Ibara (Arcade and Arrange)

pugeta · Post by **pugeta** » Sat May 27, 2006 4:05 pm

pugeta -38,996,400 -all- bond(typeB)- PS2

gionmatsuli · Post by **gionmatsuli** » Tue May 30, 2006 10:12 am

Up;
5.912.890/ STAGE 4/ Bond (type D)/ PCB

Died just after the mid-boss stage; the 1-up appeared but too late. Damn.

Triple Lei · Post by **Triple Lei** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 2:38 am

Here's a score I got earlier today:

ARCADE MODE - NORMAL
4,566,320 - Triple Lei - Stage 3 - Bond (Type A) - PS2

I uploaded a small video here. Can anyone tell me how close I was to beating the boss? I can't help but think that I would have been able to beat the boss if I managed my bombs more carefully... and I don't want to see Archer's Stage 3 vid just yet.

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:24 am

You never quite know, but it could have been a while in that situation.

What you should have done in this case-

Destroyed most of the first form normally

Suicided before the first form was over (to get the extra bombs for 2 hadous in stock)

Fired off your first hadou when you did, but make sure and plant it in the middle of the boss, not off to the side

As soon as that one finished fire off the second hadou, again making sure it hits the boss

Then it would be over. With your score you wouldn't want to carry that extra life into 4 anyway. A scoring strat is different, but no matter what your plan is at least 2 hadous are required.

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Jun 01, 2006 3:45 am

Triple Lei wrote: Can anyone tell me how close I was to beating the boss? I can't help but think that I would have been able to beat the boss if I managed my bombs more carefully... and I don't want to see Archer's Stage 3 vid just yet.

Given how high your rank was - you can tell by how quickly Kasumi fires her patterns, and how dense the patterns are (particularly the spray pattern in her last form) - I can say you were still a fair bit away from killing Kasumi, even if you had hit with the hadou on the second form. Remember that you are playing a Raizing-styled game - and more specifically, one modelled after Garegga - therefore you must adjust your regular habits to compensate for the rank system effects.

One of those habits involves not firing when there is nothing on screen. ^_-

As for actual strategies from the video, Cigs is spot on with the advice. I however would have hit Kasumi full on with the hadou missile, crashed into Kasumi to gain some more bomb fragments, and quickly moved to pick up the powerups sprayed out from the death when they are near or on top of Kasumi, so I could get some added damage with the aura flash. The extra hadou would be saved as a backup just in case.

Keep it up Triple Lei, doing good there. ^_^

EDIT: Scores updated. Only just noticed on the video, you have some shmupforum members' initials in your score table, like mine and Mode7's ^_^

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 2:13 pm

just a quick question cigs: whats your best stage 1 score?

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:14 pm

About 2,150,000.

Why, what's yours?

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:04 pm

i dont know im missing something ;_;
my best is 2mill and i absolutely cant get more

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:30 pm

I wouldn't worry about it too much...I mean best case scenario you get 300k more. I'm not having any luck getting those last few points either.

How did J2d do it.

Halloween Jack · Post by **Halloween Jack** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:53 pm

Not sure if I dare publish these, but its the taking part that counts

Arrange:

10,324,810 - Halloween Jack - Stage 3 - Bond A - PS2

Arcade:

1,078,970 - Halloween Jack - Stage 2 - Bond A - PS2

Thanks

Halloween Jack

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 7:55 am

Finally got the ALL!

I really played like shit though, it could've been so much better.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:30 am

hey congrats cigs!

nice to know that youre still playing it.

Post by **Icarus** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:27 am

A late score update. Grats on the ALL, Cigs! Keep it up, a D+ score is in sight ^_^

Although it makes no difference to your standing, would you like your ALL listed as your score submission, or your current record?

As for me, I'm back on this now that the summer holidays are here, so expect me to be jumping in feet first once I get my shmup refresher out of the way. ^_- Been a while since I last played anything seriously...

cigsthecat · Post by **cigsthecat** » Tue Jun 13, 2006 6:28 pm

Nah, I'll keep the current one. I'll try for a better clear.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 12:05 am

Hooray, my first (and probably only for a while) score submission for this game.
Lucky, I didn't lose all my lives on stage 1 for once.

edit:
In before the update..
Arcade/Normal
1,848,860 - iatneH - Stage 2 - Bond (Type A) - PS2

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 1:06 pm

C,457,850 - Cowboy-NOA - ALL - Bond (Type A) - PS2
completely fucked up teresa by killing her two quickly.i didnt get more than 500k from her and i had 3 hadous and 2 lives left....

Post by **Icarus** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 2:09 pm

*Updated*

Good score iatneH, keep it up. It takes time to get used to the game, but there are a lot of sources for points, so getting a decent score shouldn't be too demanding. Quite a lot of info already in the strategy discussion thread if you are interested.

A nice little battle going on for the top of the table, too. Grats on the C-ALL Plasmo. ^_^

Post by **Icarus** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:09 pm

Lets keep the Arranged players on their toes ^_-

ARRANGED MODE
66,593,850 - Icarus - Stage 6 - Bond (Type D)

Made a bit of a hash of at least five assorted boss forms at maximum rank, otherwise the score would be about 15-20mil higher than this. Died on the first form of Teresa-sama.

Not bad for a whole night's worth of work. An Arranged ALL, and some Arcade Mode scores to come.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 8:58 pm

Very good work, Icarus! But it is Arrange mode, not Arranged mode.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:25 pm

nice one ICR i hope youll go back to arcade mode soon.

Post by **Icarus** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:49 pm

Plasmo wrote:nice one ICR i hope youll go back to arcade mode soon.

Haha, I will be. Just let me get warmed up first. Several months of little to no shmupping have taken their toll on my reflexes and hand-eye co-ordination. -_-;;

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 2:21 am

Two days to rack up my first Arrange Mode ALL.

ARRANGE MODE
79,364,650 - Icarus - ALL - Bond (Type D)

The play was far from competent in the second half though, and I must have dropped my Medals about five or six times, plus dying in many stupid places. Again, made a hash of a few bosses at maximum rank (including Teresa) and could have tagged on an extra 15-20mil easy. Good points include a pretty decent scoring stage3 run, and some very lucky dodging during the battle against Lace.

I think around 90mil is a good target on my current strategies, and well over 100mil with some very clever suicide-based scoring tricks. Will have to make some improvements to the stage5 run definitely, and parts of stage6.

It's replay verified, and the run can be made available if anyone wants to see it.

EDIT // Sun. 18th: 3.49am:
GRRR! Effing crap! Third night of playing, and just had almost the best run ever: had 74.4mil going into the first form of Lace, only to botch it horribly. Took something like 25-30mil from stage3 alone. Would have been in the 90mil range or higher if I had actually cleared. -_-;;

PlasmaBlooD · Post by **PlasmaBlooD** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 10:54 am

Nice Icarus

.

CRI · Post by **CRI** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:23 pm

here is my ibara score:

arcade
5,650,430 - CRI - Stage 4 - Bond (Type D) - PS2

arrange
45.494.800 - CRI - ALL - Bond (Type D)

i stopped playing this game since i got my cab with dangun.
but i definitely come back for it soon.

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 3:46 am

First 1CC in a long while. Pretty easy game, but it still feels good.

PS2 Arrange Mode: 39,941,960 - 8 1/2 - ALL - Bond (Type D)

Trevor spencer · Post by **Trevor spencer** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 4:35 pm

man this game has a fucking attitude problem

still havnt got the hang of this game at all yet

Arcade mode

1,923,190 - Trevor spencer - Stage 3 - Bond (Type D) - PCB

Trevor spencer · Post by **Trevor spencer** » Sun Jun 25, 2006 5:31 pm

getting a bit better i love this game but i think the difficulty level is too tough (or i should be better

)

Arcade mode

2,645,390 - Trevor spencer - Stage 3 - Dyne (Type D) - PCB

Post by **Icarus** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 4:19 am

First things first: scores are updated.

Nice to see some new players in the mix. Good luck guys! The game is a demon, but oh-so-much-fun to play.

Also:

ARRANGE MODE
92,584,590 - Icarus - ALL - Bond (Type D)

Stupidly dropped my maximum value Medals in an empty section just after the stage5 Medal fountain, otherwise would have came into the battle with Lace at maximum rank. Also died in silly places, and only had a spare life going into the second phase of the battle against Teresa, otherwise could have milked maximum rank a bit.

100mil+ is in sight!
(Perhaps more if I can stop making stupid mistakes...)

This score is replay verified. Replay can be made available on request.

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 8:26 am

im always interested in some nice ibara replays. plz upload

Post by **Icarus** » Tue Jun 27, 2006 1:39 pm

Plasmo wrote:im always interested in some nice ibara replays. plz upload

Done.
Player: Icarus // Ibara Arrange ALL, 92.5mil, Bond (Type D) (XVID - 292MB)

This could have been a 100mil, as I didn't score as much off particular sections. Enjoy the replay, while I go off to improve it again. ^_^