Shiki2 option question

Pedro Lambrini · Post by **Pedro Lambrini** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:40 pm

I've been playing Shikigami No Shiro 2 (Jap version on the 'Cube) for a wee while now but there is one option that I don't get. When on the screen that lets you choose whether to play normal or easy mode there is a box between the 2 with an option that can be on or off. I have no idea what it is and I can't see any difference in the game! Can anybody enlighten me? Thanks folks!

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:45 pm

I believe you're talking about "wait on/off." Wait on leaves in the slowdown present in the arcade version while wait off removes the slowdown.

Pedro Lambrini · Post by **Pedro Lambrini** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:57 pm

Aha! I'm going to go play a bit right now just to see! I have to be honest and say that I haven't noticed very much slowdown anyway! Get the feeling I'm a bit of a newb? The last shmup that I played to death was SWIV on the Amiga!

But I'm enjoying rediscovering the good ol' shmup!

Plasmo · Post by **Plasmo** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 7:06 pm

If you choose "on" you get a tutorial and the japanese story for each character at the beginning of a level or before a bossfight."off" is without the story.
The slowdown "wait on/off" option appears when you press start during a game.

8 1/2 · Post by **8 1/2** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:15 pm

I'm definitely a story-mode-off man myself. Shut your stupid anime hole and die!

Pedro Lambrini · Post by **Pedro Lambrini** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:24 pm

I never really noticed that the story mode was switched off or on as I just automaticaly skipped it anyway! Being in Japanese I don't really see the point of watching the story unfold although I am curious to know the background of this game - I really do like it and would like to understand it a bit more!

Blade · Post by **Blade** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 5:28 am

Okay, sorry to revive an old thread, but I have to know this....I seem to have unlocked some Special Options in the game that can

1) Tweak the Game Speed....from 50-200%
2) Tweak the Bullet Speed....I think I saw something like 300%
3) Tweak Bullet Size....50% (actual Dot damage size) to 300% (makes the game Insane)
4) Tweak Extreme Mode Bullet Patterns (haven't really messed with this quite yet)
5) Tweak Hyper Shot range....dunno how much of an impact this has.

Anyway...does anyone know more about this and has anyone tried this...like it? Hate it?

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 6:38 am

I got them as well (after my first 1CC I believe) but never messed with them much. Hyper shot range has a lot of impact considering on the max setting, you can be like almost a quarter screen away from a bullet and still be firing hyper shots.

Minzoku · Post by **Minzoku** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 12:50 pm

Pedro Lambrini wrote:I never really noticed that the story mode was switched off or on as I just automaticaly skipped it anyway! Being in Japanese I don't really see the point of watching the story unfold although I am curious to know the background of this game - I really do like it and would like to understand it a bit more!

I'm trying to translate it, but it doesn't go anywhere for a long time

I'm nearly to the end of Kohtaro's story, and it hasn't really said anything about what's going on.

OmegaFlareX · Post by **OmegaFlareX** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 3:39 pm

Yeah, everyone was complaining at how ridiculous and engrish-y the US PS2 version is. Yet ironically, even properly translated, the JP story doesn't make any sense, either.

Unless you're playing the DC version in VGA and want to look at the nice high-res character art, just leave the story off.

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Wed Apr 20, 2005 7:29 pm

Blade wrote:Okay, sorry to revive an old thread, but I have to know this....I seem to have unlocked some Special Options in the game that can

1) Tweak the Game Speed....from 50-200%
2) Tweak the Bullet Speed....I think I saw something like 300%
3) Tweak Bullet Size....50% (actual Dot damage size) to 300% (makes the game Insane)
4) Tweak Extreme Mode Bullet Patterns (haven't really messed with this quite yet)
5) Tweak Hyper Shot range....dunno how much of an impact this has.

Anyway...does anyone know more about this and has anyone tried this...like it? Hate it?

answering to your questions here

1) its self xplanatory, it tweaks the game's speed, i use to put it at 150%
2) self xplanatory again, i put this one at 50% (yes, theres a max speed of 300%)
3) i put this one on 80% ... so, theres more space to navigate thru bullets... if you put it in 50%, u can nearly see bullets, and are gonna make LOTS of mistakes... so , 80% its ok with me.
4) havent tried it either...
5) this one makes the hipershot to be enabled at longer range from bullets (so u dont have to be scratchin bullets all of the time, since u enter the 8x zone pretty much earlier than b4)

i dont love it, but dont hate it either... its just a different way of playing the game, since this can make the game much easier or much harder (depending on how much u tweak the lil stuff here and there)...

... just my 2 cents...