STGT 2k6 Week #1: Blazing Star

MrMonkeyMan · Post by **MrMonkeyMan** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:19 am

Stupid invisible bullets took all my lives :(

MrMonkeyMan - Team Cowboy - 20,321,120 - 6 - Windina

thesuperkillerxxx · Post by **thesuperkillerxxx** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:55 am

Last Place and I don't care, I do not care for this game.

thesuperkillerxxx - Super Buffet S. T. - 1,012,740 - 2 - Aryustailm

Edit: read I don't have enough PC for this to use an autofire function.

javel · Post by **javel** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:01 am

Javel - Team Sweden - 14,783,200 - 6 - Windina

First try in ages. Fifth boss took two of my lives. Kind of hard when you dont know what you´re supposed to do.

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:14 am

thesuperkillerxxx wrote:Last Place and I don't care, I do not care for this game.

I'm still deciding whether or not I like it, but either way it does take awhile to really click. Your score can skyrocket once you get the hang of it and the gems become worth 81,500 (or whatever the number is).

Aryustailm is tough to use I think... that was my first pick, but I switched to Windina. Too fast to squeeze between tough spots, and requires a lot of planning because of the way the special weapon works. However, there seems to be massive point potential if you know exactly what you're doing.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:25 am

Shatterhand - Team Old Schoolers - 21,094,240 - 6 - Peplos

Died at the last boss. I've 1 lifed up until level 6 lots of times, and I just lose every life there. I can barely reach the boss. That part where the scroll goes into the screen is just NUTS, when ships attack from rear and front, firing hundreds of bullets.. HOW THE HECK I can dodge all those attacks? If I could reach there with Aryustaiilm I could use its shield (Like in that 72mil video...).. I ALWAYS lose a life there, no matter what I do... I've tried lots of different stuff and it doesn't matter, I JUST DIE.

If I could manage to reach that 6th boss with at least 1 life in the stock I could have a better chance of beating it.... ooh well, tomorrow is a new day, and I'll have even more time to try again.

And yeah it's Official, Aryustailm is actually a BITCH to use properly. I tried a good run with it, and I just failed everytime, it's SO EASY to screw up with that ship.... I tried other ships, but I got too used with the speed and power of Peplos. Yeah, it's probably the worst ship to score with its crap charge shot, but whatever.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:15 am

I'm pretty sure they've got Aryu's and Peplos' sub-descriptions switched

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:23 am

This game just does not click with me at all. Time to go watch some super-plays of it, I guess...

crithit5000 - SBST - 1,912,410 - 4 - Windina (MAME)

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:35 am

cleared the first three without dying, destroyed a million points worth of those sawblade things, got owned on level four by those buggers that fire some lasers and fly away

ED-057 - Team Old Schoolers - 3,499,910 - 4 - Windina (MAME)

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:50 am

After consulting a replay, I have come to the firm conclusion that I don't have the patience to milk bosses to this extent.

crithit5000 - SBST - 2,129,640 - 4 - Windina (MAME)

zakk · Post by **zakk** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:59 am

Zakk - Team Cowboy - 10,985,860 - 4 - Aryustailm

I had an absolutely stupid death right at the end of the third stage, and then the stupid tail on the boss got me. LIKE IT DOES EVERY TIME grr.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 7:59 am

zinger - Team Sweden - 15,864,040 - 6 - Peplos

Sword · Post by **Sword** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:14 am

Sword - Team Stranger - 5.949.900 - 4 - Windina

Edge · Post by **Edge** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:48 am

Edge - Team Germany - 22'554'690 - 6 - Windina (MAME)

Now it's your turn again, Shatterhand.

I like the scoring mechanics in this game, but the invisible bullets are really annoying.

And hey you guys from namakoteam and other watchers, we are waiting for your secret highscores. Waiting till the last day to drop in with uber highscores is pretty mean you know.

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 11:29 am

Acid King - Drink and Fly - 4,506,330 - 4 - Aryustailm

Post by **Ghegs** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:04 pm

Ghegs - Team Skandinavia - 18,207,350 - 6 - Peplos (MAME)

I have such a love/hate relationship with this game now.

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:26 pm

Ghegs wrote:Ghegs - Team Skandinavia - 18,207,350 - 6 - Peplos (MAME)

I have such a love/hate relationship with this game now.

I think that up to this point, everybody does ha ha.

Vincere - Team Stranger - 15 432 120 - 6 - Windina (MAME)

That fucking autofire makes the game a true walk in the park.

EDIT: this is my final score as I can't play the game this WE.

Leeram · Post by **Leeram** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:10 pm

Well, I think i'm at the edge of my skill with this so it's probably worth posting my score. Hopefully I might get a few more points but I don't think it's going to end up too far beyond this.

Leeram - Underdogs - 8,679,060 - 4 - Windina - No Autofire

Unlike most other posters I think I've done really well to get this in just a few days playing. I also think everyone else has done well as well, considering the time we have had. I think it shows the real quality at playing of the people on this board.

I'm really enjoying Blazing Star and am going to continue into the week off. It's nothing like I thought it would be, I thought it would be like R-Type but it really isn't.

I'll update the post if I manage to improve.

Cheers

Leeram

Post by **Icarus** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:51 pm

Edge wrote:And hey you guys from namakoteam and other watchers, we are waiting for your secret highscores. Waiting till the last day to drop in with uber highscores is pretty mean you know.

All the more reason to keep playing, isn't it. ^_-

Sword · Post by **Sword** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:55 pm

This will probably be my final score: (no MAME this weekend)
Sword - Team Stranger - 6.061.040 - 4 - Windina

_Bnu · Post by **_Bnu** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:09 pm

I got the best ALL score EVER, anyway!

I tried to not pick up a single blue medal... I ended up with 8 because of the crappy SUPER ENEMY ATTACK in level 6, though. The final rank (level) was at 69/255. Needless to say, the enemies didn't do all that much compared to a normal run. :D

Vincere · Post by **Vincere** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:15 pm

This is sick! ha ha ha!

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:15 pm

Davey wrote:
thesuperkillerxxx wrote:Last Place and I don't care, I do not care for this game.
I'm still deciding whether or not I like it, but either way it does take awhile to really click. Your score can skyrocket once you get the hang of it and the gems become worth 81,500 (or whatever the number is).

I'm in the same boat. The main reason it doesn't click with me is because it's a combo-based game. I dislike combo based games when playing for score (*pachi). Just playing for a finish, this game seems like fun as it has great graphics and pretty fun bosses (though autofire kills that).

I've played for score 3 times (twice with the bad rom). I tried a 4th game yesterday with another ship, but everytime I got the rainbow colored powerup, the red icons would appear instead of blue ones and I couldn't get my score to go up - must have been doing something wrong.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:33 pm

It's because you are not getting the rainbow event icon, but the YUMEKOBO event icon

To get the rainbow icon you need to NOT get any event icon up until the rainbow one shows up.

I still haven't died because of a invisible bullet, but I notice when the screen gets crowded I can't get the rapid shot of Peplos, it will only shoot the normal shot (And at a much smaller rate, I must add). It's really annoying, it happens quite a lot in level 6. (And it happens exactly at one point where I lose a life almost 80% of the times)

And Goddamn Edge, I was going to take a rest today... but now I'll have to go back to the game

Post by **Icarus** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 4:20 pm

landshark wrote:I'm in the same boat. The main reason it doesn't click with me is because it's a combo-based game. I dislike combo based games when playing for score (*pachi). Just playing for a finish, this game seems like fun as it has great graphics and pretty fun bosses (though autofire kills that).

The amount of points you get from chargebeam chaining is tiny compared to the amount of points you get from medalling.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:22 pm

Icarus wrote: The amount of points you get from chargebeam chaining is tiny compared to the amount of points you get from medalling.

Tell that to the guys from the replays.

Post your scores!

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:42 pm

I find funny how Bnu's score actually got a RANK A , while my previous 16 mil score got a RANK B and my current 21 mil score got a RANK C (And I actually got FURTHER in the game).

This shit makes no sense at all.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:46 pm

I think you get a lesser rank for the low boss time bonus, stupidly.

Post by **Icarus** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:49 pm

Shatterhand wrote:I find funny how Bnu's score actually got a RANK A , while my previous 16 mil score got a RANK B and my current 21 mil score got a RANK C (And I actually got FURTHER in the game).

This shit makes no sense at all.

I'm quite sure that the game ranks you on your stage performance. Speed of boss kill, secrets found (as in amount of medals and lucky panels grabbed), one-life or more used in stage and so on. The only stage I ever hit a C rank on is the first and thats because I spend it milking the boss for medals. The rest are A and B ranks.

I wouldn't worry about the stage ranking anyway. Its irrelevant when the actual stat that matters is your score. (^_^)

Rob wrote:Tell that to the guys from the replays.

Post your scores!

Trust me. Its tried and tested. Fast efficient medalling is far more important to a high score. SOF-WTN and SAI only charge-chain because they can tag on perhaps another 10% of their total score through it, and because its a refinement technique.

And you'll just have to wait until the end of the week in order to see my numbers. Ahaha. (￣▽￣)

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:51 pm

Acid King - Drink and Fly - 8,256,920 - 4 - Aryustailm

Gotta bust my ass in the next few hours to top this one before the weekend comes and I have to do the whole relationship bit.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:53 pm

Yeah, I don't care about the rank, I just find it stupid.

And the secret bonus is even more strange for me... Sometimes I get like 120,000 points for Secret in level 1, other times I get just 20,000 , while I haven't done ANYTHING different.