Dodonpachi Daifukkatsu

[Emuser]

Initial scores:

1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 4,238,747,454 - 2-2 Boss - A-S
Sapz - 5,841,946,694 - 2-2 - A-B

Haven't touched B or C yet. I'm pleasantly surprised, this is a lot harder than it looked in videos (though I guess I should have expected that).

EDIT: Improved my A-S score.

1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 17,128,796,332 - 1-ALL - A-S

The Ura midbosses stopped coming after the second one, for some reason, so no loop. On the other hand, got the first two stages down - 15.3b after the second boss.

Why so few Type A scores?

LOL ya, I finally got to play Ketsui, and that is harder than it looked in videos I'd been seeing for years before for example, everything is harder until you get involved in the game

You will lose Ura midboss appearances if you die at all [from the "warp" that Ura midbosses do up until the "WARNING" logo before the stage boss]. At least that much, I think you have to keep collecting all 9 bees in each stage as well but I could be wrong.

Type A IS hard to get used to because there is more emphasis on memorizing due to the A Type's linear shot. Unlike the other two ships, A's hyper shot doesn't cover the sides completely, and extra precautions have to be made to make sure you don't get hit. The real advantage of the A ship is the fact that it's got more speed, and less obvious, gets more time added to the chain meter per combo hit compared to the other ships(Also A-Power having THE strongest shot in the game, that is actually the case with all Power ships: in terms of strength= Ship-Power Boost shot > Ship-Strong shot)

Good job getting the first two stages down, you're making good progress. I unfortunately cannot help much with the other stages since I play Power ships.

[Sapz]

Aha, that could be it, thanks. I guess it's time to memorize the bee locations, then. Type A might be harder, but it's what I've used for DP/DDP/DOJ so I don't intend to stop now. I'll start work on A-P soon too, after I get a little more comfortable with the stages - not much chance of a 1-all with it yet with all the random autobombs going on during Stage 5.

[Naut]

<Sapz> Naut I see you in DFK thread
<Sapz> Submit

1.5 XBox 360
Naut - 2,979,256,507 - 1-ALL - C-S

First 1cc.

1.5 XBox 360
Naut - 3,417,124,104 - 1-ALL - A-S

Missed the stage 3 extend...

[Emuser]

I wish I had the port just a little, so I could practice stage 5 over and over and over before going back to my arcade, in the hopes that I would actually learn the stage perfectly instead of having to play through all the levels beforehand in order to have a chance at playing it once.

If I had the port for a week with a power ship, I'm confident I could break my record 3-fold. If it weren't for the fact that stage 5 is the scoring omnigod stage in this game...

I hope someday someone will venture into power ships and WRECK 1.5 or 1.51 with one of them in at least the 1st loop, 2nd loop with a power ship is a death wish surpass-able only by true gods among men..

[Sapz]

1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 17,950,878,995 - Tsuujou 2-5 - A-S

Well, that was a nice surprise. Reached the second midboss of 2-5 before getting the game over... Jesus, that stage is tough. I should really learn how to do 1-5... died twice there on this run, which is way too much if I want the 2-all. Learning the 1-3 chain is also on the to-do list.

[AKRATEN]

Black Label - pcb
Bomb Mode
Type - B
Akraten - 50,765,116,645 - stage 5 - Auto Bomb off



Version 1.51
Power Mode
Type B

Akraten - 41,267,924,895 - stage 3 Boss

[Emuser]

Black Label - pcb
Bomb Mode
Type - B
Akraten - 50,765,116,645 - stage 5 - Auto Bomb off



Version 1.51
Power Mode
Type B

Akraten - 41,267,924,895 - stage 3 Boss

Good job taking two top spots, let's see how long they hold.

[Sapz]

Finally got the A-Strong 2-all today (Jesus, Taisabachi has a lot of health), but messed up almost every chain and cleared with only 15b, hahaha. I've been focusing mainly on survival so far but I guess I ignored scoring too much, I'll try and do it again tomorrow and beat my previous score. Shouldn't be too hard hitting 20b+ if I stop chain breaking all over the place in the first four stages.

Is there any chance I could 'overwrite' my previous score? Since it's not much less than before, I'd rather have the 2-all displayed. If so:

1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 15,572,002,815 - Tsuujou 2-ALL - A-S

[Emuser]

Finally got the A-Strong 2-all today (Jesus, Taisabachi has a lot of health), but messed up almost every chain and cleared with only 15b, hahaha. I've been focusing mainly on survival so far but I guess I ignored scoring too much, I'll try and do it again tomorrow and beat my previous score. Shouldn't be too hard hitting 20b+ if I stop chain breaking all over the place in the first four stages.

Is there any chance I could 'overwrite' my previous score? Since it's not much less than before, I'd rather have the 2-all displayed. If so:

1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 15,572,002,815 - Tsuujou 2-ALL - A-S

Will do, congrats on your first 2-ALL(A-Strong's my personal fave)
I feel even though it's a strong ship, A-Strong 2-ALL isn't as hard as any bomb ship but not auto pilot easy as the other two Strong ships

Survival is more important for a while so you learn where everything is. My biggest issue with this game was aiming for the Ura Loop 2 weeks in, then aiming for the full Ura 2-ALL after the first month. Definitely shot too high too quickly so take it little by little.

[SFKhoa]

Arrange A
SFKhoa - 2,304,845,424,182 - 2-5 Boss Tsuujou
Ranked 8th overall.

[Sapz]

1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 16,526,302,025 - Tsuujou 2-ALL - A-S
Sapz - 16,658,868,124 - Tsuujou 2-5 - A-B

Small improvements, A-B is pretty fun times, gives the game a bit more bite. Replay of the 2-all with A-S available if anyone's curious - first loop, second loop.

I'll start looking into A-P tomorrow, I think, maybe start getting some better scores.

[Sapz]

1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 21,862,090,869 - Tsuujou 2-2 Boss - A-P

Haha, wow, Power style is awesome fun. Initial score with this type so it's not so great, but there's not enough people submitting for this game.

Also god damn, I think I'm actually going to have to learn how to dodge 2-2 boss's crap if I want to get any further with this. I got my ass handed to me there.

EDIT:
1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 30,914,576,736 - Tsuujou 2-4 - A-P

Completely messed up Stage 3 which was supposed to by my main source of points (ideally 30b+ from that stage), but cobbled together enough chains to end up with a half-decent score. Pretty happy with the survival progress too, although I got my ass handed to me by that ridiculous laser attack from the 2-2 boss. I have no idea how to handle that. :V

[moozooh]

Wow, awesome A-P progress! This ship is one of the hardest to clear the game with, and you're kicking major ass with it. :o

[twalden]

1.5 Xbox 360 -TYPE B STRONG
twalden - 8,924,396,088 - 2-2 Boss Tsuujou

Starting to get the hang of this. So much different than DOJ.

[Emuser]

1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 21,862,090,869 - Tsuujou 2-2 Boss - A-P

Haha, wow, Power style is awesome fun. Initial score with this type so it's not so great, but there's not enough people submitting for this game.

Also god damn, I think I'm actually going to have to learn how to dodge 2-2 boss's crap if I want to get any further with this. I got my ass handed to me there.

EDIT:
1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 30,914,576,736 - Tsuujou 2-4 - A-P

Completely messed up Stage 3 which was supposed to by my main source of points (ideally 30b+ from that stage), but cobbled together enough chains to end up with a half-decent score. Pretty happy with the survival progress too, although I got my ass handed to me by that ridiculous laser attack from the 2-2 boss. I have no idea how to handle that. :V

Wow no kidding, looks like you're picking up on the power ship pretty well, A-Power even. I generally don't even bother trying the 2nd loop with a power ship cause it's too hard for me lol. The 2-2 boss is pretty much stupid, even superplayers intentionally switch to normal mode so that once they get hit on the boss' second form, at least a "manual" bomb is released instead of an "auto" bomb. See if that helps any, that's about all the power players can do against this boss.

Also: I watched your previous A-Strong video you posted, one random pointer:

Stage 1: Hyper on the midboss as soon as you can actually hit it and gets hits up some more by using your hyper shot on it's first pattern(before side guns rotate) and then killing it off with the laser so that it is dead by the area where the tanks go along the street(from left to right). You can go to the very top of the screen and hyper laser the tanks as they are hardly on screen at all so that you can get your hyper back fast(example at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWzuat59ndw look at 1:17). You can get around 4.6 Bil on stage 1 if your two hypers go well.

Are you moving to Power or sticking with Strong?

[Sapz]

1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 17,966,642,557 - Tsuujou 2-5 - A-B
Sapz - 27,430,857,760 - Tsuujou 2-ALL - A-S

Small improvements. I can 2-ALL Tsuujou with A-S quite consistently now.

On a side note, that A-S run is the closest I've come to reaching Ura so far - all bees collected, 0D3B first loop, only one of which was to the laser rings. The other two were silly screwups at midbosses. Ah well, I'll get there soon enough. No miss until late 2-3 was pretty nice, too.

[Emuser]

1.5 Xbox 360
Sapz - 17,966,642,557 - Tsuujou 2-5 - A-B
Sapz - 27,430,857,760 - Tsuujou 2-ALL - A-S

Small improvements. I can 2-ALL Tsuujou with A-S quite consistently now.

On a side note, that A-S run is the closest I've come to reaching Ura so far - all bees collected, 0D3B first loop, only one of which was to the laser rings. The other two were silly screwups at midbosses. Ah well, I'll get there soon enough. No miss until late 2-3 was pretty nice, too.

Well it looks like you might hit Ura loop just as fast as I did at this rate, you're moving a little faster than I did with this game. Just know the main additions in the Ura Loop include:

*The popcorn helicopter enemies shoot a 3-way volley of bullets at you, one aimed at you with another on each side of the middle volley.
*Ura midbosses, obviously.
*Hyper rank remains elevated from stage to stage, different formula compared to Tsuujou Loop means that hyper rank will constantly be higher overall.
*Bosses are no different in Ura Loop
*....and then there's Hibachi LOL.

Good luck to you, be careful of those helicopters in the 2nd loop though, they give me hell when I play Ura Loop with A-Strong.

[Shalashaska]

Started trying to play this game seriously and I'm finding myself more frustrated and pissed off than when I play DOJ. Maybe it's just because it's new and I know my routes/chains in DOJ fairly well. Oh well.

Xbox 360 version

1.5
Shalashaska - 41,919,135,025 - Tsuujou 2-5 - A-S

Arrange A
Shalashaska - 640,990,368,414 - Tsuujou 2-2 Boss

[Kiken]

XBOX 360 DDP DFK ver 1.5

Kiken - 35,545,644,440 - Tsuujou 2-5 Boss - B-Type Strong-Style

I had a near-perfect chain in stage 1-5 (just made a stupid error right at the beginning of the level). I think I have a solid route for the first loop figured out chaining-wise.. but loop 2 just turns into a war of attrition. I do think I can get to the Ura loop with more practice though...

[Emuser]

I finally have an opportunity to play this game again starting next week. Scores have been updated once again.

I'm more than sure that DOJ is harder in all aspects in this game. I for one am not one to just "give up" on any shmup after a handful of plays unless I don't like it, but DOJ is so hard to me and frustrating as all hell to chain that I just knew I couldn't do it. Any DDP game but DOJ is doable for me.

[Erppo]

I felt bad for this board being so empty even though lots of people are playing the game now, so I registered mainly to post these:

1.5 Xbox 360:
Erppo - 38,463,673,574 - 2-ALL Tsuujou - B-Strong
Erppo - 27,440,827,172 - 2-5 Tsuujou - C-Bomb
Erppo - 57,789,883,570 - 2-2 Tsuujou - C-Power
Erppo - 43,217,694,401 - 2-ALL Tsuujou - C-Strong

I think this game has my favourite scoring system out of all Cave games, so I'm definitely planning to improve these. With my current strategy I should be able to break 100 billion with C-Power if everything goes right and I still need to learn how to do the 5th stage properly for some huge score increases.

And an extra, this used to be number 11 in the Xbox Leaderboards for a while, so I'm somewhat happy about it even if it's just because nobody plays Novice.

1.5 Novice Xbox 360:
Erppo - 343,917,124,392 - 2-ALL Ura - C-Strong

[Emuser]

Welcome to the forum Erppo, there's currently discussion about why this game is "meh" to some people in the chat section of the forum right now. I'd always wondered myself why a LOT of people just aren't into this game so much. :/

[Shalashaska]

God....I was having my best go thus far at Arrange A. I was demolishing my previous score and lost only one life on the first loop. I destroy the stage 1 boss then pause the game because somebody sent me an IM. BOOM! Disconnected from X-box Live. Nerd rage commenced. Anyway, I wrote down my score while the game was paused. I really want over 1 trillion and this was that run.

X360 Arrange A
Shalashaska - 879,513,671,344 - Tsuujou 2-1 Boss

[Frenetic]

DFK 1.5 - Frenetic 1,491,941,413 - 1-ALL Type B - Strong Mode (*XBOX 360)

[Neo Gold]

Black Label pcb...Type-A-Power style.
Neo Gold - 53,139,081,562 - 4 Boss - Auto-Bomb OFF

[Emuser]

Score added, you mean A-Power

[DOM]

Hallo everybody, thought I join...

Xbox Ver 1.5
DOM - 12.359.640.686 -Stage 2-2 Tsuujou - Type B Strong


I'm still pretty bad at this game, but have a lot fun in finding my routes...one day I will manage to put them together in ONE run, hopefully!

[Erppo]

1.5 Xbox 360:
Erppo - 104,958,972,307 - 1-5 Boss - C-Power

Managed to fully chain the first four stages. Stage 5 didn't go so well and I somehow managed to game over at the boss even though I had died only once before meeting her. Now I just need to learn to chain the final stage.

Oh, and that Novice score from my previous post isn't in the tables yet.

[Emuser]

1.5 Xbox 360:
Erppo - 104,958,972,307 - 1-5 Boss - C-Power

Managed to fully chain the first four stages. Stage 5 didn't go so well and I somehow managed to game over at the boss even though I had died only once before meeting her. Now I just need to learn to chain the final stage.

Oh, and that Novice score from my previous post isn't in the tables yet.

O wow, sorry I missed that I didn't see that last line last time. This pretty much marks me missing a score for the first time ever :/

And holy crap Erppo, beast score! You're my closest competition as of lately for sure.

[moozooh]

Took a short break from Futari Ultra, so here's a bunch of new low-tier scores.

Novice:
moozooh — 52,828,870,508 — 2-ALL Tsuujou — B-B

Pleased with this one, although still no Ura loop. Gonna have to try with B-S or A-S for that one; I'm afraid B-B is too weak for me to spend less than three bombs. B-B is still very pleasant to chain Novice with, but it seems getting into 12 digits will require some research I'm probably not willing to put in at this point. Maybe a bit later when I'm more confident with the game.

Edit: Dang it! Four bombs on that fucking 1-5. >:|

moozooh — 41,484,989,325 — 2-ALL Tsuujou — B-S

For some reason if I don't enter the Ura route in the 2nd loop I can't recover it no matter what I do. I'm picking up every bee and not dying, but it still doesn't work. Any advice?

1.5 Xbox 360:
moozooh — 2,076,018,169 — 1-ALL — B-B
moozooh — 2,346,270,366 — 1-5 Boss — A-S
moozooh — 1,565,994,545 — 1-ALL — C-S

Still 10 digits… I'll try to improve. As expected, C-S chaining is a nightmare; A-S is pretty cool and doesn't feel overpowered, though.