A way to learn how to play..

[airzonk]

Thanks all for your beginner reccomendations

This might irk some people, but seeing as 2d shooters are absolutely frustrating sometimes and I am new to playing them seriously, I have a method to suggest to newbies:

Get emulators and use save states (save anytime in the game).. that way, you can quickly learn how it works + enemy patterns and improve your reflexes without having to go through parts of levels you've already mastered.

What do you think? Sure helped make me 1000% better in one day...

beat winds of thunder( the actual import SuperCD), Gate of Thunder's next

Red makes awesome shooters. Whassup with them? I know Konami just bought Hudson Soft (! Power duo)...

Gabe

[Guardians Knight]

dude! thats so funny. Well done you take the award for best comedy of the day.

i trust you wont be entering any of your highscores using said method into the highscores thread....

Best way to get good is practice mate.


Wait a minute - i've just realised you were taking the piss, and i just gone and fell for it. Well done again!

[airzonk]

yes, of course this is cheating but only to learn concepts... i do a dry run through the level once i've mastered it

and of course this is only practice--i'm already a lot better than i was this morning! as soon as i have more practice then i'm abandoning this method.

no, no high scores this way

-G

[icycalm]

In all kinds of training there is only one rule.

Use whatever method brings results.

Keep it up man.

[black mariah]

No piss taking here. BernD's been using this same method for a while. Use save states and replays to perfect a run, then try to replicate it in real time.

[Venom]

It works no doubt. Going through on savestates for a 1LC will give you at least some way to deal with things. Some other ways are: building - master a section at a time, then add later ones; quick dirty clear, then work on score; bomb plans. Whatever works for you.

[airzonk]

Yeah, already I'm getting a lot better (and my hands ache!) and, for example, with Lords of Thunder the thought of -continuing- to use savestates is appalling. Now that 2d shooters don't seem impossible I want the challenge =)

I'm trying to play Gate of Thunder through without using save states, but we'll see.



Gabe