunderforce series.

I am torn...I see Gate of Thunder as a piece of the Thunderforce legacy (It doesn't matter if actual ex-Technosoft staff worked on GoT... Since GoT is clearly linked to Thinderforce, IMHO).

That said, I love GoT.

[Black Tiger]

My response to these is usually gonna be a boring "I like both."  I love me some Gate of Thunder though, that game deserved a sequel.  Makes me wish Red was still around.  My favorite Thunderforce game is actually Thunderforce II, which is an overhead shooter and really not all that similar to GoT.  III was a little on the "meh" side for me.

Thunderforce II becomes a horizontal shooter if you get past the first stage.

[Tatsujin]

as much as I love TFIII, it can't hold up a candle to the in every aspect mightier GoT.

But TFIII sure is one of the best and most rad shewties from 1990, and barely had no competition on consles until GoT came out in 1992.

[Tatsujin]

My response to these is usually gonna be a boring "I like both."  I love me some Gate of Thunder though, that game deserved a sequel.  Makes me wish Red was still around.  My favorite Thunderforce game is actually Thunderforce II, which is an overhead shooter and really not all that similar to GoT.  III was a little on the "meh" side for me.

Thunderforce II becomes a horizontal shooter if you get past the first stage.

hahaha!!

maybe he was thinking of TF1.