New G.Rev shooter (Strania XBLA)

[Necronom]

Thanks for the videos MrMonkeyMan! Great game overall though I'm seriously dissapointed that there's no replay function.
Btw, looks like the soundtrack is already on its way
http://vgmdb.net/album/25125

[Klatrymadon]

Has anybody done 'Cleaning Up Space Debris' yet? I've only made one attempt so far, but I'm not looking forward to practicing for it! Seems like an absolute bastard.

[iconoclast]

Think i'll play one go with all weapons to 1 dan to join the 14m club. I just dont see it possible to 10-dan the vulcan at this time. I had it up to 3 or 4 dan going into 5. No way 2 lvl two vulcans are going to beat the 6th boss in 3 minutes and get 3-5 dan. It will be a time out and no powerup or does a weapon like rocket or laser carry it enough to where it will upgrade...dumb achievement.

I just got 10-dan on the Vulcan. You just have to use it to kill 99% of the enemies and it should be fine. I think I even had it at 10-dan before I killed the final boss, because the only weapon that ranked up after his death was my Sword.

The Bomb is the one that's really going to be a pain, I think.

edit: eh, just got Reflect up to 8 or 9-dan I think. That's a tough one to level because it's so weak. Maybe it'll be easier in the Side Vower DLC.

[adversity1]

Has anybody done 'Cleaning Up Space Debris' yet? I've only made one attempt so far, but I'm not looking forward to practicing for it! Seems like an absolute bastard.

I made it through the minefield and to the boss once. I think it will be essential to pick up another rocket on your way through, because you are allowed only one hit on the whole level before your booster blows up. So I suppose you would have to take down the boss with as much firepower as possible. Maybe Vulcan x 2, Rocket x 2, Rocket. Laser would also help.

[Zaarock]

I made it through the minefield and to the boss once. I think it will be essential to pick up another rocket on your way through, because you are allowed only one hit on the whole level before your booster blows up.

Nah, it detaches if you activate overdrive.. if you get hit while not shooting when overdrive is charged it activates automatically, so keep shooting. It's easier to do in coop of course but if you're good at the first few levels you should have like 5 lives for it. Having three weapons for the boss is fun, 2x rockets + laser probably kills it off really quick. Remember that you can always stop moving by going to the edge of the screen.

[TodayIsForgotten]

Think i'll play one go with all weapons to 1 dan to join the 14m club. I just dont see it possible to 10-dan the vulcan at this time. I had it up to 3 or 4 dan going into 5. No way 2 lvl two vulcans are going to beat the 6th boss in 3 minutes and get 3-5 dan. It will be a time out and no powerup or does a weapon like rocket or laser carry it enough to where it will upgrade...dumb achievement.

I just got 10-dan on the Vulcan. You just have to use it to kill 99% of the enemies and it should be fine. I think I even had it at 10-dan before I killed the final boss, because the only weapon that ranked up after his death was my Sword.

The Bomb is the one that's really going to be a pain, I think.

edit: eh, just got Reflect up to 8 or 9-dan I think. That's a tough one to level because it's so weak. Maybe it'll be easier in the Side Vower DLC.

Did you use it on all the bosses too? My problem is for whatever reason last night i could not get past level 5...really played like ass tits. You'd have to hope for bombs on level 2 on that mystery pick up in the beginning of the level.

Has anybody done 'Cleaning Up Space Debris' yet? I've only made one attempt so far, but I'm not looking forward to practicing for it! Seems like an absolute bastard.

this is really easy to do in single player. If you go to the bottom of the screen and press down on any part. You will stop free moving. WHen you get to the tight nit area use this same tactic. Then do the same for the boss.

[iconoclast]

I hit all of the bosses with the Vulcans at point blank as much as I could, but on some bosses (4, 5, and 6) I did most of my damage with the sword. I think as long as you hit an enemy with a weapon, it gets credit for the kill, but I'm not sure if you get more experience by doing more damage.

[chempop]

Got this last night, it's kicking my ass! Enjoying it so far, especially the music, aesthetics, and cinematography. My favorite weapons are rockets and sword, not crazy about reflect or missiles. You guys are nuts with these scores.

[Klatrymadon]

Cheers, chaps! Yeah, I was thinking you'd have to slam yourself against the left or right of the screen to negotiate the boss's web of green lasers, but if you can stop the 'free' movement altogether, it'll be a piece of piss.

[nZero]

Everpresent achievement discussion thread: http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=24786 /plug

Thanks for the vids MMM! It'd be nice to pool everything we know into a strategy thread at some point.

Yeah, the laser attack is the most annoying part of fighting the St.4 boss with the booster attached, since the only way you can stop the inertia movement is to use the edge of the screen. 3 lasers brings down his health pretty quickly.

Btw, looks like the soundtrack is already on its way
http://vgmdb.net/album/25125

Yay

[Klatrymadon]

Does having three of the same weapon increase the power of the two that are armed?

[nZero]

Does having three of the same weapon increase the power of the two that are armed?

No, but if you have the booster attached then all 3 slots will fire.

[Klatrymadon]

Oh, right, yeah! Sorry.

[Remxi]

What are you supposed to do against the Stage 7 boss? First time I got to it I only had one life, didn't know what to expect and died from a sword attack. The second time I managed to evade it until the time ran out but still got Game Over?

[defected78]

2 probably silly questions.

How do you activate the booster.

How do you activate overdrive

Thanks

[Remxi]

You activate Overdrive with whatever button you mapped it to in the controller settings. It will also activate automatically if you take lethal damage whilst not firing.

The booster is the pickup at the start of Stage 4. You don't need to activate it, but pressing the overdrive button will disengage it. While it is equipped, you can use all three weapons at once but have less precise maneuverability.

[antares]

What are you supposed to do against the Stage 7 boss? First time I got to it I only had one life, didn't know what to expect and died from a sword attack. The second time I managed to evade it until the time ran out but still got Game Over?

You have to evade his attacks and shoot him with your handgun. Which is quite tricky because he can cancel your shots with his swords. After about 6 or 7 hits he will drop one of his swords. Pick it up and slash him. Have fun managing all this within the time limit

[iconoclast]

Got all weapons to 10-dan besides the Bomb... only managed to get that to 5-dan by the end of the game. That weapon is so worthless; it's almost impossible to hit most of the enemies with it. I've got no idea how I'm supposed to get it to 10.

[TodayIsForgotten]

yup. even if you get it on level 2 the angle it comes out makes it really hard to get anything.

[Zaarock]

Got all weapons to 10-dan besides the Bomb... only managed to get that to 5-dan by the end of the game. That weapon is so worthless; it's almost impossible to hit most of the enemies with it. I've got no idea how I'm supposed to get it to 10.

Hard mode seems to give a bit more xp, maybe thats worth trying. Then again, thats point blanking enemies with bombs + hard mode

[mesh control]

Best 10 dollars I've ever spent on XBL.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

For the 10-dan achievement, do you have to 1cc for the weapon to count, or does it count even if you game over before that if you manage to get 10-dan during the run.


Just got the Normal 1cc over with, so I should start looking into proper weapon leveling for scoring and of course the 10-dan thing. Also screwed up one of the defense targets, so no mission complete. Not even sure if you have to 1cc or not for that and court martial to count.

[Remxi]

You don't need to 1cc to get the Court Martial + other achievement. For Court Martial I believe you need to time out all the bosses, destroy every part of the ship you are trying to protect, and fail to destroy the generator things in Stage 5. For 10th-dan, I'd imagine you need to 1cc just cause you won't get a high enough rank without killing the Stage 6 boss (not sure on this one though since I'm not gonna bother with that achievement).

EDIT: Well, I was wrong on this one. Maybe you do need to get 1cc for Court Martial cause I just did a playthrough then and failed everything I could but didn't get it. Anyone else able to shed some light on this?

[antares]

Just a heads up for everyone who can't read the weapon upgrade popups, a translation can be found in the hi-score thread:

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=36135

[TodayIsForgotten]

You don't need to 1cc to get the Court Martial + other achievement. For Court Martial I believe you need to time out all the bosses, destroy every part of the ship you are trying to protect, and fail to destroy the generator things in Stage 5. For 10th-dan, I'd imagine you need to 1cc just cause you won't get a high enough rank without killing the Stage 6 boss (not sure on this one though since I'm not gonna bother with that achievement).

EDIT: Well, I was wrong on this one. Maybe you do need to get 1cc for Court Martial cause I just did a playthrough then and failed everything I could but didn't get it. Anyone else able to shed some light on this?

it's a glitchy achievement.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

glitchy as in doesn't unlock at all, or glitchy in some other way?

I tried to credit feed both Mission Complete and Court Martial. I'm guessing it probably only counts what happens in the current credit, so if you continue past stage 3 or stage 5 depending, then it would be as if the targets never existed in terms of count. Or it does require you to do them on 1 credit. It would be quite annoying if it does include timing out bosses on Court Martial and you're not allowed to continue for it. 1cc without having to time out wouldn't be too bad though.

I don't think I've gotten any achievements after credit feeding on this, but it could be possible for some maybe since I did my credit feed runs after getting the ones for picking up 3 of the same weapon. And it wouldn't make sense to have the ending achievement if you have to 1cc Hard/Expert to get the achievement due to those 1cc achievements.

[TodayIsForgotten]

Glitchy that if 2 people play it in coop and fail level 3 and 5 and finish the game the digital popup, pops-up. Then two other people try it and no digital popup.

[Klatrymadon]

Heh, I haven't played the game in about a week, or particularly seriously at all, but I decided to have a crack at a Normal mode 1CC today. It was a very sloppy run, generally, but I got to the st6 boss with one bit of armour left. I evaded all of his attacks smartly and managed to kill him before he used any of his nastier ones on me, and then of course I went and got killed by his weedy eye-lasers in the escape sequence, which I've already seen about ten fucking times in the training mode, and which didn't even get me the first time. Bastard!

[Remxi]

Yeah those lasers are really sneaky. The first time I got to it I lost two lives before I even realised what was happening and put my hands back on the controller haha.

[Klatrymadon]

Hehe, got him. Hard mode doesn't seem like it'll require much adjustment/re-learning for a 1CC, but then I haven't seen stage 7 yet. Really looking forward to seeing the TLB.