STGT '12 Week 4 discussion (ESP Galuda)

[shmuppyLove]

Cool cheers. I assume they are all freeware?

Just as "freeware" as all the other STGT games.

QFT.

To be fair though, some people do own the PCBs or console ports, so there is that.

[BareKnuckleRoo]

Is Galuda easier than DoDonPachi? I see a lot of clears this week.

I think it's roughly the same as DoDonpachi: maybe slightly easier overall, but the final attack evens things out.

Jakou's last attack is rather overrated in terms of difficulty. The entire game is unquestionably easier than DoDonpachi, especially if you don't level up overmode as you can then switch into it for extra damage for only a minor bullet speed increase, the availability of kakusei for non-scoring survival use if you want to, the versatility of your bombs, etc. You can switch into kakusei and not fire at all to make it last even longer if you need to navigate a tight set of bullets to position yourself better, like say in 5-1. The sheer amount of options you have at your disposal make it easier than DDP if you're just going for a clear.

[Deca]

Ahaha, what, you're supposed to suicide on the final attack so you have enough gems to cancel it? That's crazy.

Wait, what? How can you cancel it, he puts up a shield when you go into kakusei.

[Aliquantic]

You still deal a little damage even with Kakusei up, enough to finish off the boss with a cancel.

[RNGmaster]

Yeah, if the lifebar has about 3 pixels left that's enough for 250 gems-worth of kakusei to kill it.

[KAI]

That's the magic of Espgaluda. You can switch to kakusei in the last second to kill it.

[RNGmaster]

Eighth fucking place. HOW

And of course my nemesis chum is still ahead by one lousy point, aargh