Please note that scores obtained with versions up to 1.20 should probably not be considered compatible with scores from 2.00 (Over Power) onward. Or rather, 2.00's Over Power patch makes the original game easier, so clears with the patch applied aren't equivalent with a clear of the 1.20 versions.
The problem is that the Over Power version adds way, way more slowdown to the original game. It triggers almost constantly, for instance on Expert the S1 Midboss does not have slowdown, whereas if you're playing the original game with the Over Power patch it has constant slowdown. The red helicopters in Stage 2 also trigger slowdown constantly. The last attack from the Stage 2 boss has constant slowdown, but it's jittery, as if it rubber bands back and forth. The Midboss of Stage 5 in Original difficulty's last phase now has slowdown, making it far easier to dodge.
The same goes for the other difficulties like Original. Essentially, it makes the main game easier to play after it's had the Over Power patch applied. And I'm not entirely sure it's intentional for there to be all this extra slowdown?
There's also varying levels of slowdown. Unlike Mushihimesama Futari or Blue Wish Resurrection Plus, it's not just On or Off. There's actually even slower slowdown when it gets really dense now.
Please note that scores obtained with versions up to 1.20 should probably not be considered compatible with scores from 2.00 (Over Power) onward. Or rather, 2.00's Over Power patch makes the original game easier, so clears with the patch applied aren't equivalent with a clear of the 1.20 versions.
The problem is that the Over Power version adds way, way more slowdown to the original game. It triggers almost constantly, for instance on Expert the S1 Midboss does not have slowdown, whereas if you're playing the original game with the Over Power patch it has constant slowdown. The red helicopters in Stage 2 also trigger slowdown constantly. The last attack from the Stage 2 boss has constant slowdown, but it's jittery, as if it rubber bands back and forth. The Midboss of Stage 5 in Original difficulty's last phase now has slowdown, making it far easier to dodge.
The same goes for the other difficulties like Original. Essentially, it makes the main game easier to play after it's had the Over Power patch applied. And I'm not entirely sure it's intentional for there to be all this extra slowdown?
There's also varying levels of slowdown. Unlike Mushihimesama Futari or Blue Wish Resurrection Plus, it's not just On or Off. There's actually even slower slowdown when it gets really dense now.
I'm curious to see if all the extra slowdown is a glitch, or if it's a deliberate change. We'll know when the Switch version gets Over Power, I guess.
Please note that all of my current submitted scores as well as any future scores I submit are from the latest 1.20 version of the game and not the 2.00 Over Power patch, because I deleted it and reinstalled it fresh up to 1.20 a day or so after trying Over Power. I reinstalled the Over Power version to the base game to see if I still had the same opinion of the Over Power Mode
(it's a fucking kusoge arrange mode, I can't express how slackjawed with disappointment I was when I first tried it and I hate it more than ever now)
and went to play the original game version with the remixed soundtrack only to realize it was slowing down everywhere in places it never had before.
I swear I'd play probably play Sine Mora over Rolling Gunner Over Power again. It's mind-numbingly easy and is the stupidest arrange mode in any shmup I've played ever due to how much you can constantly cancel bullets with your gunpod and laser cannon. Expert difficulty in the Over Power mode is arguably on par with a Casual difficulty clear of the original game. I'm not interested in playing it with a right stick to move the gunpod now, which is apparently a thing and probably makes it even easier. The bullet cancelling trivializes the bosses, meaning the stages are the only spot with any difficulty. The hardest part of the bosses is at high rank they fire revenge bullets on death back at you that tend to surround the heck out of you. And there's no bombs! Gone is the satisfying skill-based bomb and now, in addition to the constant bullet cancelling you can do, you get multiple recharging shields that let you take more hits than if you were playing Novice or Casual in the original game. It's incredibly lame.
The controls also suck. No true rapid fire button now so you have to button mash. And the gunpod controls if playing with a D-Pad/Arcade Stick/keyboard feels less responsive because there's a transition period from the game registering mashing and holding the shot button, so it snaps the gunpod into place less quickly and reliably than the original game, something that's a major issue considering the importance of bullet cancelling now seeing as how the main difficulty comes from enemy explosions constantly firing bullets back at you. That's really all you'll be dealing with - enemy attacks are easy to cancel but the threat is all the stupid Deathsmiles Level 999 style revenge bullets. They're a lot easier to deal with than in Deathsmiles, but basically you never get to enjoy dodging any of the game's actual bullet patterns in Over Power, it's stupid!
I haven't been terribly vocal about my extreme disgust with Over Power because it's been just released, and I don't want to disappoint people looking forward to it, but I was looking forward to trying it since I loved the original game and want to support the devs, but man, it's just awful.
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