Radirgy 2 (PS5/PS4/SW)

[Snappleburst]

Sorry everyone I know that this was already talked about before, but now that it's been a while since release, can anyone confirm if the PS4 version runs just as well as the PS5 version? I'm placing an order and I like to go PS4 when I can, but not if there's a performance hit or it doesn't look as good visually.

[dmk1198]

It's great on switch so....

[dmk1198]

How do I access Tate mode please?

[mojilove]

How do I access Tate mode please?

there is no tate mode in this release, sadly.


in other news, one player recently posted a video with a mind-boggling 9.4 billion points (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0OuEa5mphE) - about 70% of the score comes from tadayo items (they end the game with the tadayo counter at 29. note that you only seem to get points for tadayo items that you collect; other actions that increase the tadayo counter without collecting an item do not give any score), because the score bonus for these items rises exponentially. there is also a video with strats described in detail in Japanese here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymlcEV6bN80

a few tidbits:
- the player selects the "defeat 200 enemies at x64 multiplier" mission, because doing one of those missions adds to the tadayo item counter upon completion
- the score gained by collecting a tadayo item is [number on the tadayo counter before collecting the item]^2 * 1 million, so the score bonus increases by a lot at 20+ items
- you get tadayo items when you are hit 10, 25, and 50 times (total of three items) so the player tanks lots of hits on the stage 1 boss and continues repeatedly. the iframes after getting hit can be cut by putting the epsnet briefly on the ship (which makes you invincible) and then removing it. that's how this player manages to get hit so many times during the boss. the score gained during the first stage is greatly outweighed by the score bonus granted by the tadayo items at the end of the game. the player does not continue for the rest of the game, but it's interesting to see that the highest scores cannot be achieved with a 1cc
- the player does not use epsnet for the first 3 stages (excluding bosses) because you get an extra tadayo item for each stage if you haven't put your epsnet on any enemies in that stage. laser is used copiously to delete bullets, and the rest is just well-practiced dodging. the four tadayo items for 50/100/150/200 allergy combo are obtained in stage 4.

[m.sniffles.esq]

but it's interesting to see that the highest scores cannot be achieved with a 1cc

And one million voices scream "Sacrilege!"

Personally, I'm okay with this. There's no coin-op version, therefore the concept of the '1cc' doesn't apply. (when I first figured out that upvotes transfer between credits--yet there's an upvote leaderboard--I had an inkling there may be a 'credit suicide' scoring trick as well). But yeah, I'm sure this puts the game on the 'instahate' list of the dogmatic, real danmaku crowd.

I'm assuming that video was a achieved by the player that mysteriously marched to the top of every leaderboard by a wide margin including a 95% (!!!) completion.

Edit: Wait... using epsnet on bosses is allowed for the 'don't use epsnet on three stages' item????

Spoiler

ARRRGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

[m.sniffles.esq]

ARXIAL RENDEZVOUS４ THA DECADE 11/4

[mojilove]

ARXIAL RENDEZVOUS４ THA DECADE 11/4

quick rundown:
talkshow between beep, mebius, and rs34 for one hour. they should talk a bit about the new illvelo swamp game as well.

they will also announce details on a new shmup and a new port as well!!!!! place your bets!

Motohiro Kawashima of streets of rage fame will be a guest performer, among other guests
there will be more merch on sale at the venue and on the online store (music download card, posters, keyholders, t-shirt, and Motohiro Kawashima cds). judging by the last event, stocks will be limited - i'll try to remember to post here or in a new illvelo swamp happy together thread when the merch is available to order online

[hamfighterx]

they will also announce details on a new shmup and a new port as well!!!!! place your bets!

Hmmmm could it be Karous for BOTH, based on this from the July stream:

-While going over the poll results, they said Karous roughly 22 times. So that probably won the "What franchise should we make a game for next?" question

[PC Engine Fan X!]

NCSX's website has a better description of what the Switch Radirgy 2 LE bundled set has and they have it in stock as well: https://www.ncsx.com/2024/0923/ncs0923m.htm

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[Zeether]

Is this ever getting localized? I thought RS34 had talked about getting this and Swamp out here at some point
edit: Oh right I remember now, BEEP had mentioned it https://cohost.org/mojilove/post/178632 ... 92a816561f

[m.sniffles.esq]

Is this ever getting localized? I thought RS34 had talked about getting this and Swamp out here at some point

Swamp did get localized (at least digitally and half-assed. The physical version is a whole... thing unto itself) but has since gone away.
Nothing has been said about 2 yet that I know of

[Ms. Tea]

Swamp is Illvelo, not Radirgy. I'm guessing that *if* that localization's happening, they're waiting for Illvelo Sht so they can release them together in English - but we'll see. I sure hope we get *something*!

[m.sniffles.esq]

Oh yeah, I meant Swag... (since this was a thread about Radirgy... Yeah, you know what I thought...)

Swamp... Uh, mebius is supposed to be doing it. I thought they were waiting for the Swag (and I really mean Swag this time) license to expire so they could just do a double pack like they did in JP. But Swag's (still mean it) license ran out like a year ago. So... now that there's a 'Nu-Swamp' supposed to be released this year, and mebius is doing a second double pack in JP (this time of nu and old Swamp instead of Swamp and Swag) maybe they're waiting for that? Maybe a triple pack of nu Swamp, old Swamp, and regular Swag?

Get all that?

tl;dr no one knows shit

[Kiken]

Illvelo Swamp Happy Together coming out June 5th

Not quite the right thread, mind you.

[m.sniffles.esq]

First World Problems:

I had a run with Murasame that I got like 66 upvotes (on one credit!), which would have totally put me in the top twenty (even above the mighty KYOHEI), and it wouldn't connect to the leaderboard!

I restarted the game, and while it connected to the leaderboard afterwards, the record of my deed had VANISHED.

I usually don't care about such matters, but it was a REALLY good run

[PC Engine Fan X!]

First World Problems:

I had a run with Murasame that I got like 66 upvotes (on one credit!), which would have totally put me in the top twenty (even above the mighty KYOHEI), and it wouldn't connect to the leaderboard!

I restarted the game, and while it connected to the leaderboard afterwards, the record of my deed had VANISHED.

I usually don't care about such matters, but it was a REALLY good run

The general rule of thumb with a "personal best" STG Score run is never to cancel it and restart it from scratch, otherwise it won't be saved to the Switch's internal memory or directly written the micro sdhc memory card itself for posterity/safekeeping purposes. Then there would the possibility of reloading your highest scoring run to the leaderboards at another opportune time.

Sure, the Switch can be finicky/flakey at times when you least it expect to be working at 100% capability-wise and functionality-wise, it is what it is at the end of the day -- with "warts and all" being associated with typical Switch gaming hardware.

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Perhaps have the Switch docked and use the Oled Switch dock's handy broadband port instead for a better and robust secure internet connection instead of relying on the Switch's on-board wi-fi functionality is the only other alternative solution to this pressing problem/situation at hand (be sure to select "wired connection" in the internet connection sub-category of the Switch's Settings to make the proper connection). It does work wonders in going that specific route if it needed be -- it's something to seriously consider/implement the next time around. Of course, your mileage may vary depending on what you have "on-hand," hardware-wise, to pull it off successfully.

Or if you have a 1st-gen older Switch dock (circa March of 2017), the 3rd-party produced Hori Switch Broadband adapter (via USB 3.0 interface) works equally just as well: https://www.ebay.com/itm/304897035483?_ ... BMrMPXscBl
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PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

[m.sniffles.esq]

The general rule of thumb with a personal STG Score run is never to cancel it and restart it from scratch, otherwise it won't be saved to the Switch's internal memory or directly written the micro sdhc memory card itself for posterity/safekeeping purposes. Then there would the possibility of reloading your highest scoring run to the leaderboards at another opportune time.

The upvotes is a silly little bonus metric that don't even have their own local leaderboard, only a global. So I think that once it failed to connect, it was gone. As my actual score wasn't good enough to be saved locally.

If anything, I was just venting that finally I do something moderately impressive, so of course the record will disappear into the either.