STGT 2k6 Week #4- Dragon Blaze

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:29 am

The Coop - Team Old Schoolers - 743,000 - Stage 1-6 - Quaid (MAME)

I beat the fifth boss, and felt like a stud... despite having no bombs left and being on my last life. Then I got about twenty seconds into stage six and was rapidly schooled on how to be blowed up real good.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:51 am

The Coop wrote: I beat the fifth boss, and felt like a stud... despite having no bombs left and being on my last life. Then I got about twenty seconds into stage six and was rapidly schooled on how to be blowed up real good.

Eventually, you'll grow to love the 5th boss. He's by far the easiest in the game to get through and tech bonus at any rank, once you learn the pattern.

The 1-4 bosses are still bomb-tech-bonuses for me (except for the dragon and occasionally the sand crab).

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 6:14 am

small improvement

ED-057 - Team Old Schoolers - 483,000 - 1-4 - Sonia - (MAME)

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 1:32 pm

oxtsu - California Dudez - 632,100 - 1-6 - Rob (PCB)

javel · Post by **javel** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 3:42 pm

Cheers Coop!

JAV - Team Sweden - 743,000 - 1-6 - Quaid (Mame)

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:09 pm

freddiebamboo - namakoteam - 685,800 - 1-5 - Quaid (PS2)

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 5:46 pm

Acid King - Drink & Fly - 507,600 - 1-5 Quaid - MAME

Edit: Acid King - Drink & Fly - 560,500 - 1-5 Quaid - MAME

gionmatsuli · Post by **gionmatsuli** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 7:04 pm

UP;
Gion - Team Stranger - 476.800 - 1-5 - Quaid - PCB

1up · Post by **1up** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 9:22 pm

1up - Team Skandinavia - 341.900 - 1-4 - Rob - MAME

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

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:20 pm

Gaijin Punch - FEKA USA - 340,100 - 1-4 Rob

Final score. I just think this game sucks way too much for me to put any more time into it.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:33 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:I just think this game sucks way too much

Banished from FEKA USA.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:56 pm

Rob wrote:
GaijinPunch wrote:I just think this game sucks way too much
Banished from FEKA USA.

The game doesn't "suck" - it is just devilishly hard. The margin for error is way too small for many people's liking.

1up · Post by **1up** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:00 pm

1up - Team Skandinavia - 403.700 - Quid - MAME

http://users.cybercity.dk/~dsl203926/psykioweek2.JPG

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:12 pm

Might as well post a score now in case I forget due to apathy:

Nemo - FEKA USA - 908,400 - Rob - 1-7

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:13 pm

It has too many elements that I dislike in all shooting games. Mainly:

-Random stage order (I even scold Cave for doing this in ESPRade)
-Non invincibility during a bomb
-Your screwed when you die, although not as bad as R-Type or Gradius

I can handle one, but not all three. Graphics are good. Design is good. The mechanics just make my asshole clench.

When is Cave week?

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:15 pm

GaijinPunch wrote:-Non invincibility during a bomb

quaid

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:15 pm

landshark wrote: I have a video of someone (I'm guessing it's Archer) getting over a million points by 1-5.

By the end of 4 or 5?

Good luck Rob/Icarus/MrMonkeyMan. I'm sure you guys will 1-ALL this.

Thanks, I hope so.

Rob - FEKA USA - 1'220'800 - 1-7 - Quaid (PS2)

Last form. Grr. I'm feeling a little groove, though, so no worries.

Post by **Icarus** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 11:47 pm

Rob wrote:
landshark wrote: I have a video of someone (I'm guessing it's Archer) getting over a million points by 1-5.
By the end of 4 or 5?

The player who did the 2-ALL No Miss replay at super-play-co.uk has 1.1mil after killing the stage5 boss. The best I've managed to come up with is 880k+. So quite far behind at the moment.

landshark wrote:Good luck Rob/Icarus/MrMonkeyMan. I'm sure you guys will 1-ALL this.

Not a chance. Psikyo noob here, having to learn as I go along, with a string of stupid deaths quite early on in all credits. The only saving grace is I can no miss stage5 and most of stage6 up to the boss on particularly good credits. Stage 6 boss is a pain in the arse though, and is normally where my credits end (and averaging 980k at the second form each time).

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:07 am

Icarus wrote: The player who did the 2-ALL No Miss replay at super-play-co.uk has 1.1mil after killing the stage5 boss.

I'm doing pretty good then. My current high by the end of 5 is 930k+. End of 4 is 740k, so I think I can hit at least 960k by then if it all goes really well. Not too bad without excessive drone milking. I need to practice 6 & 7 for more points... 6 is surprisingly lame for score between 5 and 7.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:22 am

Rob wrote:
Icarus wrote: The player who did the 2-ALL No Miss replay at super-play-co.uk has 1.1mil after killing the stage5 boss.
I'm doing pretty good then. My current high by the end of 5 is 930k+. End of 4 is 740k, so I think I can hit at least 960k by then if it all goes really well. Not too bad without excessive drone milking. I need to practice 6 & 7 for more points... 6 is surprisingly lame for score between 5 and 7.

That is god damned amazing. I'm happy if I'm at around 640-650k at the end of 1-4. I'm usually 830k at the end of 1-5, 900k-1000k at the end of 1-6.

1-5 isn't a problem, though I do usually bomb the midboss if rank is high.

1-6 is a nightmare for me.

1-7 is mixed, I haven't played it too much, but it isn't as bad as 1-6, though it is still brutal.

Icarus wrote:Not a chance. Psikyo noob here, having to learn as I go along, with a string of stupid deaths quite early on in all credits. The only saving grace is I can no miss stage5 and most of stage6 up to the boss on particularly good credits. Stage 6 boss is a pain in the arse though, and is normally where my credits end (and averaging 980k at the second form each time).

I still die almost everytime in 1-2 for some reason. Damned near every credit. And being a psikyo newb in this game really doesn't matter. This game is just hard.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:44 am

professor ganson Super Buffet S.T. 490'400 1-5 Quaid (PS2)

Made the switch from Ian to Quaid. I'll get to 500,000 before this is over.

MrMonkeyMan · Post by **MrMonkeyMan** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:00 am

MrMonkeyMan - Team Cowboy - 1,068,900 - 2-1 - Quaid

Yay for lots of bombs!

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 1:02 am

MrMonkeyMan wrote:MrMonkeyMan - Team Cowboy - 1,068,900 - 2-1 - Quaid

Yay for lots of bombs!

Congrats on the all clear. Totally mind-blowing!

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:34 am

MrMonkeyMan wrote:MrMonkeyMan - Team Cowboy - 1,068,900 - 2-1 - Quaid

Yay for lots of bombs!

Wow! Congrats! This is a damned hard game to get the 1-ALL on.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 5:11 am

javel- Copycat

Got a little further and a little higher...

The Coop - Team Old Schoolers - 832,700 - Stage 1-7 - Quaid (MAME)

I screwed up on a couple of the coin heads, but I made up for some it with a few lucky dragon shots. When I got to the boss on 1-6, I was out for survival at that point, so I never saw the core to go after it.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:16 am

Turrican - Team Old Schoolers - 570.400 - 1-5 - Quaid - PS2(yoko)

Big improvement this morning, yay! - it's good when you play in best physical conditions ^_^

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.

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:30 am

GaijinPunch wrote:It has too many elements that I dislike in all shooting games. Mainly:

-Random stage order (I even scold Cave for doing this in ESPRade)
-Non invincibility during a bomb
-Your screwed when you die, although not as bad as R-Type or Gradius

I can handle one, but not all three. Graphics are good. Design is good. The mechanics just make my asshole clench.

When is Cave week?

The first three ESPrade stages are 100% deterministic, and controllable by the player. It's nothing like Psykio where you essentially have to learn each variation of the random stages. In ESPrade you can have one set stage order and just learn that.

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:40 am

Edge - Team Germany - 718'300 - 1-6 - Quaid (MAME)

1-5 and 1-6 are giving me lots of trouble... Though switching to Quaid helped a lot.

oxtsu · Post by **oxtsu** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 8:46 am

Nemo wrote:Might as well post a score now in case I forget due to apathy:

Nemo - FEKA USA - 908,400 - Rob - 1-7

I salute you, fellow ROB player.

gionmatsuli · Post by **gionmatsuli** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 9:31 am

Up;
Gion - Team Stranger - 546.100 - 1-5 - Quaid - PCB