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[ciox]

You can get the full links if you just view source in the cards page in Steam, only works for the cards you have though
Ginkei Black: http://media.steampowered.com//steamcom ... f8a8b5.jpg
Shinra: http://media.steampowered.com//steamcom ... db25c2.jpg
Machine bosses are unfortunately just renders of the in-game models but look bearable with some noise on: http://media.steampowered.com//steamcom ... f46daf.jpg



In other news:

[AntiFritz]

You can get the full links if you just view source in the cards page in Steam, only works for the cards you have though
Ginkei Black: http://media.steampowered.com//steamcom ... f8a8b5.jpg
Shinra: http://media.steampowered.com//steamcom ... db25c2.jpg
Machine bosses are unfortunately just renders of the in-game models but look bearable with some noise on: http://media.steampowered.com//steamcom ... f46daf.jpg

Or you could just click the card in your badges thing to see the full preview, and then click it again to go directly to the image.

[Jeneki]

Supposedly, the game now plays in offline mode. http://steamcommunity.com/app/253750/di ... 488921821/

Anyone care to verify?

[BazookaBen]

I'm really impressed by how fast Treasure is rolling out updates. The rest of the industry should follow their example.

[trap15]

Or they should have just gotten it right in the first place...

[Neptas]

I guess I'll also write this here.

So, like I said in the "I DID IT" thread, I'm double playing the game (I really love saying that )

I'm playing on easy mode for now, trying to chain more and more, so far I have:

Chapter 1 - S++ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7KNkLOxWzI
Chapter 2 - S https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YzUGg7KbaIA
Chapter 3 - B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PcgzR9VEawc
Chapter 4 - B https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqOMpNSIpyU
Chapter 5 - S++ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIm4pB_13FM

I'm now trying to get S rank on those two ******* levels, they already gave me nightmares in singleplayer, I'll burn the rest of my soul again on them...

(There is also this link if you feel like writing more: http://steamcommunity.com/app/253750/di ... 539176919/ )

Or they should have just gotten it right in the first place...

No PC games ever come out totally finished :p

[SuperSoaker360]

[BazookaBen]

Well, the new patch made playing without V-sync quite a bit better. The've locked the framerate to a precise 60fps apparently, so even though there is tearing, it always tears in the same spot. So if you're lucky it might just tear on the very right or very left of the screen (in tate mode). Problem is that if your framerate drops for even a milisecond (to, say, 59.9 fps) then the "tear line" moves into the middle of the screen.

That's pretty unfortunate, and it makes me wonder if they allowed the game to speed up for a millisecond to 60.1, if it would put the tear line back onto a far side of the screen. I think Wipeout HD does something like this. I always notice tearing on the top few pixels on the screen, but it rarely tears anywhere else. It would make sense, as that's another game that really needs to minimize input lag.

EDIT: Yep, did a quick search out of curiosity, and that is what Wipeout HD does. (Last question on the page)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digit ... iew?page=2

Or they should have just gotten it right in the first place...

You should stay away from PC games altogether if that's going to be your expectation

PC's aren't Sega Saturns. Every one is a little different, so it takes a lot more work to create a unified, bug-free experience, and problems are bound to pop up when new people get their hands on the software. On top of that, this is Treasure's first game on PC.

[trap15]

Or they should have just gotten it right in the first place...

You should stay away from PC games altogether if that's going to be your expectation

That's exactly why I don't. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, and fuck that shit.

[MathU]

When is the patch to run this without Steam?

[Formless God]

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[BazookaBen]

That's exactly why I don't. If it doesn't work, it doesn't work, and fuck that shit.

Well I guess you're too hardcore for us. You better stay out of the thread then, I'd hate for you to have to hear about all us losers playing Ikaruga in 4k.

When is the patch to run this without Steam?

The latest patch allows it to play in offline mode. I'm not sure if that means you can run the .exe directly or not, I'll check later. Either way, you won't have access to the installer, so I still wouldn't call that DRM free.

[trap15]

Because I really care about playing the most overhyped game of all time on resolutions it wasn't designed for

[cskcsk]

My achievement today

[ciox]

The game wouldn't let me anywhere past B until I started killing those laser enemies that lock you in, you can chain more with them out of the way and destroying them spawns extra enemies to chain too, need about 90+ chain to get the A but thankfully you don't need to chain the part with circling planes in the beginning to get the A. (how do you chain there anyway?)
I don't think the boss performance matters very much for grades, maybe not at all.

The dual play from earlier looks great, no idea what foil badges are though.

[Plasmo]

I don't think the boss performance matters very much for grades, maybe not at all.

Of course it does. The grading system only depends on score and bosses give quite a lot of points (10k per second left over). The target scores for each chapter to get the S++ rating are as follows:

Chapter 1: 3,400,000
Chapter 2: 5,000,000
Chapter 3: 5,400,000
Chapter 4: 6,000,000
Chapter 5: 5,000,000

[mortified_penguin]

Because I really care about playing the most overhyped game of all time on resolutions it wasn't designed for

You care on some level about the game otherwise you wouldn't be in here trying to crap on everyone's fun. Lighten up a little.

[ciox]

I don't think the boss performance matters very much for grades, maybe not at all.

Of course it does. The grading system only depends on score and bosses give quite a lot of points (10k per second left over). The target scores for each chapter to get the S++ rating are as follows:

Thanks for that, we need a ST or something, not much info around.

[cskcsk]

For all the people showing off their high scores, why not just add each other on steam? Leaderboards, replays and all the good stuff.

[Plasmo]

I don't think the boss performance matters very much for grades, maybe not at all.

Of course it does. The grading system only depends on score and bosses give quite a lot of points (10k per second left over). The target scores for each chapter to get the S++ rating are as follows:

Thanks for that, we need a ST or something, not much info around.

Well, there was a whole website dedicated to the strategy of this game but since it's more or less lost (at least the ST section) it's indeed more difficult to come across infos. Just ask away, I basically know everything about this game and am happy to help out.

[Neptas]

I don't think the boss performance matters very much for grades, maybe not at all.

Of course it does. The grading system only depends on score and bosses give quite a lot of points (10k per second left over). The target scores for each chapter to get the S++ rating are as follows:

Chapter 1: 3,400,000
Chapter 2: 5,000,000
Chapter 3: 5,400,000
Chapter 4: 6,000,000
Chapter 5: 5,000,000

This is helping me, I couldn't find anything but the A-rank. Care to say the requirements for S rank as well please ?

[SuperSoaker360]

but thankfully you don't need to chain the part with circling planes in the beginning to get the A.

Oh that's good then. I was afraid I would have to actually learn it. Still stuck on B+ at the moment.

This game is starting to click with me... kind of. I need to approach the game like it's a puzzle game initially though and then once I learn the solutions, practice the execution. I can definitely see why I avoided this game though.

Chapter 1: 3,400,000
Chapter 2: 5,000,000
Chapter 3: 5,400,000
Chapter 4: 6,000,000
Chapter 5: 5,000,000

Thanks. Those S++ score requirements just destroyed what little determination I had to try and get one of them on the first stage.

[Plasmo]

This is helping me, I couldn't find anything but the A-rank. Care to say the requirements for S rank as well please ?

I'll check later.

[ciox]

For all the people showing off their high scores, why not just add each other on steam? Leaderboards, replays and all the good stuff.

I thought i put up my profile, here it is http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197970538686
You can watch my replays more for fun stuff than impeccable play, I get chains but don't play quite like in superplays, the game allows for an ok amount of improvisation.

[Neptas]

This is helping me, I couldn't find anything but the A-rank. Care to say the requirements for S rank as well please ?

I'll check later.

Thanks . Also another question, do you know if it's possible to get every S++ rank on 2 players in easy mode? Since it gives 2x the boss bonus, and since you can kill them even faster, it can give a large bonus, even though you have less chains in easy (not to mention the rank requirements are the same for 1 and 2 players).

For all the people showing off their high scores, why not just add each other on steam? Leaderboards, replays and all the good stuff.

My profile is http://steamcommunity.com/id/neptas/ and I'm Neptas on the Leaderboard, can't make it easier :v

[Plasmo]

Also another question, do you know if it's possible to get every S++ rank on 2 players in easy mode? Since it gives 2x the boss bonus, and since you can kill them even faster, it can give a large bonus, even though you have less chains in easy (not to mention the rank requirements are the same for 1 and 2 players).

Generally speaking, S++ is always possible for all chapters on all difficulties with one little exception: Chapter 5 on easy diff (the world record scores are over 4,9mill, but 5mill won't be possible). Of course with 2 ships even this exception doesn't come into account.

[Neptas]

Generally speaking, S++ is always possible for all chapters on all difficulties with one little exception: Chapter 5 on easy diff (the world record scores are over 4,9mill, but 5mill won't be possible). Of course with 2 ships even this exception doesn't come into account.

Good to know that :p

Getting A is already very challenging, I don't even want to know for S++.

Speaking of that, finally got the A-rank on chapter 3 and 4 on Double Play .
Chapter 3
Chapter 4

[Kiken]

I don't think the boss performance matters very much for grades, maybe not at all.

Of course it does. The grading system only depends on score and bosses give quite a lot of points (10k per second left over). The target scores for each chapter to get the S++ rating are as follows:

Chapter 1: 3,400,000
Chapter 2: 5,000,000
Chapter 3: 5,400,000
Chapter 4: 6,000,000
Chapter 5: 5,000,000

This is helping me, I couldn't find anything but the A-rank. Care to say the requirements for S rank as well please ?

The different S ranks are spaced at 200,000 pt increments. For instance, Chapter 1: S Rank at 3 million, S+ Rank at 3.2 million and finally S++ at 3.4 million. This applies to all chapters.

Also, in terms of scoring difficulty, the chapters from easiest to hardest are:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 5
Chapter 4
Chapter 3

[Plasmo]

The different S ranks are spaced at 200,000 pt increments. For instance, Chapter 1: S Rank at 3 million, S+ Rank at 3.2 million and finally S++ at 3.4 million. This applies to all chapters.

I thought so too at first and it apparently works for some, but definitely not for all chapters. In chapter 2 for example, you get an S with 4,4mill (?) and S+ with 4,8mill.

I can confirm the 200k increment grading for chapters 1 and 3. Still have to check chapters 4 and 5.

[Neptas]

I thought so too at first and it apparently works for some, but definitely not for all chapters. In chapter 2 for example, you get an S with 4,4mill (?) and S+ with 4,8mill.

Confirmed. Got S-rank with 4.5M on Chapter 2, and definitively not compatible with that 200k law and S++ at 5M. (S-rank should have been at 4.6M then).

EDIT:

I can confirm you got S+ for 4 999 780...