The longest you have played/practiced a single stage.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:25 am

With the other thread revived and a surprising number for 100+ hour players, the new question: What stages have stumped you?

shinsage · Post by **shinsage** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:43 am

A few hours or less.
I'm not as crazy as you guys.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:53 am

Probably around 30-40 hours of Gradius V play before the 1CC. Easily 15 hours of practicing stage 6.

Post by **Icarus** » Wed May 02, 2007 4:53 am

Currently, Guwange:
- third stage boss milking technique
- most of stage5
- most of stage6

Trying to find the safest line through all of the above at the moment, clocking about 50hrs+ total combined practice time (for serious play) so far, since the start of Cave Week in the last STGT.

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:36 am

Practice........we talkin' bout practice??

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:48 am

It's what some people do before they 1 credit all.

Bloodreign · Post by **Bloodreign** » Wed May 02, 2007 9:44 am

At least 20 hours on the Genesis Fire Shark 8th stage, gahhh I just can't seem to pass the damned thing.

freddiebamboo · Post by **freddiebamboo** » Wed May 02, 2007 1:31 pm

I remember doing a worrying length of time on DOJ's stage 2 a while back.

Actually, a massive amount on DDP's stage 2 over the years as well.

dmauro · Post by **dmauro** » Wed May 02, 2007 2:07 pm

About 90% of the time I spend with any shmup is usually spent with stage 1

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:10 pm

About half an hour. It's supposed to be a game, not a torture. Superplay video's are cool, but I know their makers are probably very very boring.

RotateMe · Post by **RotateMe** » Wed May 02, 2007 5:23 pm

lvl 1 in ibara arrange... and i cant even make it to stage 4 (or very seldom). but at least i can now score a 20 mil in stage 1.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Wed May 02, 2007 7:49 pm

DJ Rectal Prolapse wrote:It's supposed to be a game, not a torture.

Playing a stage for more than 30 min. total is torture? What games do you play?? When attempting to master a stage it's just a game within a game.

BTW, I think this question works better if you just count practice time and not "well I've played 1000 games of Raiden so level 1!" Makes it easier. In that case I'd probably say 15 hours. Hard to tell, time flies and all.

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:09 pm

I must've practiced stage 1 in Border Down for more than 10 hours (red border). It's really intense and requires a lot of precision to score properly. Used to be able to get 28-30 millions from it consistently since then, so it did pay off. The game gets really mean after that, though.

Brian · Post by **Brian** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:47 pm

Nemo wrote:Practice........we talkin' bout practice??

I mean practice, we talkin about practice. Practice? We talkin about practice.

Gotta love that AI.

Zaarock · Post by **Zaarock** » Wed May 02, 2007 8:48 pm

2 hours on area 1 of psyvariar revision. Next up: practicing 2-D!

PC Engine Fan X! · Post by **PC Engine Fan X!** » Wed May 02, 2007 9:33 pm

Zaarock wrote:2 hours on area 1 of psyvariar revision. Next up: practicing 2-D!

For Zaarock,

Would that be on the PS2 version or the original arcade Taito G-Card version of Psyvariar Revision?

At least you can watch the kick-ass Psy-R Superplays on the Taito G-Net motherboard setup at anytime..... ^_~

PC Engine Fan X! ^_~

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Thu May 03, 2007 9:31 am

I think I've spent more than 100 hours on Mushi ULTRA's stage 3, and about 50 or so in stage 5. A lot less on other stages.

Veracity · Post by **Veracity** » Thu May 03, 2007 5:49 pm

Rob wrote:
DJ Rectal Prolapse wrote:It's supposed to be a game, not a torture.
Playing a stage for more than 30 min. total is torture? What games do you play?? When attempting to master a stage it's just a game within a game.

Repeatedly no-missing three stages when all I'd really booted a game up to do was practice the stage four boss is closer to my idea of torture. Hell, if I just want to practice a boss, I can even become a little impatient with the formality of replaying the rest of the stage. I've certainly done 10+ hours in practice mode on a handful, and I guess 20+ on Embodiment of Scarlet Devil stage four...I really hope I've not clocked 50 on that. Not sure whether the absence of an in-game timer is a mercy or an encouragement to excess. Also might be overestimating, since a single stage practice run is only a matter of a few minutes, typically.

Have there been any home platform shooters that save state and score between stages? Respectfully request no heretic burning lynch mob, I'm just curious.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu May 03, 2007 8:30 pm

Veracity wrote:Not sure whether the absence of an in-game timer is a mercy or an encouragement to excess. Also might be overestimating, since a single stage practice run is only a matter of a few minutes, typically.

Hm, yeah. I initially voted 50+, but it feels like a lot less (though 200 hour game mostly playing the first 4-5 stages...). I'm certainly not tired of the stages.

I'd be really interested in timers in these games and just extra stats in general (credits used, survival time per credit, etc.).

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu May 03, 2007 8:36 pm

Any time I play Truxton II's first level I hit 50+ hours

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Thu May 03, 2007 11:47 pm

I tried playing Truxton 2 a few months ago. Toaplan is really bad.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Fri May 04, 2007 12:13 am

A few hours total...max. The only games that I remember practicing individual levels on were the Shikis and Under Defeat. Even then, it only took maybe an hour or two of play to get them down and then it was back to full runs.

Methinks I'll have to abuse the practice function in Raiden 3, however. Those fast patterns that the bosses spew out are what get me. Psikyo-itis.

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri May 04, 2007 12:18 am

Raiden 3's patterns are so pathetic. Really. It's like one tap to dodge everything or tapping repeatedly in one direction. Psikyo's are a little more complicated.

professor ganson · Post by **professor ganson** » Fri May 04, 2007 12:36 am

Rob wrote:It's what some people do before they 1 credit all.

Nemo was making a joke directed at sports fans. He was quoting Allen Iverson, who was making a public statement after missing some practices.

Rob wrote:Toaplan is really bad.

Maybe, but Twin Cobra rules. (Of course, as I always say, you have to play it in tate at full speed.)

Rob · Post by **Rob** » Fri May 04, 2007 12:48 am

A sports joke, thread ruined.

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Fri May 04, 2007 4:22 am

Rob wrote:Raiden 3's patterns are so pathetic. Really. It's like one tap to dodge everything or tapping repeatedly in one direction. Psikyo's are a little more complicated.

Good. Then this won't take very long.

jeremycarrier · Post by **jeremycarrier** » Fri May 04, 2007 6:58 am

Brian wrote:
Nemo wrote:Practice........we talkin' bout practice??
I mean practice, we talkin about practice. Practice? We talkin about practice.

Gotta love that AI.

Not a game, not a game, not the game, where it actually matters...we're talking 'bout pratice? We talking 'bout pratice man...

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Fri May 04, 2007 9:07 am

around 50h for every chapter in ikaruga maybe 70h for chapter 3

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Fri May 04, 2007 1:46 pm

Plasmo wrote:maybe 70h for chapter 3

Really? So even really good players have to put more time in to that stage? Ikaruga's stage 3 and 4 are terrible to me. I'm like their abused child.

LUNardei · Post by **LUNardei** » Fri May 04, 2007 1:58 pm

That's the shocking truth: really good players practice a lot

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