Dodonpachi Saidaioujou

[mesh control]

I have headphones on and it was distorted, but clear enough to get the general idea of what's going on. The second boss theme was decent.

[sven666]

Just got some good pics and clear as fuck 6 minute HD video.... Be home soon to post.

youre the man!

[chempop]

The music was drowned out, but you can still get a sense that it is more in line with the DFK iPhone mode OST than anything else. And that was their worst soundtrack by miles.

Rancor, I'll be up waiting for that video! [edit]: Stepping outside for a smoke, if that HiDef video isn't up by the time I'm back, I'm bitching and moaning (cause that's how we roll on the shmups forum)

[Illyrian]

Looks like DOj hyper system rather than DFK, which is a good thing cause really, sitting in one corner cancelling bullets all day is boring as fuck.

It'll be interesting to actually see how deep the scoring system is, from that video it looked like bee storm chaining with DOJ hypers?

[EPS21]

Looks like no autobomb this time around? I'm liking this already

[joeboto]

Ddp got galuda-ed..

[rancor]

Gentlemen, I bring you lights and sounds:






Grrrr...I took the video in portrait mode, but when I try to play it on my computer it's sideways.. Anyone know how to fix this?!?

[Formless God]

If you can run it through VDub there should be a rotate filter.

Nice screens ! What is "GP meter" ?

[Eaglet]

Holy shit i forgot the loca-test was now (8 hour time difference)!
Looking forward to dem pics.

Sven, feel like moving to Sthlm and put this in Motaro whenever you get it?

[rancor]

If you can run it through VDub there should be a rotate filter.

I'm on a mac.. Reading furiously about how to fix it at the moment. Works OK in Quicktime, but it's rotated 90 degrees in VLC. Uploading to my site now...

[hzt]

The character design and art basically makes me want to punch every Japanese person in the face or something and having "dress system" for shot type and the girl wearing a fucking bikini for expert is just so fantastically retarded and at the same time so tragically inevitable in its pointless shoehorning of 2D tits and ass into the game. Come to think of it what are these girls doing? Are they the pilots? Does this have the standard anime military academy (full of hot girls) plot?

GAMEPLAY LOOKS OK THO I GUESS (<this is the important bit of the post)
I am intrigued by a DDP where the enemies drop all this stuff when they die

[matrigs]

i rather have girls changing clothes than planes changing into ninjas 3 times the size flying underwater.

i'm a bit appaled by the lack of a true flat-chest character. no pettanko love here.

[THE]

Yeah, I'd be very surprised if it wasn't SH3 or PGM2 hardware, the visuals are a fit for either, there's nothing HD about them you can tell that even from the crappy phone videos. I'd be disappointed if it was SH3, because I was told when working on the driver that they'd cleared all their stock with the limited releases and the next release would be on PC-type hardware or PGM2.

I thought the PGM2 can't display transparencies? Does it? And isn't it less powerful than SH3?

And what is it always with people thinking Cave need to clear it's stock of SH3? Cave just can order anytime new ones, those are really cheap to produce and it's possible to order small quantities from manufacturers. They don't need to clear out anything...

If it's PGM2 don't expect it to be emulated, ever, IGS went even more nuts with the security on that than the later gen PGM1 games which I consider impossible.

Can you elaborate about this? If necessary in private

[chempop]

the girl wearing a fucking bikini for expert is just so fantastically retarded and at the same time so tragically inevitable

LMFAO!!! I've swooned over bikini anime chicks for over 20 years, glad they are the heroes in the games I play... Much preferred over the Ketsui queers.

[Illyrian]

Hitbox bigger than in pink sweets+hyper rank deleted at end of each level+stupid girls in bikinis+generic washy HD graphics all equals me being worried about this game.

I'm not going to buy the PCB anyway so it is irrelevant to me anyway. I hope everyone loves it so CAVE don't go bankrupt

edit: so playing in expert mode puts you ina bikini? jeez.

[AntiFritz]

The character design and art basically makes me want to punch every Japanese person in the face or something and having "dress system" for shot type and the girl wearing a fucking bikini for expert is just so fantastically retarded and at the same time so tragically inevitable in its pointless shoehorning of 2D tits and ass into the game. Come to think of it what are these girls doing? Are they the pilots? Does this have the standard anime military academy (full of hot girls) plot?

GAMEPLAY LOOK OK THO I GUESS (<this is the important bit of the post)
I am intrigued by a DDP where the enemies drop all this stuff when they die

This, and this is from someone who quite likes the system they had in doj. It just seems like they went too far in this.

Overall I'm kind of disappointed the game doesn't have a darker style like doj, even if i did like DFK much more then dfk in terms of game play.

the girl wearing a fucking bikini for expert is just so fantastically retarded and at the same time so tragically inevitable

LMFAO!!! I've swooned over bikini anime chicks for over 20 years, glad they are the heroes in the games I play... Much preferred over the Ketsui queers.

Part of me hopes that they have common sense and haven't released a ketsui sequel because they would feel inclined to fill the game with girls.

[hzt]

Hitbox bigger than in pink sweets

In terms of what the game does to the players mind and their subjective experience of the hitbox, no hitbox is bigger than Pink Sweets. This game should have a bigger hit box the bigger the breast size of the character, so that when you get the gratuitous fanservice shot at the end you really have had to work to get the "best" one. This would seem to fit with the direction Cave are going here but it might lose them some lolicon fans so probably too risky a strategy.

Part of me hopes that they have common sense and haven't released a ketsui sequel because they would feel inclined to fill the game with girls.

no they would fiil it with shota

[Formless God]

Your sprite is a ship and the enemies are mechas, sheesh.

Aaaaanyway, GT says this GP meter goes up when you start a combo and having it at MAX makes enemies drop more items. Nothing fancy.

[rancor]

Protip: Don't ever film anything on your iPhone in portrait mode if you expect to have any semblance of cross-platform compatibility.. It's been a pain in my anus to get this 2 minute video out, but here it is in .avi format.. cropped a bit

edit: videos removed


8 minute video coming soon..

[Illyrian]

Hitbox bigger than in pink sweets

In terms of what the game does to the players mind and their subjective experience of the hitbox, no hitbox is bigger than Pink Sweets. This game should have a bigger hit box the bigger the breast size of the character, so that when you get the gratuitous fanservice shot at the end you really have had to work to get the "best" one. This would seem to fit with the direction Cave are going here but it might lose them some lolicon fans so probably too risky a strategy.

Part of me hopes that they have common sense and haven't released a ketsui sequel because they would feel inclined to fill the game with girls.

no they would fiil it with shota

I'll give you that about the hitboxes. i think we all know that cave need to make it so when you get hit your clothes rip, resulting in underboob/sideboob galore, ikkitousen style.

[matrigs]

i'd seriously screen cap this topic, translate it and send it to cave.

let them hear the western appreciation.

[Illyrian]

Apreciating a company doesn't mean just lying down and letting them shit directly into your mouth. You can be a fan and still have issues. Besides this is still just location test footage, we dont know anything about the game yet really

[Formless God]

I like how 2ch has been talking about the system while we're busy fantasizing and acting like the kind of people we make fun of.

[Aliquantic]

I'd be very curious to hear details about the hit boost system, since it seems to be the key scoring gimmick in the game, but it's very hard to tell if it's just a bonus when hyper or something more involved (like a "strict" added chain). Other than that, I'll remain cautiously skeptical about the gameplay given the lack of details, though Expert type sounds promising to start with actual challenge (and possibly no loop as a result).

And keep it up hzt, I for one would love to see you go on a bicycle rampage across Japan

[Cuilan]

i rather have girls changing clothes than planes changing into ninjas 3 times the size flying underwater.

i'm a bit appaled by the lack of a true flat-chest character. no pettanko love here.

Agreed with your first comment.

As for your second, hopefully there's a trap character so we can both be satisfied.

no they would fiil it with shota

I'll take 10 copies.

[Despatche]

What is "GP meter" ?

Get Point is the name given to the Donpachi chaining system, and then you have its meter.

[hzt]

i'd seriously screen cap this topic, translate it and send it to cave.

let them hear the western appreciation.

From what I've seen so far Japanese players who haven't been able to go play it are saying mostly the same kind of thing.

[Illyrian]

I would like to get a proper explanation of the rank system, supposedly it was designed by Yagawa after all. To be honest i just hope the scoring has some flexibilty and doesn't just come down to boosting in the best places on each level like with the hypers in DFK. thank god for hypers not making you pseudo-invincible!

[AntiFritz]

I would like to get a proper explanation of the rank system, supposedly it was designed by Yagawa after all. To be honest i just hope the scoring has some flexibilty and doesn't just come down to boosting in the best places on each level like with the hypers in DFK. thank god for hypers not making you pseudo-invincible!

Just wait until more people have played it/its officially released. You don't NEED to know anything right now do you?

[Eaglet]

Seems like DOJ got raped by DS. The hyper looks like it works just like "Pavva Aaap".