I hate when the games provide infinate credits.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:00 pm

I got my copy of Gunbird2 yesterday and noticed that they provided infinite credits. This really ruins the game for me because I have a hard time not just hitting the continue button. Really It makes the game feel really pointless because I know sure as hell I probably won't 1CC the thing. What games have infinite credits? I hope all the DC games don't...

Dale · Post by **Dale** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:05 pm

Mash that X button till it goes to zero it helps

Great purchase BTW Gunbird2 is one of my fav's and allot of other people here enjoy it too.

EDIT: Most DC games have this infinite credit thing. I'm paticularly not bothered by it.

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:19 pm

I never continue. I mean, it resets your score. Why would you want to do that?

Kiken · Post by **Kiken** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:44 pm

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:I got my copy of Gunbird2 yesterday and noticed that they provided infinite credits. This really ruins the game for me because I have a hard time not just hitting the continue button. Really It makes the game feel really pointless because I know sure as hell I probably won't 1CC the thing. What games have infinite credits? I hope all the DC games don't...

You do realize that if you continue on later stages (levels 5-7) you are sent back to the beginning of the level?

I'll reiterate what's been said above though... don't credit feed. Problem solved. If you want to credit feed.. you have the option... you also have the option of displaying some self-control and timing down the continue screen timer.

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:46 pm

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:I got my copy of Gunbird2 yesterday and noticed that they provided infinite credits. This really ruins the game for me because I have a hard time not just hitting the continue button.

Nothing like learning a little self-control.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 4:48 pm

The infinite credits can help you become familiar with later levels. That way if you have a good run up to a point you won't be surprised when a boss pulls something you've never seen before. But after that, just force yourself to stop. It should become a routine to die, curse, and soft reset.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 5:28 pm

I like the way Gradius V let you earn your credits as you progressed. It could have been a bit harder though because by the time i had enough to finish the game the first time i still sucked at it hard.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:21 pm

I have a hard time not just hitting the continue button

I know sure as hell I probably won't 1CC the thing

wtf its your own fault??!
i hate games that dont give you free play immediately
stop crying

futurebiblehero · Post by **futurebiblehero** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:29 pm

Most of the time I only give myself one credit (which is perhaps why my skills don't progress as quickly as I'd like), but when I was starting out I always gave myself a strict budget on continues. I'd even think about how many "tokens" I had left.

You'll never get better if you credit feed because there's no reason to give it your all, and isn't that pretty much the point of shmups?

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:33 pm

Another good tip - at least when using something like MAME - don't set one of your pad's buttons to coin. Setting a button for start is fine - but you'll be less tempted to credit feed if you have to reach out and smack 1 on your keyboard once your self-set limit runs up.

I usually give myself 3 to beat the game. Once i've beaten the game on 3 if i like it enough to continue playing a 1cc will eventually happen on it's own.

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 6:40 pm

The first thing I do when I buy a shmup is to turn off continues in the game settings (when possible). If a game has been consistently kicking my butt for months (as most tend to) then I'll credit feed through it once, just to see what the later stages look like.

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:03 pm

One thing that annoys me with the digital eclipse collections is that they usually have it so just pressing a button besides start continues. It's annoying because it's too easy to accidentally continue when I really just wanted to rush the continue counter down. I just exit the game when I continue by accident, but I do miss putting my name in the high scores because of it, which is annoying.

I think it's cool how some of the arcade games in Konami Arcade DS like Contra actually have limited continues. I have been playing in with the DS in Japanese mode since it has the original version of Gradius without continues. The Gradius variant that plays in English mode is actually one of the Nemesis variants with bumped up difficulty, power up enemies at checkpoints, and continues.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 7:47 pm

Let's take some time for this classic thread:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=2389

ktownhero · Post by **ktownhero** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:16 pm

I hope nobody ever hands the OP a crackpipe. He just won't be able to help himself!

You might just want to lock yourself in a bubble. I'd rank "should I put another credit in?" as one of the lesser challenging decisions in life.

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:49 pm

Ozymandiaz1260 wrote:I never continue. I mean, it resets your score. Why would you want to do that?

Another good reason to play for score and not only for 1cc. Although playing for score is not THAT exciting in Gunbird 2. But I get the point - not being able to continue whatsoever is different to not continuing because it´s against your honor. In the only two shmups I played at least remotely serious I turned continuing off in the dip settings.

While learning self-control is important, surviving just because you want to see what´s next in the game given that there is NO OTHER WAY to get there is a almost primal instinct. But again, this doesn´t apply for score-based playing at all.

Pixel_Outlaw · Post by **Pixel_Outlaw** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:34 pm

Rob wrote:Let's take some time for this classic thread:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?t=2389

Oops commence locking.

My problem is that I like the actual game events, and scoring while fun, isn't as satisfying as completing the game within the given credit number.

(I just like to use about 5 continues to warm up the the gameplay with then I go for the 1CC.)

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 9:47 pm

i love the game with 1hour = +1 credit. Its cool. When i obtain the infinite credit (9+ hour of gameplay) im already can 1cc game without it

ahnslaught · Post by **ahnslaught** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:46 pm

BrianC wrote:One thing that annoys me with the digital eclipse collections is that they usually have it so just pressing a button besides start continues. It's annoying because it's too easy to accidentally continue when I really just wanted to rush the continue counter down.

Arrgh! I hate this - Strikers 1945 I and II on the PS2 have this problem as well, along with not being able to save your scores.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 1:13 am

Pixel_Outlaw wrote:Oops commence locking.

teh loxxorz.

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