STGT'12 Week 1 & 2 discussion (Strikers '99 & V-V)

[mesh control]

Haha this fucking thread

[1up]

Did the week names get announced anywhere? I can't seem to find them? Week names always leads to great speculation.

[Chirpy13]

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[ebarrett]

Did the week names get announced anywhere? I can't seem to find them? Week names always leads to great speculation.

http://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.ph ... 06#p817306

[1up]

Doujin week? Really? UUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuughhhhhhhhhhh...............

[dex]

Ok, if bomber code is giving different bonus/point values then I would agree it cannot be used in the tournament. Thanks Despatche and sikraiken.

dex, can you please update the first post appropriately?

Done.

Also lol @ this thread.

[Jaimers]

Doujin week? Really? UUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuughhhhhhhhhhh...............

What's wrong with doujins?

[KAI]

Chorensha has 100 versions. Which one are we playing if it gets selected?

[ebarrett]

Doujin week? Really? UUUUUUUUUUUUUuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuughhhhhhhhhhh...............

Just skip it then.

Chorensha has 100 versions. Which one are we playing if it gets selected?

The one(s) that dex chooses.

[Deca]

Mystic Square and DOJBL would be more than enough for me to forget V-V ever happened. Fingers crossed.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

Just started up the V-V earlier today. Probably won't play very much this week, but I'll try to get to at least Stage 5. Not sure if I will though.

Why did I not know about this game till just before the week started? Will have to play more of it later on.

[Despatche]

i still don't get how anyone can praise touhou for having the same problems this game supposedly does

[Klatrymadon]

Does the middle part of st4 change depending on the weapons you're using? I seem to get a few smaller planes instead of the midboss if I'm using 'Search'. Can't think of anything else that's affecting it - I'm getting there on one life each time, scoring pretty much the same, etc.

[chum]

i still don't get how anyone can praise touhou for having the same problems this game supposedly does

What do you mean?

Does the middle part of st4 change depending on the weapons you're using? I seem to get a few smaller planes instead of the midboss if I'm using 'Search'. Can't think of anything else that's affecting it - I'm getting there on one life each time, scoring pretty much the same, etc.

Yep, using search there gives you the easiest enemies.

[Klatrymadon]

Nice one, thanks!

[KAI]

Metal Slug Stage Result Scoring System (MSSRSS)
Go for 1-all/no miss or you will suck.

[RNGmaster]

What do you mean?

Long boss fights, for one. Heck, at least V-V allows you to speedkill bosses by shoving your missile pods right in their face.

[chum]

What do you mean?

Long boss fights, for one.

I doubt he complained about long boss fights in a general sense. Long fights are perfectly fine if there's enough content to support it. Take Shou for example, each attack is well designed and challenging.

The boss fights in V-V aren't even that long, though...

Heck, at least V-V allows you to speedkill bosses by shoving your missile pods right in their face.

Sanae B

[FIL]

Long stages, (potentially) short bosses. V-V is the anti-touhou.

[Deca]

Don't forget being intensely boring along with not being fun or rewarding at all. You're right, it is the antithesis of touhou.

[FIL]

Yeah, well that's just like, your opinion, man.

[Zengeku3]

Played four credits of V-V and got to Stage 4. Still not a fan of it but I'm getting places. If I could stop dying in Stage 3 I'd appreciate it since it's embarassing. I want to get a bit higher score than only 550k anyway.

How to recover from dying? Game becomes considerably more difficult if you die just once which is a mechanic I haven't really faced before and frankly consider a bit weird. Rank gets lower but things don't die. Will need to experiment more.

Long fights are perfectly fine if there's enough content to support it. Take Shou for example, each attack is well designed and challenging.

Well said.

Don't forget being intensely boring along with not being fun or rewarding at all. You're right, it is the antithesis of touhou.

Better said.

[ebarrett]

How to recover from dying?

F3

[FIL]

Depends on where you die. But in general you're screwed. That's the nature of the beast with checkpoints.

[Jaimers]

Played four credits of V-V and got to Stage 4.

When all is said and done, I find it amusing how you're complaining about the game being too easy even though you can barely get past stage 3.

[Naut]

I guess now's a good time to bring up whether or not scores submitted that use the invincibility bug are still legit. And no, I don't mean the dip switch.

[sikraiken]

Don't break the box on stage 3, you'll get a 1up on stage 5. Offer valid only on first loop.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

Invincibility bug?


And which box on Stage 3?

[sikraiken]

The big box that is surrounded by all the point items.

[Chaos Phoenixma]

Even if I don't make it to Stage 5 during the week, I'll still make sure to not destroy the thing.