STGT2k7- Week#2 Viper Phase 1

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:58 am

Question- Has anyone gotten a 100% on stage four? I've no clue what that last 1% entails.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:09 am

No, and I don't think anyone's actually pulled that off.

>= 600k prize to anyone who does figure it out, though.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:23 am

Icarus wrote:この面は全ての敵機を破壊しても、何故か破壊率が９９％止まりになってしまいます。逆に言うと、逃げていく敵を無理して撃ちに行っても、あまり旨味が無いわけで、勲章を取りに行っていて画面端のザコ敵機を処理し損ねた場合などは、２～３機くらいなら気にせず放置してしまっても構いません。

あはは~~

Is he saying 2-3 popcorn enemies are unreachable?

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:27 am

In short: it's impossible. The game always rates you at 99% even if you destroy everything (quite bizarre). Therefore it is safe to miss maybe two or three when medal collecting from the silos to maximise score.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:45 am

Apparently 5 sniper tanks that never come out some part after MEDAL RAIN are the culprit.

thx sik

[2248.39] <sikraiken> notice how there is only one turret on the right.
[2248.48] <sikraiken> watch how many come out on the left
[2249.44] <sikraiken> there are 5 not coming out on the right side of the screen

sikraiken · Post by **sikraiken** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:53 am

In stage 4, where it's gray and there are those tracks in the middle of the screen, turrets come out on the left and right. 7 total should come out on each side. Only 2 come out on the right side, the other 5 never come out, but they are added to your enemy count. The game determines percentage by how many enemies (or destroyable things) you destroyed divided by how many "appeared" in the stage. You'll always be missing 5 enemies no matter what. It is impossible to hit them by any means.

Edit: Oops, thanks Twiddle.

ED-057 · Post by **ED-057** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:53 am

ED-057 - Old Schoolers - 2,494,494 - stage 4

This game is SADISM. Let's look at the facts:
1) player's hitbox is pleasantly plump
2) player's speed is as a golf cart
3) points scored during the action are chump change
4) miss one flying trash container and lose half your potential for the level
5) evil medal carriers dare you to release the fire button
6) enemies consistantly appear at opposite sides of the screen, forcing player to push the slow jet back and forth, back and forth, until player's hand is tired

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 5:58 am

How many of you would be pissed to find out that Old Version has a smaller hitbox (RF-esque) and has more but slower bullets, and that the stage 2 and 5 bosses aren't nearly as hard as a result?

Shame about the weapon system making the old version unplayable.

SFKhoa · Post by **SFKhoa** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:15 am

SFK loves getting it up the ass by a giant ship coming from behind.

SFKhoa - Downrank - 6,769,905 - Stage 7 [MAME]

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:24 am

hide in corner after the warning waves lol

Herr Schatten · Post by **Herr Schatten** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 6:30 am

Keade wrote:
Yeah, I died just after I bombed.

A lot of my end game screens look like that.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:08 am

P_HAT - Downrank - 1.568.294 - 3

Played only ~2 hour >_<"

Infintium · Post by **Infintium** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:29 am

Infintium - The Underdogs - 1,593,493 - Stage 3 - MAME

Fu · Post by Fu » Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:00 pm

Fu - Team France - 3,327,396 - Stage 4 - MAME
Sick of it.

neo · Post by **neo** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:20 pm

neo - Team France - 1.256.446 - Stage 4 - MAME
Finally some free time. I managed to get 100% in stage 2 with the N power-up.

DEL · Post by **DEL** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 12:43 pm

ED-057 wrote;

This game is SADISM. Let's look at the facts:
1) player's hitbox is pleasantly plump
2) player's speed is as a golf cart
3) points scored during the action are chump change
4) miss one flying trash container and lose half your potential for the level
5) evil medal carriers dare you to release the fire button
6) enemies consistantly appear at opposite sides of the screen, forcing player to push the slow jet back and forth, back and forth, until player's hand is tired
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^"player's speed is as of a golf cart" - Indeed

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I just love that moment of horror when you're pulling back down the screen and you have half a second to avoid the bullet that's coming at you, except....you have no speed to perform the manoeuvre. So you just watch yourself die.
This is the reason why I avoided such games in the past.
Mills describes them as "boring pattern games". He excells at them, but he still admits their shortcomings nevertheless.

Skyrandia · Post by **Skyrandia** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 1:30 pm

Skyrandia - Cyber City Team - 2 419 810 - Stage 4 - MAME

Thats it from me.

Didn't have much time to play this game and I'm glad I didn't since the game is too pissing off with the ships large hitbox and slow ship speed. This created too many instances where I knew I was going to die far too early for my liking.

And the score system adds to the frustration. I'm not even going to start on that.

Kaede · Post by **Kaede** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:05 pm

Kaede - Retro Passion UK - 1,236,194 - STAGE 3 - MAME

Might try for another score but I'm fed up of getting 99% on stage 1.

Macaw · Post by **Macaw** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 2:28 pm

Macaw - Cyber City Team - 6,604,412 - Stage 6 - MAME

Acid King · Post by **Acid King** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 3:22 pm

Hopefully I'll be able to push a little higher between now and monday but I'm working all weekend so my time is limited.

Acid King - Drink & Fly - 2,445,455 - Stage 4 - Japan New - MAME

Sword · Post by **Sword** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:37 pm

Sword - IWST - 1.307.818 - Stage 3 - MAME

I hate this game.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 4:41 pm

I love this game.

Sword · Post by **Sword** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 8:09 pm

shoe-sama wrote:I love this game.

I think you're supposed to bitch and moan about it even if you do. I doubt you'll find that very hard

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:07 pm

shoe-sama wrote:I love this game.

mikwuyma · Post by **mikwuyma** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:23 pm

Missed an enemy
massive fumes of frustration
restarted again

mikwuyma - Team SDA - 4,706,915 - Stage 4 - MAME

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:49 pm

ur sig is HUGE

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:00 pm

ED-057 wrote:This game is SADISM. Let's look at the facts:
1) player's hitbox is pleasantly plump
2) player's speed is as a golf cart
3) points scored during the action are chump change
4) miss one flying trash container and lose half your potential for the level
5) evil medal carriers dare you to release the fire button
6) enemies consistantly appear at opposite sides of the screen, forcing player to push the slow jet back and forth, back and forth, until player's hand is tired

Don't forget the low-coverage, long-startup-delay bomb.

Twiddle · Post by **Twiddle** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:07 pm

It's only 1/3 the wait of the Raiden 1 bomb.

which is still hilariously long

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:31 pm

LEARN BOMB DISTRIBUTION

Post by **Icarus** » Sat Sep 08, 2007 11:43 pm

Laughing at all the screenshots of dead players with a bomb explosion on the screen.

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