Eight Forces is good (!?)

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:51 am

Is there ANYONE in this forum who actually likes Eight Forces? First impressions for me was that it was shithouse, had brokenly-weak weapons, and was completely retarded.

But the graphic work in the game is really awesome, I love the boss designs and some of the backgrounds are just totally awesome (when you are fighting the boss in the battleship stage for example)

Beyond that, what kept me playing the game was the scoring system that basically takes the raizing-style medal chaining to the extreme (1,000,000 points medal max is just too good!!)

IN CONCLUSION:

Pros:
-Awesome graphics
-Damn hard
-Addictive medal chaining because they max out to such retardedly huge amounts

Cons:
-Plays like shit
-Has shit music
-All the 8 playable characters are shit except for 1
-Has Sonic Wings style limited time max power which is shit

Bottom Line: This thread is good.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:54 am

I just played it for two minutes.

I hate you.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:03 am

WHAT DID I HAD DONE?!

RESENT IT!

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 9:53 am

Alright, I played this (cheated through) for what seemed like five fucking hours. On the plus side, I'm definitely ready to go sleep.

But first, a description:

There are two rounds, and apparently the second one is harder. Level design is identical though.

I tried out all the 1P ships; I ended up playing through with the first (default) character, although the second (top-right) character seems to have a better attack (a spread attack). The lower-left thing's powered-up attack looks like a bunch of spoons, and feels about as effective.

It takes FAR too long to kill things. I kept running (before I turned on cheats) into a big eye that CAN NOT BE DEFEATED without getting powerups, which you won't have that early in the game. So your first skill will have to be dodging ability. Choose a ship that doesn't throw out distracting projectiles that mask enemy shots.

Scoring: the medals stack (i.e. 1600 for one, next is 3200) and this carries through to the second round. You can get up to 1 million points PER MEDAL, and so they are the biggest factor determining score. I got a score of 21M+ points. The first 1M medal I got added roughly 1/6 onto my score. I'm not sure, but it feels like nothing else even comes close - in fact I wouldn't be surprised if everything else in the game won't add up to 1M points.

I said yesterday that Vapor Trail has "looping" music...well, shit, this is the real deal. Horrible sound samples obviously looping forever and ever.

There's a ton of terrible Engrish in there for the size of the game. Various characters say dumb things when they're defeated (see my post just above for part of one character's thing).

Also, apparently your commander is a frog.

Horrible game. Just when I start to think I've got a grip on what's in MAME, something like this shows up. Just fucking amazing.

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:51 am

Ed Oscuro wrote:Alright, I played this (cheated through)

WHAT DID YOU HAD DONE!!

RESENT IT!

bsidwell · Post by **bsidwell** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 6:28 pm

This game is really, really terrible, and I think you should ashamed of yourself for mentioning it in public.

TKGB_Mental_Gear · Post by **TKGB_Mental_Gear** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:26 pm

I find the game to be too freaking hard. It needed more work on it.

Though I like the characters. I just wish I knew their names or the reason why they are the Eight Forces and what they are fighting for.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:48 pm

TKGB_Mental_Gear wrote:I just wish I knew their names or the reason why they are the Eight Forces and what they are fighting for.

All I know is that the white horse guy yells HAIL TO RUINZA when his continue times out...totally missing the context there, maybe the cabinet art explains it. At first I thought the frog was taunting me!

Figures the guy with a white cloak and a damn chandelier in his ship would attack with giant silver spoons...

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 10:51 pm

I think we just found our game choice for Hidden Gem week.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:22 am

Ed Oscuro wrote:Figures the guy with a white cloak and a damn chandelier in his ship would attack with giant silver spoons...

While sipping on a glass of fine red wine.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:24 am

He paid too much attention to the vinters' cellar and let some second-stringer load the ammo on the ship, so now he has to pay the price, I guess.

Also, the top-right 1p character's first death quote is THIS SUCKS

Every time I see that I think "yup"

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:25 am

THIS SUCKS. I WON'T DIE UNTIL I MEET MY MAKER.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:30 am

SPOILERS: your maker is terrible at games

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:45 am

This sucks.

I will not be defeated like this.

Keade · Post by **Keade** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 1:26 am

Thanks to MAME and us, such games will never be forgotten...

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:45 am

Holy crap, the world record in this game is 64 million. Frankly I'm surprised people have finished the game at all, the last stage is impossible, let alone what its like in the 2nd loop.

By the way, the characters names are partially revealed in the default highscore list (ninja = Tsubasa, guy with wine and chandeliers = Duke) Full names and backstory I'm sure are revealed in the flyers or whatever. Speaking of flyers, I once saw the eight forces one somewhere on the net (not at arcadeflyers) but cant remember where, I shall locate it!

Nothing beats 1,000,000 value medals. 10k medals are for pansies.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:46 am

Macaw wrote:10k medals are for pansies.

10k medals are for better games.

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:01 am

http://www.ngy.1st.ne.jp/~momochi/untiku/eight.htm

Despite having an S in the english title, the katakana for the name merely says 'Eight Force" so its probably some kind of sequel/side story to Star Force or Final Star Force.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:52 am

This game kicks ass.

Everyone should play it.

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 6:52 am

It's not that bad

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:00 am

JoshF wrote:It's not that bad

Yup, like I said in my first post it plays a bit shit but the character and enemy designs are so crazy/awesome thats its makes playing the game worthwhile, especially with the insane scoring system.

PooshhMao · Post by **PooshhMao** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:24 am

It's a solid entry in the 'very nearly instantly forgettable' category
In fact, you could say it's the port ever

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 11:59 am

Wait, I got this confused with FixEight.

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:09 pm

JoshF wrote:Wait, I got this confused with FixEight.

But that doesn't mean you retract your previous statement right?

.....Right??

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 12:41 pm

It's reall cool and really bad. It's hard to believe someone actually fought hard for a high score in this game (check AIVA).

I've been using one of the character portraits for my avatar on STGfan since a couple of months back. Great design!

Daigohji · Post by **Daigohji** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 3:51 pm

Macaw wrote:Cons:
-Plays like shit

That's a fairly major con.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 4:03 pm

Macaw wrote:Despite having an S in the english title, the katakana for the name merely says 'Eight Force" so its probably some kind of sequel/side story to Star Force or Final Star Force.

I didn't play Star Force until recently...I have to say the music themes are strikingly similar there. Star Force plays better, I think.

TKGB_Mental_Gear · Post by **TKGB_Mental_Gear** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 7:09 pm

Macaw wrote:

That guy's a ninja? I thought he was a robot.

OI! Looks like this game did have some backstory into it. I tought Tecmo made it for no real reason. I mean, look at the character roster. These guys would fit in the Aero Fighters series well.

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 2:31 pm

I'll add my vote for "this game sucks".

JoshF · Post by **JoshF** » Sun Sep 02, 2007 7:29 pm

zinger wrote:I've been using one of the character portraits for my avatar on STGfan since a couple of months back. Great design!

Bucky O'Hare?

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