Brilliant Moonlight - Very large download PC shooter

postman · Post by **postman** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:27 pm

http://www.geocities.jp/brilliantsilkro ... yuugi.html

Just found this in my travels on the web, it's 146 megs, too big for my 56k to handle (server doesn't resume), so has anyone had a chance to try this out?

I hate when they don't offer screenshots for something this big........

arromdee · Post by **arromdee** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:41 pm

I haven't tried doing a full download myself (I'm on 56K too), but I didn't have any trouble getting the server to resume.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Sun May 15, 2005 11:58 pm

I dont download any freeware game without a description or pictures..

Even though I've on Broadband I've still got the 56K approach

Tomtom · Post by **Tomtom** » Mon May 16, 2005 12:48 am

I'll try it out and post impressions if it works. Hope it doesn't destroy my computer.

velocity7 · Post by **velocity7** » Mon May 16, 2005 2:54 am

I think I'll take a look as well. Can't hurt to try.

mannerbot · Post by **mannerbot** » Mon May 16, 2005 4:03 am

56kers might as well go for it anyway, might even beat my download. 2.2 KB/s...

BrianC · Post by **BrianC** » Mon May 16, 2005 4:16 am

mannerbot wrote:56kers might as well go for it anyway, might even beat my download. 2.2 KB/s...

ugh. It seems like that server isn't the best for downloading. I have broadband and that download is slow for me too.

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Mon May 16, 2005 5:31 am

the server allows to resume... im downloading now, 5kbps, so it will take me all night long, but i dont mind... its another shmup for me to try and enjoy (hopefully)...

thx postman for the link.... ill give impressions about it tomorrow.

ryosnk · Post by **ryosnk** » Mon May 16, 2005 5:33 pm

So how is it?

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Mon May 16, 2005 7:32 pm

ryosnk wrote:So how is it?

Give him some time!

He's probably still downloading it

postman · Post by **postman** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:01 pm

I was able to resume at first, but then after about 5 tries or so, it said this server would not allow resuming (using Getright btw), so it was odd...

I had a friend with cable modem access DL it, but haven't seen him yet so I don't know how it is.........

I don't like bringing in large files without screenshots either, but hey, I figure nothing ventured, nothing gained, and maybe such a large file could be a killer shmup.

Or it could suck. Who knows.

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Mon May 16, 2005 11:07 pm

postman wrote:I was able to resume at first, but then after about 5 tries or so, it said this server would not allow resuming (using Getright btw), so it was odd...

I had a friend with cable modem access DL it, but haven't seen him yet so I don't know how it is.........

I don't like bringing in large files without screenshots either, but hey, I figure nothing ventured, nothing gained, and maybe such a large file could be a killer shmup.

Or it could suck. Who knows.

True

We'll all just have to wait
*Suspense grows higher*

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:35 am

ok, i was able to finish it after somethin like 12 hours of continuous download.... the server still allowed me to resume, but in the latest 7 hours or so, the download rate was about 0.4 kbps... so, u know how painfull it was.

well, after downloading it, i unpacked it, so i could give the game a try!... it has nice pics, and it says RIGHT AWAY that its some kinda touhou clone

:D:D ... so with that sad, i pushed "Z" and started to play........

from then on, i cant comment, cuz, for some odd reason (VGA drivers or something) the backgrounds were ALL messed up, but for what i could see, its a compelte touhou clone, with nice sprites (but seems rather amateurish), and a nice game play (for the lil i could try) .... cant recommend it, since i coulndt test it to the full... but seems like a good game.

any other that has downloaded the game, and could try it w/o probs. plz tell the others what do you think of the game.... i kinda feel its worth it, but u know what happened already (problem is, that its not the 1st game who i get that SAME problem... but all of them are rather amateurish... so, thats why i think its VGA drivers prob.).

laters guys n gals.

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Tue May 17, 2005 1:42 am

postman wrote:I was able to resume at first, but then after about 5 tries or so, it said this server would not allow resuming (using Getright btw), so it was odd...

I had a friend with cable modem access DL it, but haven't seen him yet so I don't know how it is.........

I don't like bringing in large files without screenshots either, but hey, I figure nothing ventured, nothing gained, and maybe such a large file could be a killer shmup.

Or it could suck. Who knows.

i use FlashGet or Reget Deluxe 3.3 for downloads, adn like i said, it tookme some time, but i was able to resume more than 100 times (automatically done by the dl manager), i even took the risk of stoppin the download and tryin again (since it was painfully slow!) and it resumed like nothing happened, and after decompressin, everythiin was ok... but i coulndt play the game for graphic errors (again, its not the 1st game i have this error with, so ITS NOT THE GAME thats for sure... i think), but for what i could read from the readme, the game its a lil machine eager... they tested it on a machine with 1 Gb of RAM!!!!... (i have 512) anyways, the game doesnt tke to much by startin nor loading levels (somethin lik e4 seconds starting and 1-2 seconds loading a level)......

i kinda feel it can bee a good one... but i have to make some tests with my machine (apps are loosing focus suddenly, and stuff like that... still dont know what is it)...

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Tue May 17, 2005 4:49 am

To those with a slow connection: Don't waste your time.

Maybe I'm missing something, but there is no justification for a file of this size. The graphics are something that my old 486 could pump out, despite the fact that the readme seems to state that you'll need at least a Geforce 3. Your character is slow as hell, only has one type of attack (though that can be powered up within the first 30 seconds of the game), and has three bombs to work with through the entire thing. Now, mind you, I've only made it to the first boss, but I'm guessing it's also the final once, since it has eight forms. Let me repeat that for those not listening. The boss has EIGHT FORMS. And they ain't exactly the shortest in the world. Granted, she does have a few interesting patterns. Last, but not least, the game isn't really that fun to play. *shrug*

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:32 am

Any Images?

gameoverDude · Post by **gameoverDude** » Tue May 17, 2005 11:58 pm

This didn't work properly for me. The enemies were generally invisible and so were some stretches of background. I am running a 1GB machine myself, so RAM can't be the problem.

Kaspal · Post by **Kaspal** » Wed May 18, 2005 12:23 am

gameoverDude wrote:This didn't work properly for me. The enemies were generally invisible and so were some stretches of background. I am running a 1GB machine myself, so RAM can't be the problem.

its the same problem i had.... i wonder why that happened?...

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Wed May 18, 2005 1:56 am

Took me 40 minutes to download; guess their server got unclogged. The graphics look pretty poor for such a huge game. My graphics card got the game to generally look OK except for a black bar every few stretches. The only problem is that about every 5 seconds, the game freezes for about half a second (during which time stuff moves without my seeing it), which is basically making the game impossible to play.

Here's a shot of the game:

Damocles · Post by **Damocles** » Wed May 18, 2005 9:18 am

Note: Despite my thinking that this game blows, I do respect the fact that you can blow up angels. Any game with that gets a thumbs-up in my book. Oh...uhh.....you can blow up devils too..........if that's your thing........

Cthulhu · Post by **Cthulhu** » Fri May 20, 2005 2:36 pm

Wow, that is pretty unimpressive for such a huge file size...

Inefficient programming perhaps?

SheSaidDutch · Post by **SheSaidDutch** » Fri May 20, 2005 3:30 pm

Cthulhu wrote:Wow, that is pretty unimpressive for such a huge file size...

Inefficient programming perhaps?

Ditto

BUHA · Post by **BUHA** » Sat May 21, 2005 4:36 am

wow. that blows. what a rip