STGT 2k6 Week #4- Dragon Blaze

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:56 am

Turrican wrote:
Gaijin Punch wrote:Your screwed when you die, although not as bad as R-Type or Gradius
I don't feel this, GP. Since you always have Dragon Shot, I don't feel underpowered when I resurrect. I'll go as far as saying that sometimes I focus getting coins and if I touch an enemy by accident, I don't care much - your basic shoot power is not that useful in this game.

It's not a case of being underpowered so much as the fact that stuff has been left on screen after you die and fills the screen with pink spam for you to come back to. Having to use a bomb immediately after losing a life is a touch annoying.

I still like this game though

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:09 pm

freddiebamboo wrote:It's not a case of being underpowered so much as the fact that stuff has been left on screen after you die and fills the screen with pink spam for you to come back to.

This is true, but the invincibility window time is adequate - well, at least judging from the first four stages... Of the fifth one I still have a glimpse...

howmuchkeefe · Post by **howmuchkeefe** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:22 pm

GJ, team!

Hopefully I'll be able to post an improved score tonight.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:40 pm

Nemo - FEKA USA - 1,030,200 - 2-1 - Rob

Reached the loop with an extra man and still got obliterated.

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:16 pm

oxtsu - California Dudez - 773,400 - 1-6 - Rob (PCB)

Game over at 1-6 end boss. Feeling focused today.

javel · Post by **javel** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 4:59 pm

Javel - Team Sweden - 788,200 - 1-6 - Quaid (Mame)

Edit:

Javel - Team Sweden - 817,300 - 1-6 - Quaid (Mame)

I doubt that I´ll ever see 1-7.

And one more:

Javel - Team Sweden - 848,400 - 1-6 - Quaid (Mame)

That´s it until Sunday.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 6:28 pm

Nemo wrote:Nemo - FEKA USA - 1,030,200 - 2-1 - Rob

Reached the loop with an extra man and still got obliterated.

*high five*

1up · Post by **1up** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 7:08 pm

1up - Team Skandinavia - 427.600 - 1-4 - Rob - MAME

http://users.cybercity.dk/~dsl203926/psykioweek3.JPG

Randorama · Post by **Randorama** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:38 pm

Randorama - Cowboy Team - 606,100 - 1-6 - Quaid (MAME)

Loads of luck, but what the hell, let's go to points!

Missed any possible secret head and tech bonus in fact

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 10:27 pm

Acid King - Drink & Fly - 679,100 - 1-6 - Quaid - MAME

Quaid laughs at increasing rank.

howmuchkeefe · Post by **howmuchkeefe** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 11:22 pm

I hate you, stage four.

malcolm · Post by **malcolm** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:17 am

Malcolm-785,100-Team Drink and Fly-1-7-Quaid-MAME

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 12:46 am

Shatterhand - Team Old Schoolers - 456,800 - 1-4 - Quaid

I absolutely LOVE this game. Yeah, I suck, but I love it.

I am playing it for score, but I feel I will try to play this only for survival after this tournament is over (I lost many lives trying to get the coin heads or waiting for the core to show up). I never 1cc any Psikyo game (Damn Strikers and their 1-8 levels

) , and I doubt I will 1cc this, but boy, the challenge will be incredibly fun

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:31 am

YYYYYYYYES!!

The Coop - Team Old Schoolers - 1,031,200 - Stage 2-1 - Quaid (MAME)

Not that great a score for getting to the second loop, but...

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:43 am

Nemo wrote:1,030,200

The Coop wrote:1,031,200

boo

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:44 am

A strong showing by the shmups forum on such a difficult game. I'm impressed by the scores all around. Even my own crappy score is better than I had anticipated.

@ the Coop: So now that you've seen it all, how do you like the game?
(congrats, btw!)

On days that I'm super tired, like today, I really need to get the following order to get anywhere:
forest > sea > desert > sky
Maybe this weekend I'll be rested enough to break 500,000.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:47 am

Rob wrote:
Nemo wrote:1,030,200

The Coop wrote:1,031,200
boo

Yeah, WTF? First this cat tops my Strikers 1945 score by 100, and now DB by 1,000? I smell conspiracy.

Don't make me waste time playing this game some more.

Post by **Icarus** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:49 am

I really need:
Sea > Sky > Desert > Forest
as my stage order to hit the second loop.
Anything else and I fall at the last boss, from stupid deaths. >_<
I hate random stages...

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:51 am

I change my preferred stage order to sea > forest > sky > desert. The sky stage 4th is the biggest pain. But I like the randomness.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:53 am

Icarus wrote:I really need:
Sea > Sky > Desert > Forest
as my stage order to hit the second loop.
Anything else and I fall at the last boss, from stupid deaths. >_<
I hate random stages...

Are you serious??? I find Forest far and away the hardest of the four. Interesting. Those little devils that pop out of the corners are fine if you get them at any early stage, but later they become horrific.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 1:55 am

My bomb distribution for each stage to 1LC to the fifth stage at a 30% success (works with every stage order, currently):

0/1->0/1(no two zeros)->1/2->2

Best case scenario: I have two bombs, and am ready to panic kill the bomb carrier in 1/5.

Worst case scenario: I have no bombs, so I die first thing when I see the bomb carrier.

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:00 am

professor ganson wrote:
Icarus wrote:I really need:
Sea > Sky > Desert > Forest
as my stage order to hit the second loop.
Anything else and I fall at the last boss, from stupid deaths. >_<
I hate random stages...
Are you serious??? I find Forest far and away the hardest of the four. Interesting. Those little devils that pop out of the corners are fine if you get them at any early stage, but later they become horrific.

Agreed, this is absolute lunacy. There is no way anyone would want those goddamn mushrooms as their 1-4.

Don't even get me started on sea for the first stage...

A quiet word is in order over at namako HQ.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:01 am

freddiebamboo wrote: Don't even get me started on sea for the first stage...

Why?

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:02 am

freddiebamboo wrote:Agreed, this is absolute lunacy. There is no way anyone would want those goddamn mushrooms as their 1-4.

If you died beforehand you can take them out in a single dragonshot.

If you didn't, spend half a second whittling them down with the shot and then dragonshoot.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:03 am

professor ganson wrote:@ the Coop: So now that you've seen it all, how do you like the game?
(congrats, btw!)

Thanks

It's an interesting game. It has a similar feel to the other Psikyo games I've played, but it seems to go a bit more nuts with bullet patterns and the amount of bullets than I recall in some of their other games. The random stages make it a bit tough to get better at how a stage is as you continue to go without dying, but that's a staple of their games I guess, so no shocker there. The dragon shot and coin heads are neat twists too.

But holy shit is that second loop nasty

nemo- It's not conspiracy you smell, it's my homemade macaroni and cheese. People often get them confused

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:07 am

Rob wrote:
freddiebamboo wrote: Don't even get me started on sea for the first stage...
Why?

I think it's a waste, its one of the easier stages to get either 2 or 3 (never 4)

I'd rather have sky>>mushroom>>sea>>desert

Post by **Icarus** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:10 am

Believe it or not, I find zapping shrooms as my fourth stage a LOT easier than bombfesting a stage4 Sea or Sky. Sky has too many fast bullets for a fourth, and Sea is just all over the place. Desert is fun no matter where it is.

I can handle any stage order at the moment, but I've had my best results with the preferred order listed above.

...

namako HQ. I like it. ^_-

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:13 am

Icarus wrote:zapping shrooms

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:18 am

Icarus wrote:... zapping shrooms...

So that's how you always do so well...

**runs off to find shrooms to zap**

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Fri Oct 06, 2006 2:27 am

Bamboo contemplates Icarus' choice of stage at the HQ...