RefleX is alive!

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 7:50 pm

http://www.siterskain.com/reflex/screenshot.htm

subcons · Post by **subcons** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:50 pm

Looks tasty. It's a homebrew for PC I'm assuming?

Probably won't get to play it if that's the case seeing as how I don't run Windows. If it does come out, someone please port it to PSP. I've recently discovered NOIZ2SA and rRootage and have been enjoying them immensely.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:02 pm

a demo for reflex came out a while back but then the project was considered dead, much to the lament of many shmuppers. the news that it's back is amazing!

seiatsu · Post by **seiatsu** » Wed Apr 30, 2008 11:09 pm

This is surprising news. wonder if it'll actually happen.

FSR · Post by **FSR** » Thu May 01, 2008 5:44 am

I played the aforementioned demo about half a year ago and I was amazed by all the Rayforce stuff and how he managed to emulate the graphics. (<-- huge Rayforce fan speaking)

I just hope the stages will be a bit shorter in a possible final version, especially the stage with the battleship fleet (stage 3?) felt way too long

Enhasa · Post by **Enhasa** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:19 pm

This is great news, because I think this game is way better than Alltynex 2nd. Finish this game first.

shoe-sama · Post by **shoe-sama** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:41 pm

alltynex 2nd had cool bosses that were ruined because you kill them with 4 seconds of pointblank slashing

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Thu May 01, 2008 3:48 pm

Yay. I was just playing Kamui. If this actually comes out this could be fun.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Thu May 01, 2008 5:24 pm

http://www.siterskain.com/reflex/ss/a02_04.png

Lol, Viper Phase 1 boss?

Don't get me started on the six-point star over lo-rez 2D city texture background thingy...

...but anyhow: what is this, a "greatest hits of shmupping" compilation?

Enhasa · Post by **Enhasa** » Sat May 03, 2008 8:48 am

shoe-sama wrote:alltynex 2nd had cool bosses that were ruined because you kill them with 4 seconds of pointblank slashing

The worst thing about Radiant Silvergun is inspiring other games to have crappy broken sword mechanics.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:01 am

Trial Version 1.0 is out!

http://shootthecore.blogspot.com/2008/0 ... x-out.html

Full game comes out next month! W00000t!

Observer · Post by **Observer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 1:47 am

Good news! Thanks for posting that. I already knew that it was coming but didn't know anything about the demo.

I'm hyped beyond reason after checking a couple of videos of the game in action.

We can also expect a CDA soundtrack, right? Kamui has amazing music so I guess this one will be no exception and using the game disc for something else other than installation is always nice.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:35 am

Alright! I always wanted a new game that played in near permanent super slow motion!

In all seriousness, is it supposed to play at 1/4 speed the moment an enemy comes on the screen, or is there a setting I missed in the mass of unreadable text gibberish and question marks? I've tried full screen, windowed, 16 and 32 bit color, all the resolutions, and it slows to a crawl as soon as the first enemies arrive regardless of the settings.

kengou · Post by **kengou** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:36 am

The Coop wrote:Alright! I always wanted a new game that played in near permanent super slow motion!

In all seriousness, is it supposed to play at 1/4 speed the moment an enemy comes on the screen, or is there a setting I missed in the mass of unreadable text gibberish and question marks? I've tried full screen, windowed, 16 and 32 bit color, all the resolutions, and it slows to a crawl as soon as the first enemies arrive regardless of the settings.

I haven't experienced this at all, the bosses usually have very fast attacks in fact. I didn't mess with the settings whatsoever, just played it as soon as it installed. Maybe try reinstalling?

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:44 am

Doesn't slow down for me either

Not a bad little game, for a doujin. I wish I hadn't already played Ra.De, Dai ou Jou, and Ibara tonight though... Because this feels weak in comparison

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:50 am

kengou wrote:
The Coop wrote:Alright! I always wanted a new game that played in near permanent super slow motion!

In all seriousness, is it supposed to play at 1/4 speed the moment an enemy comes on the screen, or is there a setting I missed in the mass of unreadable text gibberish and question marks? I've tried full screen, windowed, 16 and 32 bit color, all the resolutions, and it slows to a crawl as soon as the first enemies arrive regardless of the settings.
I haven't experienced this at all, the bosses usually have very fast attacks in fact. I didn't mess with the settings whatsoever, just played it as soon as it installed. Maybe try reinstalling?

No dice. Fresh install, and I could count the frames per second (4-5 at first, but it slowed to 2 over the water half the time). Guess I'm just one of the unlucky few.

Observer · Post by **Observer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:12 am

The Coop wrote:
kengou wrote:
The Coop wrote:Alright! I always wanted a new game that played in near permanent super slow motion!

In all seriousness, is it supposed to play at 1/4 speed the moment an enemy comes on the screen, or is there a setting I missed in the mass of unreadable text gibberish and question marks? I've tried full screen, windowed, 16 and 32 bit color, all the resolutions, and it slows to a crawl as soon as the first enemies arrive regardless of the settings.
I haven't experienced this at all, the bosses usually have very fast attacks in fact. I didn't mess with the settings whatsoever, just played it as soon as it installed. Maybe try reinstalling?
No dice. Fresh install, and I could count the frames per second (4-5 at first, but it slowed to 2 over the water half the time). Guess I'm just one of the unlucky few.

Sorry for this one since it's the usual option: Did you update Directx recently? Also, what kind of computer are you trying to run the game with? Laptop or desktop? (usually some laptops struggle with these games and others can run 'em just fine) The video card? Is it Nvidia or ATi? Just in case, do you leave Anti-Aliasing on? I recall that option killed Exception's fps. Disabling it boosted things to full 60 all the time even with 2000 cubes exploding around.

Some games just don't like manual AA on.

Regarding Reflex, since I only saw it in crappy Youtube quality... The real deal was breathtaking. It blew me away! Amazing graphics, nice 'camera' effects an rotations. Huge lasers, missiles and battleships. Epic tribute to Kamui and Rayforce (that starfleet section rocked so much!) and the bosses were cool and mean at the same time.

And thank god no loli boss at sight so far... though saying this is triggering Murphy's Law.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:34 am

Observer wrote:Sorry for this one since it's the usual option: Did you update Directx recently? Also, what kind of computer are you trying to run the game with? Laptop or desktop? (usually some laptops struggle with these games and others can run 'em just fine) The video card? Is it Nvidia or ATi? Just in case, do you leave Anti-Aliasing on? I recall that option killed Exception's fps. Disabling it boosted things to full 60 all the time even with 2000 cubes exploding around.

Some games just don't like manual AA on.

Direct X: 9.0c
Desktop P4 3Ghz
Nvidia 7800GS (newest official drivers)
No Anti-Aliasing
No Anisotropic

Observer · Post by **Observer** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:58 am

The Coop wrote:
Observer wrote:Sorry for this one since it's the usual option: Did you update Directx recently? Also, what kind of computer are you trying to run the game with? Laptop or desktop? (usually some laptops struggle with these games and others can run 'em just fine) The video card? Is it Nvidia or ATi? Just in case, do you leave Anti-Aliasing on? I recall that option killed Exception's fps. Disabling it boosted things to full 60 all the time even with 2000 cubes exploding around.

Some games just don't like manual AA on.
Direct X: 9.0c
Desktop P4 3Ghz
Nvidia 7800GS (newest official drivers)
No Anti-Aliasing
No Anisotropic

You actually have a better video card than mine (7300GT), and the drivers are outdated. I always forget to update those...

Ok, I checked my Nvidia control panel: disable Threaded Optimisation if it was on (I have a dual core and that thinh only did the opposite thing it promised) and Vertical Sync, leave it as "Use the 3d app setting". If it doesn't work, turn it off altogether and see if that solves the issue.

If it's not the AA then it's usually the V-Sync messing things up.

Good luck and hope the thing works!

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:56 am

Uh, 91 mb... damn, can't test it on work

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 7:13 am

Well, looks like this game's a bust for me. I've tried everything I can think off, tinkered with the drivers and such, and this game is just littered with horrendous amounts of slow down. Looks like it might have been fun, but at the moment, I see no way to find that out.

Thanks for trying though, Observer.

And say high to Professor Bobo for me

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:21 pm

The Coop wrote:Well, looks like this game's a bust for me.

Me as well, GFX card is Geforce 7600GT with newest update and newest version of directx.

Trouble Witches runs at fuill speed

rtw

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:35 pm

Tried game on my old and crappy pc. Work just fine even on max resolution.

rtw · Post by **rtw** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:58 pm

P_HAT wrote:Tried game on my old and crappy pc. Work just fine even on max resolution.

Maybe the game has an inter frame timing loop which overflows on fast PC's

rtw

Zeether · Post by **Zeether** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:09 pm

They better fix this, it's a big problem.

Happened to me too.

Ravid · Post by **Ravid** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 5:36 pm

rtw wrote:
P_HAT wrote:Tried game on my old and crappy pc. Work just fine even on max resolution.
Maybe the game has an inter frame timing loop which overflows on fast PC's

rtw

My PC is fast and it works fine (just in case you were being serious

).
More importantly, this game is awesome.

Domino · Post by **Domino** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:26 am

Where to purchase this game on release?

xexex · Post by **xexex** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:38 am

It also runs slowly on my pc (pentium 4 3.2 ghz and geforce 7800 gs card). Perhaps it is something to do with the nvidia drivers? Kamui runs fine (and so does the early reflex demo) so I think they would fix it before the real version is released.

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:39 am

Damn, looks like I'm yet another Nvidia slowdown case. I hope a solution comes about, this game looks great as per Kamui's standard.

Ozymandiaz1260 · Post by **Ozymandiaz1260** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:25 pm

I have an Nvidia card and the game works just fine for me...